Nov 19 - By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press Writer
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.
Nov 18 - By Associated Press
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.
Nov 18 - By Associated Press
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.
Nov 15 - By Associated Press
Obama: US working with allies on ways to send Iran 'clear message' on nuclear program.
Nov 15 - By Associated Press
French 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.
Nov 13 - By Associated Press
President Barack Obama says the U.S. and the world will not "be cowed" by North Korea's threats and nuclear belligerence.
Nov 13 - By Associated Press
Obama: Positive US-China relationship opens door to solve global economic, security problems.

Nov 12 - By Charles Hutzler, Associated Press Writer
Showing impatience with Iranian foot-dragging, President Barack Obama said Thursday that the U.S. and its allies are discussing possible new penalties against Iran for defying international attempts to halt its contested nuclear program.
Nov 12 - By Associated Press
AirTran official: Widespread delays, cancellations nationwide due to FAA flight plan computer problem.

Nov 10 - By Matthew Lee, Associated Press Writer
Amid rising tension between North and South Korea after a naval skirmish, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday urged calm and said diplomatic efforts to resolve the nuclear standoff with the North would continue.

Nov 10 - By Robert Burns, AP National Security Writer
A senior U.S. diplomat will travel to North Korea before year's end to try to pull the Koreans back into international negotiations on nuclear disarmament, the State Department said Tuesday.

Nov 9 - By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press Writer
A North Korean cargo ship visited a South Korean port Monday, showing that trade between the rival countries is continuing despite their bloody naval skirmish last week.

Nov 9 - By Associated Press
The French president's special envoy on North Korea held talks Tuesday with the country's foreign minister during a visit to Pyongyang to explore the possibility of establishing diplomatic ties with the communist regime.

Nov 7 - By Matthew Lee, Associated Press Writer
Nuclear impasses with Iran and North Korea are the dominant issues for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on her trip to Europe and Asia, which begins with a stopover in Germany to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's fall.
Nov 3 - By Associated Press
The Obama administration has decided, after months of deliberation, to accept an offer by North Korea to send a special envoy to Pyongyang for direct talks on nuclear issues, two administration officials said Monday.
Nov 3 - By Angela Charlton, Associated Press Writer
Nicolas Sarkozy is once again wading into international diplomacy. After trying a hand at Mideast peace, raising France's profile on Iran and reaching out to Cuba, he's homing in on another problem long seen as Washington's to solve: North Korea.

Nov 1 - By Jae-Soon Chang, Associated Press Writer
North Korea claimed Tuesday that it has successfully weaponized more plutonium for atomic bombs, a day after warning Washington to agree quickly to direct talks or face the prospect of a growing North Korean nuclear arsenal.

Oct 31 - By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press Writer
Former South Korean spy chief Lee Hu-rak, who brokered the signing of a historic 1972 peace document with North Korea following a secret trip to Pyongyang, died Saturday. He was 85.
Oct 29 - By Jae-Soon Chang, Associated Press Writer
The North Korean government was the source of high-profile cyberattacks in July that caused Web outages in South Korea and the United States, news reports said Friday.

Oct 27 - By Jae-Soon Chang, Associated Press Writer
The South Korean pig farmer believed to have defected to North Korea by cutting through barbed wire at the heavily fortified border was wanted by police for assault, officials said Wednesday.

Oct 25 - By Jae-Soon Chang, Associated Press Writer
South Korea offered a small amount of food aid to North Korea on Monday — its first direct assistance to the impoverished neighbor in nearly two years of strained relations.

Oct 23 - By Kwang-Tae Kim, Associated Press Writer
A summit between the two Koreas should help resolve the dispute over North Korea's nuclear programs, a South Korean official said, as an envoy for the North met with a U.S. government negotiator in likely pursuit of bilateral talks with Washington.
Oct 23 - By Richard Lardner, Associated Press Writers
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.

Oct 22 - By Associated Press
NASA has posted a satellite image showing huge plumes of smoke billowing across northeastern North Korea.

Oct 21 - By Robert Burns, AP National Security Writer
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday warned of dire consequences from the spread of nuclear weapons, while a special U.S. panel asserted that the more worrisome and urgent threat is terrorists attacking the United States or its allies with biological weapons.