North Korea seeks "fruitful relations" with Japan's incoming centre-left government, Kyodo news agency quoted the regime's number two, Kim Yong-Nam, as saying in an interview Thursday in Pyongyang. Kim, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, said Pyongyang would closely watch the policy stance of the incoming Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and the next ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - North Korea's nominal No. 2 leader has called for "fruitful relations" with Japan's next prime minister, Yukio Hatoyama, but ties will depend on how Tokyo tackles issues such as compensation for Japan's 1910-1945 colonial rule, Kyodo news agency reported on Thursday. Kim Yong-nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, also suggested ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is in good health and has not named his third son as his successor, the communist country's No. 2 leader said in an interview with a Japanese news agency Thursday. Kim Yong Nam, the head of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, said Kim Jong Il is running the country with ...