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North Korea planning big military parade: reports
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Seoul (AFP) Jan 30, 2012

China decided on N. Korea aid after Kim death: report
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 30, 2012 - China decided to give North Korea a large amount of aid the day after Kim Jong-Il's death was announced, in a gesture of support for the incoming regime of his son, a Japanese newspaper reported Monday.

At a December 20 meeting of senior officials chaired by President Hu Jintao, China decided to give 500,000 tons of food and 250,000 tons of crude oil to the isolated state, the Tokyo Shimbun reported from Seoul, citing unnamed sources.

China made the decision to "stabilise the new regime of Kim Jong-Un, the successor to general secretary Kim," the paper quoted one of its sources as saying.

It was not known if the aid had actually been transferred to the reclusive regime, the paper said.

South Korea's unification ministry, which handles cross-border affairs, declined to comment on the report.

China is wary of instability in North Korea, fearing a huge influx of hungry refugees over its land border if the state collapses.

Kim Jong-Il died on December 17 but his death was not announced until two days later.


North Korea plans a massive military parade including missiles and other weaponry to mark major anniversaries early this year after its leader's death, South Korean media reports said Monday.

A large number of army, naval and air force troops have been practising for months at Mirim air base near the capital Pyongyang, Yonhap news agency reported, citing an unidentified Seoul official.

"The practice was under way even before the death of Kim Jong-Il," Yonhap quoted the official as saying. The leader died on December 17 and was succeeded by his youngest son Jong-Un in the country's second dynastic power transfer.

The parade will likely be staged to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of founding president Kim Il-Sung on April 15, or the anniversary of the foundation of the army on April 25, the official was quoted as saying.

Major weaponry including new tanks and armoured vehicles as well as short- and mid-range missiles have been deployed, the official said.

The event will likely be the largest military parade ever held in the country if all weaponry that has been deployed for practice sessions actually takes part, JoongAng Ilbo newspaper quoted an official as saying.

Seoul's defence ministry declined to confirm the reports.

JoongAng Ilbo said it was assumed the parade would be held to mark Kim Jong-Il's birthday on February 16, but Yonhap said it was likelier to go ahead in April.

Kim Jong-Il's birthday was never marked by a military parade while he was alive.

The impoverished but heavily-armed state with 1.2 million troops has regularly staged large parades featuring thousands of goose-stepping soldiers and major weaponry to mark major anniversaries.

Kim Jong-Il had declared 2012 as the year when the North would become a "powerful and prosperous nation" to mark the centenary of its founder's birth.

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NKorea nuclear talks could restart by summer: Russia
Moscow (AFP) Jan 29, 2012 - North Korean nuclear talks could restart by the summer, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told Japan's NHK television in a Saturday interview whose transcript was released by the ministry on Sunday.

"It is absolutely realistic to do this not just this year but in the first half of the year, concentrating on the main task of ensuring the Korean peninsula's non-nuclear status," Lavrov said.

"If we act in this way and at the same time do not create provocative situations, it's fully likely that we will achieve a result," Lavrov said.

He spoke ahead of a visit to Moscow by Washington's special representative for North Korea, Glyn Davies, who is due to arrive Tuesday to discuss continuing efforts to achieve North Korea's nuclear disarmament.

Lavrov said he believed North Korea was moving towards stabilisation after the death of leader Kim Jong-Il in December and the appointment of his son Kim Jong-Un as the new leader.

"As far as the situation in the country after the death of Kim Jong-Il goes, we have a feeling that it is developing in the direction of stabilisation," Lavrov said.

Russia, China, South Korea, Japan and the United States are part of the six-party nuclear talks, which stalled after North Korea quit the forum in April 2009, a month before staging its second nuclear test.



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