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A key U.N. committee expressed "very serious concern" Thursday at widespread reports of torture and other grave human rights violations in North Korea and strongly urged the government to put an end to the violations.
President Barack Obama says his envoy on North Korea will travel to the country early next month for the first bilateral talks with the communist regime since he took office.
South Korea's president says he and President Barack Obama have agreed to offer North Korea a "grand bargain" aimed at ending the North's nuclear program.
The Treasury Department has frozen the assets of a North Korean bank and one of its executives for being involved in the sale of ballistic missiles and other weapons technology.
Morningstar Inc., the financial information provider, said Tuesday it has doubled its stake in Morningstar Korea Co. to 80 percent.
Usain Bolt has pulled out of a meet this month in South Korea because of fatigue.
It has imprisoned American journalists, held the world hostage with missile tests, mocked Hilary Clinton’s outfits and in 2002 was branded a member of the “Axis of Evil,” but North Korea is indeed open to foreign visitors.
After being portrayed for years as a reclusive villain with nuclear ambitions, it's North Korea that wants to talk. And it's the Obama administration — champion of engaging adversaries — that does not.
A senior U.S. diplomat sought South Korea's support Monday to enforce U.N. sanctions against North Korea despite a series of gestures by the communist nation to reduce tensions with the rival South.
Eyes glued to the TV, Y.E. Yang's family on the island of Jeju stayed up all night to watch the South Korean face off against world No. 1 Tiger Woods at the PGA Championship.
The Obama administration moved Tuesday to freeze the assets of a North Korean bank accused of providing financial services to companies involved in Pyongyang's missile programs.
The White House approved Bill Clinton's high-stakes rescue mission only with caution, intent that North Korea not benefit on the world stage. Yet officials now suggest it could mark a fresh start with the volatile regime.
U.S. attempts to draw up a broad contingency plan in case North Korea's government collapses are being complicated by China's refusal to talk about potential chaos engulfing its dysfunctional neighbor.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday he supports North Korea's willingness to engage in one-on-one talks with the United States to resolve the dispute over eliminating its nuclear weapons program.
The Obama administration said Tuesday that the families of two reporters imprisoned in North Korea had asked former President Bill Clinton to travel to Pyongyang to seek the women's release.
A panel of the U.N. Security Council approved sanctions Thursday against North Korea that include travel bans and asset freezes against five individuals, four companies and one state agency. It also banned sales of two materials used in ballistic missiles.
The U.N. imposed new sanctions Thursday against five North Korean officials, four companies and a state agency, and banned imports of two weapons-making materials, in a rare unified push by the world's powers to thwart Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions.
The United Nations' newly toughened penalties on North Korea for its nuclear defiance could hit hardest in an area that worries American officials the most: the North's illicit exports of nuclear and missile technologies.
Western powers reached agreement with North Korea's key allies Wednesday on a proposal that would impose tough new sanctions on the reclusive communist nation's weapons exports and financial dealings, and allow inspections of suspect cargo in ports and on the high seas.
Vice President Joe Biden on Sunday committed the U.S. to enforcing new U.N. penalties against North Korea while acknowledging that "God only knows" what ruler Kim Jong Il wants from the latest showdown.
The White House says the president of South Korea will visit President Barack Obama next week.
His patience tested, President Barack Obama on Saturday promised a new and stronger response to defiant North Korea, saying that while he prefers diplomacy he is now taking a "very hard look" at tougher measures. A Pentagon official said no military moves were planned.
The families of two American journalists held captive in North Korea expressed fears for their safety today while pleading for their release.
North Korea's nuclear threats are grabbing the world's attention. But if the North were to strike South Korea today, it would probably first try to savage Seoul with the men and missiles of its huge conventional army.
Based on what appears to be a successful test of an atomic bomb more powerful than the one North Korea detonated in 2006, former U.S. government and independent analysts say the North's technical skills are improving slightly.
BBC News - Newsnight - Defector tells of life in North Korean armyNewsnight has spoken to two North Korean defectors about life inside the secretive Stalinist state, one of whom says that he was an anti-tank battalion commander in North Korea's army before fleeing.
It's Never Too Early to Be Too LateA friend who optimistically believes every cloud has a silver lining hopes the tragedy at Fort Hood was merely the work of a volunteer in the Insane Clown Army and not a terrorist attack on an American army base in our supposedly safe homeland.
My grandfather was a double war veteran. He served our country proudly in World War II and in the Korean War. He was taken away from me too early on April 21, 1988.
