According to the North's official Korean Central News Agency, a delegation from the Laotian capital of Vientiane visited North Korea on May 20.

NPR: Activists Criticize Reported NKorean Repatriation

"A patrol ship of the Navy of the Korean People's Amy captured one ship of South Korea on July 30 when it illegally intruded deep into the DPRK territorial waters, " North Korea's Korean Central News Agency reported.

CNN: Report: N. Korea captures S. Korean boat

"If the U.S. ... delays the settlement of the nuclear issue, it would have a serious impact on the disablement of nuclear facilities, " an unidentified spokesman for North Korea's Foreign Ministry said in a statement carried by the Korean Central News Agency, the North Korean news agency.

CNN: North Korea: U.S. to blame in nuclear talks deadlock

"We had already warned the South Korean group of traitors not to make reckless remarks concerning the sinking of warship Cheonan of the puppet navy, " North Korea's National Defence Commission said in a statement, according to the Korean Central News Agency.

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