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Title: Kremlin confirms Kim Jong-un′s plans to visit Moscow in May: Yonhap
It looks like North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will be going to Russia after all.
Citing the Kremlin,... Seoul-based Yonhap News reported this morning that... Kim is among the 20 heads of state that have confirmed their plans to attend Russia′s celebrations,… marking the 70th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two.
The report added, however, that the Kremlin has not yet finalized its guest list.
If the North Korean leader visits Russia,... it will be his first trip abroad since coming into power in 2011.
Russia also invited President Park Geun-hye to this event,... but she has yet to confirm her attendance.
Title: U.S., Japan express support for S. Korea′s efforts for inter-Korean dialogue
Top nuclear envoys from the United States and Japan expressed their support for South Korea′s efforts to improve inter-Korean relations.
Following a trilateral meeting in Tokyo on Wednesday,... South Korea′s chief nuclear envoy Hwang Joon-kook said,... they agreed on the need for a strong signal from the North about its sincerity toward denuclearization,... in order to resume the stalled six-party nuclear talks.
The multilateral dialogue involving the two Koreas, the U.S., China, Japan and Russia has been stalled since late 2008.
Addressing concerns that Washington′s tough stance on the North may hamper Seoul′s efforts to improve ties with Pyongyang, Hwang said the U.S. supports South Korea′s efforts for inter-Korean dialogue.
Title: Inter-Korean trade volume hits new high
Inter-Korean trade hit a new high,... after the Kaesong Industrial Complex restarted more than a year ago.
But that doesn′t mean its future is secure,... as several factors remain that could hinder growth.
Our Song Ji-sun has this report.
Could this be a bright sign for the two Koreas′ future relations?
The Korea International Trade Association said on Wednesday... inter-Korean trade volume topped 2-point-3 billion dollars in 2014,... more than double the figure from the year before.
The cumulative trade volume over the past 26 years is 22-billion dollars.
Inter-Korean trade dropped to an 8-year low in 2013,... the year Pyongyang shut down the jointly run Kaesong Industrial Complex, citing heightened tensions on the peninsula.
It resumed operations there five months later.
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