North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits the March 5 Youth Mine in this picture released by the North's KCNA news agency in Pyongyang September 11, 2010. KCNA did not state when the picture was taken. North Korea has proposed on Saturday holding Red Cross talks with the South on reunions of families split by the Korean War in what would be a rare contact between the rivals locked in a row over the sinking of a South Korean naval ship. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 17 months ago

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits the March 5 Youth Mine in this picture released by the North's KCNA news agency in Pyongyang September 11, 2010. KCNA did not state when the picture was taken. North Korea has proposed on Saturday holding Red Cross talks with the South on reunions of families split by the Korean War in what would be a rare contact between the rivals locked in a row over the sinking of a South Korean naval ship.

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