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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.
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.
President Barack Obama says the U.S. and the world will not "be cowed" by North Korea's threats and nuclear belligerence.
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.
AirTran official: Widespread delays, cancellations nationwide due to FAA flight plan computer problem.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
NASA has posted a satellite image showing huge plumes of smoke billowing across northeastern North Korea.
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.
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.
Obama Takes Stern Tone on North Korea and IranSEOUL, South Korea — President Obama delivered a stern message on Thursday to North Korea and Iran that they risk further sanctions and isolation if they do not rein in their nuclear ambitions.
How the U.S.-China Relationship Has ChangedAn undercurrent in commentary about President Obama's three-day trip to China is the anxious, decades-old question: has the Asian giant finally caught up? After debating Obama's town hall speech and negotiations over the trade imbalance, commentators have begun scrutinizing the o …
Pirates hijack tanker off Somali coast Pirates off Somalia's coast have hijacked a chemical tanker with a North Korean crew, European naval forces reported.
French envoy talks about trip in North KoreaPARIS -- 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.
North Korea Issues New Threat After Naval Clash SEOUL --- North Korea threatened on Friday to take "merciless military measures" along a disputed maritime border with South Korea, escalating tensions as President Barack Obama began a weeklong trip to Asia.
Two Koreas in brief naval clash, vessels hitSEOUL (Reuters) - Navies from the rival Koreas exchanged gunfire for the first time in seven years on Tuesday, damaging vessels on both sides and raising tension just days before U.S. President Barack Obama travels to Asia.
U.S, North Korea to resume nuclear talksU.S. negotiators will meet with North Korean envoys before the year's end for a rare, bilateral discussion about Pyongyang's clandestine nuclear program, the State Department announced Tuesday.
US Urges North Korea Not to Escalate Tensions in Yellow SeaWashington has urged North Korea not to escalate tensions in the Yellow Sea following a naval skirmish between the North and South Korean navies Tuesday. More Articles
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.
Korean Navies Trade Fire in First Incident in Seven YearsNorth and South Korean naval vessels exchanged fire in disputed waters off the western coast of the Korean Peninsula on Tuesday, leaving one North Korean vessel engulfed in flames, South Korean officials said. More Articles
Navies of 2 Koreas reportedly exchange fireNavy ships of the two Koreas exchanged fire Tuesday along their disputed western sea border, South Korean military officers said.
N Korea completes reprocessing of 8,000 spent fuel rodsNorth Korea said Tuesday it completed reprocessing of about 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods at its Yongbyon nuclear complex by the end of August, in a move apparently aimed at drawing the United States into one-on-one talks to address the nuclear standoff.
North Korea Completes Steps to Produce Fuel for Nuclear Explosives North Korea said Tuesday it had completed a technical process to produce the fuel needed for one or two more nuclear explosives, an effort begun in April to reverse disarmament actions it made in 2007 and 2008.
North Korea calls for direct talks with U.S.North Korea called on Monday for direct talks with its long-time foe, the United States, and gave the clearest signal so far it was ready to return to nuclear disarmament talks it has boycotted for almost a year.
Report: N. Korea calls for direct talks with U.S.North Korea's Foreign Ministry called on Monday for direct talks with its long-time foe, the United States, and said it was ready to return to stalled six-country nuclear disarmament negotiations.
Did President Clinton meet N. Korea's Kim Jong-il or his look-alike? A number of analysts here are convinced that not all the photos being released of North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-il, are really photos of Kim Jong-il.
North Korea's Untapped Mineral Wealth"A recent Goldman Sachs report found that Pyongyang sits on mineral deposits worth some $3.7 trillion; South Korea puts the figure higher, at $6 trillion or more."
•Online campaign asks for access to Pak's A Q KhanWashington, Oct 27 (PTI) A Washington-based Indian American political advocacy group has launched an online petition campaign, asking US lawmakers to demand access to A Q Khan and an audit of the tax payer funded aid to Pakistan.
Both Iran and West Fear a Trap on Uranium DealJust before international inspectors on Sunday were guided for the first time into an Iranian nuclear enrichment plant whose existence was a state secret until recently, the speaker of Iran's Parliament warned his countrymen to beware of American efforts to "cheat" Iran out …
Iran buys North Korean WMD for Syria, midget submarines for bothThe US Congressional Research Service reveals that Iran has helped Syria obtain "various forms of weapons of mass destruction" and missiles, as well as buying midget submarines - all from North Korea.
Iran, N. Korea supplying weapons to Syriadestruction and missile technology to Syria, a congressional report said.
North Korea food shortage 'desperate'A UN rights expert says the food situation in North Korea is desperate, with aid from the World Food Programme reaching only one-third of the hungry. A drop in international aid means that only 2m people are being helped.
Pentagon speeds up work on 15-ton bomb - Military- msnbc.comI would not want to be on the recieving end of one of these bombs.10 times more powerful then M.O.A.B wow.
U.S. permits visit by North Korean officialThe United States says it will allow a senior North Korean official to visit this month, a move analysts said could be a first step toward talks between the two on ending Pyongyang's nuclear programs.
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