There is speculation Biegun may seek a meeting with his North Korean counterpart during his stay in Beijing through Friday.

descendants of animals illegally brought to the country by late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in the 1980s.said in a video distributed to the press.

especially in the Magdalena River basin.Because they have no natural predators here.The plan includes sterilizing 40 hippos each year.

aggressive three-ton animals is complicated.environmental authorities said.

transferring some of them to other countries and.

which is why the government is arranging for the possibletransfer of hipposto other countries.North Korea has test-fired a series of short-range projectiles since May.

Also discussed were important issues for decisive improvement of the overall national defense and core matters for the sustained and accelerated development of military capability for self-defense.The enlarged meeting of the ruling Workers Partys Central Military Commission has taken place six times since Kim took power in December 2011.

Nor did it say whether Kim discussed the stumbling denuclearization dialogue or corresponding measures.Some security experts speculated the meeting appeared to suggest the North could soon hold a plenary meeting of the partys Central Committee and scrap its self-imposed moratorium on nuclear and long-range missile tests