North Korea

North Korea fires missiles into sea as U.S. defense chief visits region

North Korea has fired two surface-to-air missiles off its west coast, South Korea said on Thursday, ...

Apr 09, 2015 10:32 AM EDT

Japan is set to extend sanctions on North Korea: Nikkei

Japan will likely extend its sanctions against North Korea because of Pyongyang's delay in reporting...

Mar 30, 2015 08:19 AM EDT

North Korea's neighbors push to resume six-party talks

Russia and China discussed resuming six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program this week, whil...

Mar 26, 2015 08:19 AM EDT

Top South Korea, Japan, China envoys aim to damp tension, discuss missiles, regional bank

The foreign ministers of South Korea, Japan and China on Saturday hold their first meeting in three ...

Mar 21, 2015 01:27 AM EDT

U.N. expert to probe conditions of North Korean workers abroad

The U.N. human rights investigator for North Korea said on Monday he would probe allegations of an e...

Mar 17, 2015 09:07 AM EDT

U.N. expert wants North Korea to answer for decades of abductions

A United Nations human rights investigator recommended an international strategy on Monday to press ...

Mar 09, 2015 09:49 AM EDT

Japan, North Korea could resume abduction talks this month: Nikkei

Japan and North Korea could resume talks as early as this month over an investigation North Korea is...

Mar 07, 2015 02:09 AM EST

Knife-wielding attacker slashes face of U.S. ambassador in South Korea

U.S. ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert underwent two-and-a-half hours of surgery after he was s...

Mar 05, 2015 04:55 AM EST

U.N. nuclear watchdog says Iran still withholding key information

The head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog said on Monday Iran had still not handed over key i...

Mar 02, 2015 07:37 AM EST

North Korea, running scared from Ebola, bans foreigners from marathon

North Korea has banned foreign runners from participating in an international marathon scheduled to ...

Feb 22, 2015 11:26 PM EST

North Korea says unworried by ICC threat because it's not guilty

North Korea said on Monday it is not worried about a threat to refer the country to the Internationa...

Feb 17, 2015 12:32 AM EST

North Korea warns diplomats under Ebola quarantine: no more parties

North Korea has sent a note to foreign diplomats and organizations in Pyongyang warning them not to ...

Feb 13, 2015 07:05 AM EST

North Korea fights for 'people's dreams' with barrage of slogans

"Let the strong wind of fish farming blow across the country!" "Let the wives of officers become dep...

Feb 12, 2015 05:14 AM EST

U.S. creates new agency to lead cyberthreat tracking

Calling the destructive cyberattack on Sony Pictures "a game changer," a top White House official on...

Feb 11, 2015 05:38 AM EST

China's Xi to make first state visit to U.S. as both flag problems

Chinese President Xi Jinping will make his first state visit to the United States in September, Chin...

Feb 11, 2015 04:55 AM EST

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