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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. Complete Story...
The United States says North Korea's use of more nuclear fuel for weapons violates the North's past commitments at international disarmament talks.
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.
North Korea says the extended run of its dance-and-tumbling extravaganza known as the Mass Games has come to a close.
The U.S. defense secretary said Thursday that North Korea continues to pose a grave threat to international peace and pledged to protect South Korea with Washington's full military might, including its nuclear weapons.
South Korea will consider resuming humanitarian aid to impoverished North Korea but it has ruled out assistance on the large scale of previous, more liberal administrations, a senior official said Sunday.
China's recent offer of aid to North Korea could undermine U.N. sanctions against Pyongyang and help feed a cycle of failed negotiations aimed at ending the isolated country's nuclear program, a former U.S. negotiator said Thursday.
South Korea is providing North Korea with optical cables and other equipment to help modernize military hot lines between the two nations, officials in Seoul said Wednesday.
The United States will not meet directly with North Korea until Pyongyang commits to rejoining six-nation disarmament talks and abides by commitments to dismantle its nuclear programs, a top U.S. diplomat said Wednesday.
North Korea offered a rare apology Wednesday for unleashing dam water causing floods downstream blamed for six South Korean deaths and promised to alert Seoul to such measures in the future, an official said.
North Korea's state media says that the son of evangelist Billy Graham has left the North after a three-day trip.
President Barack Obama should learn from the experience of previous U.S. leaders when grappling with thorny nuclear issues ranging from the ambitions of Iran and North Korea to the threat of terrorism, experts told a forum on the shaping of American foreign policy in a nuclear age.
North Korea reportedly test-launched five short-range missiles — and may fire more — in what analysts said is an attempt to improve its bargaining position ahead of possible talks with the United States.
North Korea appears keen to improve ties with the U.S. and its neighbors in Asia and perhaps rejoin nuclear disarmament talks, China's premier said Saturday, urging fellow leaders not to let the opportunity slip away.
Impoverished North Korea should be given no aid unless it abandons the pursuit of nuclear weapons, the leaders of South Korea and Japan said Friday, forging a united stance before traveling to China for talks on how to get Pyongyang back to the negotiating table.
U.N. sanctions on North Korea must remain in place even if the communist nation comes back to international nuclear disarmament talks, South Korea's foreign minister said Thursday.
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.
Obama Drifts Toward Jimmy II: The time has come for the president to be decisive Secretary of State Clinton went to Russia to discuss the possibility of putting sanctions on Iran. The Russians pushed back hard and publicly. The State Department weakly responded that they hadn't come to Moscow looking for anything in the first place.
Beijing Is Violating North Korean Sanctions New business links fly in the face of a Security Council resolution.
Will 'Hotel of Doom' ever be finished?Infamously ugly and unfinished, the shell of the Ryugyong Hotel dominates North Korea's capital, Pyongyang. But work on the skyscraper began again last summer after a 16-year hiatus and, as the company behind it tells the BBC's Matthew Davis, an end may finally be in sight.
N. Korea apologizes to South for deadly floodIn a rare apology, North Korea expresses regret for unleashing dam water causing floods downstream that swept six South Koreans to their deaths.
North Korea: Red-Headed StepchildNorth Korea does not like being out of the headlines, particularly due to the Iranian nukes. The solution: fire the missiles!
Japanese, South Korean leaders skeptical of North Korea's offer -- latimes.comNorth Korea needs to be completely isolated. Hit Kim Jong Il with extremely punitive sanctions on a country by country basis since China will never support a U.N. resolution against North Korea.
Report: N. Korea fires 5 short-range missilesNorth Korea fired five short-range missiles off its east coast on Monday, a news report said, even as South Korea proposed working-level talks with its communist neighbor.
North Korea seeks talks with United StatesSEOUL: North Korea on Tuesday signalled it could return to nuclear disarmament talks it had declared dead six months ago, but a report said it was near restoring its atomic plant underlined the secretive state would keep the stakes high.
North Korea says ready to return to nuclear talksNorth Korea on Tuesday signaled it could return to nuclear disarmament talks it had declared dead six months ago, but a report it was near restoring its atomic plant underlined the secretive state would keep the stakes high.
America Is Getting Hustled - The Daily BeastThe rumor is that Iran "revealed" the Qom facility after discovering the Western intelligence officials had learned of its existence, and that Sarkozy was planning on making a dramatic announcement at the United Nations General Assembly.
Cries and Hugs at Reunion of Families in North Korea - NYTimes.comSouth Korean families visit North Korean relatives for the first time in years.
Nkorea promises UN to combat nuclear proliferationUNITED NATIONS - North Korea's atomic weapons were for deterrent purposes only and will be handled "in a responsible manner" to ensure there was no nuclear proliferation, a senior official said on Monday.
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