THE widow of former South Korean president Kim Dae-jung, the author of a now-jettisoned engagement policy with North Korea, crossed the fortified land border between the two sides yesterday to pay her respects to deceased dictator Kim Jong-il.

THE death of Kim Jong Il could halt talks aimed at getting the country to give up its nuclear weapons.

The death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il could put a brake on talks ultimately aimed at getting the secretive communist state to give up its nuclear weapons.

Media reports have confirmed that North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has visited China.

Belgian movie hardman Jean-Claude Van Damme is being head-hunted to solve the world's terrorism problems, by North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's son and potential successor.