NORTH KOREA NEWSLETTER NO. 54 (May 14, 2009)

*** FOREIGN TIPS

Kim Jong-il's Heir Apparent Increasingly Visible in N. Korea

NORTH KOREA NEWSLETTER NO. 54 (May 14, 2009)

*** INTER-KOREAN RELATIONS

N. Korea Steps up Military Training on Western Border

NORTH KOREA NEWSLETTER NO. 54 (May 14, 2009)

*** NEWS IN BRIEF (Part 2)

N. Korea Says There Will Be No Talks with S. Korean Government

PUTRAJAYA, May 14 (Bernama) -- Starting July 1, officers in the support
group who have served 15 years or more but are still in the appointment grade

NORTH KOREA NEWSLETTER NO. 54 (May 14, 2009)

*** NEWS IN BRIEF (Part 1)

North Korea Says No Flu Cases, Stockpiling Medicine

*** TOPIC OF THE WEEK

Bilateral Dialogue Possible Despite N.K. Rhetoric Against Obama

PETALING JAYA, May 14 (Bernama) -- The government will continue to introduce
measures to reduce dependency on foreign workers in all sectors, although it

SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean naval unit patrolling in pirate-plagued
Somali waters has rescued an Egyptian-registered vessel from being hijacked, the

SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- Two U.S. female journalists detained in North Korea for
illegally entering the country will stand trial in Pyongyang on June 4, the

SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Indonesia will hold working-level
consultations on ways to counter terrorism in Jakarta later this week, Seoul's