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Chinese Media: North Korea Envoy Offers Talks
(BEIJING) — A North Korean envoy, on the second day of his fence-mending visit to ally China, heeded Beijing's wishes by offering to renew nuclear disarmament...
North Korea Fires Projectile into Eastern Waters
(SEOUL, South Korea) — North Korea fired a projectile into waters off its eastern coast Sunday, a day after launching three short-range missiles in the same...
Chinese Fishing Boat, Crew Released by North Korea
(BEIJING) — The owner of a Chinese fishing boat seized for ransom by unidentified North Koreans says the boat and its 16 crew members have been released. Yu...
SKorea Says NKorea Fires 3 Short-Range Missiles
(SEOUL, South Korea) — North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It routinely tests...
North Korea Replaces Hard-line Defense Chief
(SEOUL, South Korea) — North Korea has replaced its hard-line defense chief with a little-known army general, according to a state media report Monday, in what...
U.S. Asks North Korea for Amnesty on Detained American
(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. is calling for North Korea to grant an amnesty for the immediate release of a Korean-American sentenced to 15 years hard labor for...
North Korean Amusement Park To Feature Big Ben and Eiffel Tower
North Korea is planning on building a replica of Big Ben and the Eiffel Tower in a miniature theme park scheduled to open in the capital later this year. Last...
Hurdles to Talks High After North Korea Threats
(PYONGYANG, North Korea) -- After weeks of fiery rhetoric, military posturing and threats that it's willing to strike back hard if provoked, North Korea appears...
NKorea Charges U.S. Man in Plot to Overthrow Regime
(PYONGYANG, North Korea) — North Korea announced Saturday that an American detained for nearly six months is being tried in the Supreme Court on charges of...
NKorea Charges U.S. Man of Plot to Overthrow Regime
(PYONGYANG, North Korea) — North Korea announced Saturday that an American detained for nearly six months is being tried in the Supreme Court on charges of...
Photo Essays
Born Under Fire: The Dawn of Israel, 1948
Sixty-five years ago this week, in the midst of a civil war and at the tail end of the decades-long British Mandate of Palestine, the state of Israel was born...
Scenes from North Korea’s Kaesong Industrial Zone
Kaesong Industrial Zone, an area located in the Cold War-era DMZ between the two Koreas, has earned an estimated $2 billion a year in trade for the impoverished...
Articles from Around the Web
Envoy Says North Korea Open to Dialogue
The North Korean envoy, Vice Marshal Choe Ryong-hae, said the North would'' accept the proposal'' by China, its biggest benefactor, with which it has strained relations. ...
China media: North Korea diplomacy
Media and experts in China link a senior North Korean official's Beijing visit to escalating regional tensions. ...
North Korea sends special envoy to China
Choe Ryong-Hae, director of Korean People's Army politburo and special envoy to Kim Jong-Un, flew to China on Wednesday. ...
China media: North Korea warned
State media warn Pyongyang against detaining fishing boats amid public anger over the'' kidnapping'' of fishermen by unidentified captors. ...
