WFP chief wraps up N. Korea visit

WFP chief wraps up N. Korea visit

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Josette Sheeran (L), executive director of the World Food Program, shakes hands with Pak Kil Yon, a North Korean vice foreign minister, at Pyongyang airport on Nov. 4, 2010, as she wraps up a three-day visit. Sheeran met the country's No. 2 leader Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, the North's parliament, during her stay.

World Food Program chief arrives in N. Korea

World Food Program chief arrives in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Josette Sheeran (R), executive director of the World Food Program, is welcomed by Pak Kil Yon, a North Korean vice foreign minister, after arriving at Pyongyang airport for a three-day visit on Nov. 2, 2010.

N. Korea says denuclearization depends on U.S. policy

N. Korea says denuclearization depends on U.S. policy

NEW YORK, United States - North Korea's Vice Foreign Minister Pak Kil Yon addresses a United Nations General Assembly session at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 28, 2009. Pak said the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula hinges on decisions made by the United States.

N. Korea defends self at U.N. over nukes

N. Korea defends self at U.N. over nukes

NEW YORK, United States - Pak Kil Yon, North Korea's vice minister of foreign affairs, addresses a session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 27. Pak defended his country's resumption of its nuclear activities while slamming Japan for being a ''war criminal state'' unsuited to becoming a permanent U.N. Security Council member.

N. Korea envoy to U.N. says no plan to conduct nuclear tests

N. Korea envoy to U.N. says no plan to conduct nuclear tests

WASHINGTON, United States - Pak Kil Yon (L), the North Korean permanent representative to the United Nations, and Han Song Ryol, North Korea's deputy representative to the U.N., speak to reporters in the U.S. Senate in Washington on July 20. Pak became the first North Korean ambassador to the U.N. to visit Washington under the administration of George W. Bush.

N. Korea defends self at U.N. over nukes

N. Korea defends self at U.N. over nukes

NEW YORK, United States - Pak Kil Yon, North Korea's vice minister of foreign affairs, addresses a session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 27. Pak defended his country's resumption of its nuclear activities while slamming Japan for being a ''war criminal state'' unsuited to becoming a permanent U.N. Security Council member. (Kyodo)

N. Korea says denuclearization depends on U.S. policy

N. Korea says denuclearization depends on U.S. policy

NEW YORK, United States - North Korea's Vice Foreign Minister Pak Kil Yon addresses a United Nations General Assembly session at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 28, 2009. Pak said the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula hinges on decisions made by the United States. (Kyodo)

N. Korea envoy to U.N. says no plan to conduct nuclear tests

N. Korea envoy to U.N. says no plan to conduct nuclear tests

WASHINGTON, United States - Pak Kil Yon (L), the North Korean permanent representative to the United Nations, and Han Song Ryol, North Korea's deputy representative to the U.N., speak to reporters in the U.S. Senate in Washington on July 20. Pak became the first North Korean ambassador to the U.N. to visit Washington under the administration of George W. Bush. (Kyodo)

World Food Program chief arrives in N. Korea

World Food Program chief arrives in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Josette Sheeran (R), executive director of the World Food Program, is welcomed by Pak Kil Yon, a North Korean vice foreign minister, after arriving at Pyongyang airport for a three-day visit on Nov. 2, 2010. (Kyodo)

WFP chief wraps up N. Korea visit

WFP chief wraps up N. Korea visit

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Josette Sheeran (L), executive director of the World Food Program, shakes hands with Pak Kil Yon, a North Korean vice foreign minister, at Pyongyang airport on Nov. 4, 2010, as she wraps up a three-day visit. Sheeran met the country's No. 2 leader Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, the North's parliament, during her stay. (Kyodo)