NORTH KOREA NEWSLETTER NO. 33 (December 11, 2008)

*** CHRONOLOGICAL REVIEW

NORTH KOREA NEWSLETTER NO. 33 (December 11, 2008)

*** FOREIGN TIPS

Kissinger Turns down Invitation to Visit Pyongyang: Chung Mong-joon

NORTH KOREA NEWSLETTER NO. 33 (December 11, 2008)

*** INTER-KOREAN RELATIONS

South Korea Pulls Nationals out of North Korea

NORTH KOREA NEWSLETTER NO. 33 (December 11, 2008)

*** NEWS IN BRIEF (Part 2)

Pyongyang Slams Seoul's Reaction to Border Crossing Ban

NORTH KOREA NEWSLETTER NO. 33 (December 11, 2008)

*** NEWS IN BRIEF (Part 1)

'North Korea Has No AIDS Patients': WHO Official

NORTH KOREA NEWSLETTER NO. 33 (December 11, 2008)

*** TOPIC OF THE WEEK

Despite Hopes for Progress, Nuclear Talks Disintegrate

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with envoys' comments; CHANGES headline)
By Lee Chi-dong
BEIJING, Dec. 11 (Yonhap) -- Veteran negotiators at this week's six-way talks on

By Shin Hae-in
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Yonhap) -- Opposition parties pressed President Lee Myung-bak on
Thursday to entirely give up his plan to build a network of cross-country

(LEAD: MODIFIES lead paras; UPDATES with additional remarks, more details)
By Byun Duk-kun
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Yonhap) -- U.S. troops serving in South Korea will begin

The following is the first summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency
on Thursday.