(CNN) -- North Korea's ruling party will host its largest meeting in decades next week, possibly to set the stage for the handover of power from Kim Jong Il to his youngest son.The
U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs LynnCNN) -- Three days after North Korea declared it will not abandon its nuclear weapons program, a senior United Nations offic
North Korea is in no rush to resume stalled talks aimed at persuading the country to give up its nuclear weapons arsenal, the U.N. envoy to the country said Friday.Speaking at a ne
UN under-secretary-general for political affairs Lynn Pascoe said Friday he spent four days in Pyongyang having "useful talks" with senior members of the North Korean government, i