April 12, 2013
WASHINGTON--U.S. spy agencies believe the recent bellicose rhetoric from North Korea is mainly an effort by leader Kim Jong Un to demonstrate he is firmly in command, National Intelligence Director James Clapper said on April 11.
April 12, 2013
LONDON--Foreign ministers from the G8 group of rich countries condemned "in the strongest possible terms" North Korea's development of nuclear weapons and ballistic missile technology on April 11 and called for more humanitarian aid to help civilians in Syria.
April 11, 2013
PYONGYANG, North Korea--North Korea delivered a fresh round of rhetoric on April 11 with claims it had "powerful striking means" on standby for a launch, while Seoul and Washington speculated that the country is preparing to test a medium-range missile during upcoming national celebrations.
April 11, 2013
SEOUL--South Korea and the United States were on high alert for a North Korean missile launch on April 11 as the hermit kingdom turned its attention to celebrating its ruling Kim dynasty and appeared to tone down rhetoric of impending war.
April 11, 2013
SEOUL--The hidden human face of North Korea's decision to shutter an industrial park it ran with Seoul is its 53,000-strong workforce. At the Kaesong industrial zone, North Korean workers earned regular wages and formed bonds with their southern compatriots, even flirting once in a while.
April 11, 2013
SEOUL--North Korea was responsible for a cyber-attack that shut down tens of thousands of computers and servers at South Korean broadcasters and banks last month, officials in Seoul said on April 10, noting that an initial investigation pointed to a military-run spy agency as the culprit.
April 11, 2013
SEOUL/ WASHINGTON--South Korea said on April 10 there was a "very high" probability that North Korea, after weeks of threats of war, would test-launch a medium-range missile at any time as a show of strength.
April 10, 2013
North Korea is believed to have added a different type of missile to the medium-range Musudan that it moved earlier to its eastern coast on the Sea of Japan.
April 10, 2013
TUMEN, China--Despite North Korea's threat of imminent war, the capital of Pyongyang is bustling as foreign delegations begin arriving to celebrate the 101st anniversary of founding father Kim Il Sung's birth.
April 10, 2013
BEIJING--Chinese authorities in the northeastern city of Dandong have told tour agencies to halt overland tourism into North Korea, local travel agents said on April 10, as Pyongyang whips up war rhetoric following weeks of tension on the Korean peninsula.
April 09, 2013
SEOUL--North Korea warned foreigners in South Korea on April 9 to quit the country because they were at risk in the event of conflict, the latest threat of war from Pyongyang.
April 09, 2013
With Pyongyang putting in jeopardy the “last bastion of the relationship between the two Koreas,” its neighbors are scrambling--but struggling--to determine the true intentions of the increasingly bellicose state.
April 09, 2013
Japan, the United States and South Korea will deploy seven radar-equipped ships in the Sea of Japan to monitor, and possibly destroy, any ballistic missiles launched by North Korea.
April 09, 2013
The Machida City Board of Education, in western Tokyo, on April 8 reversed its decision to exclude a school with ties to North Korea from its safety alarm program for students.
April 09, 2013
SEOUL--North Korean laborers did not show up for work on April 9 at a factory complex operated with South Korea, companies with operations there said, effectively shutting down the zone for the first time since it began shipments in 2004.
April 09, 2013
It's easy to write off North Korean threats to strike the United States with a nuclear-tipped missile as bluster: it has never demonstrated the capability to deploy a missile that could reach the Pacific island of Guam let alone the mainland U.S.
April 09, 2013
MOSCOW--Russia said on April 9 the G8 was in agreement in rejecting North Korea's recent provocative behavior and urged all sides to pursue diplomacy to calm down the increasingly tense situation in northeast Asia.
April 08, 2013
As tensions continue to mount on the Korean Peninsula, the Abe administration has quietly issued an order to shoot down any ballistic missile launched by North Korea that puts Japanese territory at risk.
April 08, 2013
BEIJING/ SEOUL--North Korea, engaged for weeks in threats of war with South Korea and the United States, appears to be preparing for a fourth nuclear test, with movement at its atomic test site mirroring earlier blasts, a newspaper reported on April 8.
April 08, 2013
BEIJING--Unprecedented Chinese criticism of North Korea is unlikely to mean tough new action against Pyongyang because if China pushes too hard and its troublesome neighbor collapses, the result would be disastrous for Beijing.