Topic: Jack Lang
France will open a cooperation bureau in North Korea, Le Monde newspaper said Tuesday, but underscored that Paris was not launching diplomatic relations with the reclusive Stalinist state.A senior French diplomat is currently in Pyongyang where he "will present to the ...
South Korea on Saturday staged a ceremony rich in traditional pageantry to welcome the return of priceless ancient royal books, 145 years after they were looted by French troops.A solemn procession of some 500 people, wearing colourful traditional court costumes, moved ...
The international community must hunt the dozen Somali clan chiefs who run the pirate attacks on international shipping in the Indian Ocean, a UN advisor told the Security Council on Tuesday.Amid mounting international concern over the attacks and hostage-taking, former French ...
Somali pirates are expanding their attacks and costing the world more than $7 billion a year, according to a UN study that calls for stepped up security and a pirate court. The report by former French minister Jack Lang suggests establishing a ...
Most Somali pirates captured in the Indian Ocean end up being released without facing justice, UN envoy Jack Lang has said."Nine out of 10 pirates captured by marines are freed, despite efforts by many states to have a single jurisdiction" for ...
The United Nations special advisor on piracy said Monday authorities must tackle the menace seriously, but stopped short of making proposals."Piracy is a complex problem that must be taken seriously," Jack Lang, a former French culture minister, said on Mauritius state ...
Hundreds of music lovers gathered around open air stages at temples, mansions and pedestrian streets on Sunday as France brought its "Fete de la Musique" to Shanghai for the first time.Professional and amateur musicians of all ages and musical styles played ...
French President Sarkozy's envoy says talks with North Koreans addressed sensitive issuesFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy's special envoy to North Korea said Sunday that he had long talks with officials there about sensitive issues including nuclear proliferation and human rights.Jack ...
France's special envoy to North Korea, Jack Lang, said Friday following a five-day visit to the reclusive state that Pyongyang had agreed to an " "The top leaders announced that as a special gesture to France, they had accepted our proposal for ...
France's special envoy on North Korea, Jack Lang, arrived in Pyongyang on Monday, state media reported, on a five-day mission expected to include talks on the North's disputed nuclear programme.Lang told AFP last week he hoped to " start a ...