Women Are Veterans TooDid you know that there are almost two million women veterans? From the American Revolution to Panama, Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq , women have served in some way in every conflict. Not that they were legal in the early days.
Navies of 2 Koreas exchange fire near borderA brief naval skirmish erupted Tuesday between the two Koreas, raising tension in Northeast Asia as President Barack Obama prepares this week for a visit to the region.
Two Koreas' navies in skirmish North and South Korean naval forces have exchanged fire, . "No South Korean casualties were immediately reported," the official said. He said a North Korean patrol ship crossed into South Korean waters, prompting the South's navy to fire warning shots, according to Yonhap. "Th …
BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Woman passes 950th driving testA South Korean woman is celebrating after passing the written exam for a driving licence - on her 950th attempt.
Sisters in ArmsOn Wednesday, a country at war honors its nearly 25 million living veterans. Almost 2 million of them are women.
Woman passes 950th driving testA South Korean woman is celebrating after passing the written exam for a driving licence - on her 950th attempt. After four years of trying, 68-year-old Cha Sa-soon finally managed to secure the 60 out of 100 points needed to pass the test.
Counterfeit Whiskey Detectors in Korean Cell PhonesIf you've been to or lived in Korea for any amount of time, you know that it's a drinking culture. It's expected that when your boss says "let's go have dinner and drinks" to the staff that they go and that they drink, to excess (if the boss drinks to excess).
Slaughter Of Dogs In South Korea THIS IS UNTOLERABLE WE MUST ALL SIGN THIS PETITION 'The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.' Mahatma Gandi
Raw Fish Spread Liver Cancer: Discovery NewsThe human liver fluke, a freshwater parasite endemic to areas of Thailand, Japan, and Siberia, triggers human liver cancer by creating harmful cell mutations, encouraging tumor growth, and stopping normal cell death, according to a study released yesterday in the journal PLoS Pat …
Korean War veterans pay tribute at memorial10/7/2009 - WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Veterans of the Korean War, both American and Korean, gathered here Oct. 5 with current Army and South Korean leaders to pay tribute at the National Korean War Memorial.
Chinese, DPRK leaders meet on bilateral tiesChina Daily is published in China and presented in English. It seems a little unsettling to read about Chinese diplomacy. Not because it is threatening but because it seems to be leading in the direction we should be going in the US.
Time Capsule: MacArthur vs. Truman, April, 1951Step back with me back to April 23, 1951. President Harry S. Truman had fired Gen. Douglas McArthur on April 11 and Time magazine ran this long, in-depth analysis of the situation. (compare this to what passes for journalism today, but that's another story.)
Child Abuse in Korea The anonymous 8-year-old primary school student called by the alias Na-young was on her way to school in Ansan south of Seoul last December when a drunken man surnamed Cho took her to a nearby church bathroom.
Service Dogs Help Traumatized Veterans HealBy Amanda Gardner HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Sept. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Iraq war veteran Jennifer Pacanowski was unaware that she was racing dangerously down the freeway at 85 miles an hour when she felt a wet nose nudge her elbow.
Long-Belated Homecoming for World War II Veterans WASHINGTON — For Lawrence M. Hinsley, it was a celebration almost 65 years in the making. Mr. Hinsley, a Navy enlistee who served in the Pacific theater in World War II, says he was greeted with little pomp and circumstance when he returned home in late 1945.
Responsible Reporting?Yet another article about Swine Flu that has a misleading title. Well at least the coverage is consistent.
Iran's North Korean model 'As Maine goes, so goes the nation," was a popular US political axiom in the last century, attesting to the northeastern state's uncanny ability through much of the 19th and early 20th century to be a bellwether of US presidential elections.
Dr Daniel Ellsberg: American Planning for a Hundred Holocausts - horrific nuclear threat"the estimated quantities of smoke generated by attacks totaling little more than one megaton of nuclear explosives could lead to global climate anomalies exceeding any changes experienced in recorded history"
N. Korea in final uranium phaseNorth Korea said Friday that it is in the final stages of enriching uranium, a process that could give the nation a second way to make nuclear bombs in addition to its known plutonium-enriching program.
Two Koreas hold rare talks on split familiesRed Cross officials from South Korea arrived in the North for three days of talks on Wednesday in a rare meeting between the rivals to discuss the plight of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War.
Former President Kim Dae-jung buried as Koreas enjoy thawA state funeral attended by some 20,000 people has been held in South Korea for former President Kim Dae-jung Mr Kim won the Nobel prize in 2000 for his work to foster better relations with North Korea and his death seems to be having a similarly positive effect.
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