Kim Jong Il
May 16, 2013
A U.S. envoy for North Korea sidestepped questions on May 16 on the nature of a surprise visit to Pyongyang by an aide to Japan's prime minister, but said all sides tackling...
April 26, 2013
SEOUL--Kim Kyong Hui has battled alcoholism and the killing of her lover to stand alongside her nephew, North Korea's youthful leader Kim Jong Un, as a reminder that he is the...
April 15, 2013
SEOUL--North Korea celebrated the 101st anniversary of its founder's birth on April 15 with no signs of tension easing on the peninsula after it rejected talks with South Korea ...
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...
April 03, 2013
WASHINGTON--North Korea's young leader Kim Jong Un is using his forebears' time-tested "crazy-guy-in-the-neighborhood" strategy, senior U.S. officials say, but with a...
March 14, 2013
BEIJING--A U.N. Security Council resolution that slapped a fourth round of economic sanctions on Pyongyang is spooking North Korean merchants operating in northeastern China...
March 07, 2013
SEOUL--Fresh U.N. sanctions are unlikely to halt North Korea's nuclear program given that seven years of previous measures from the world body and more than 50 years of U.S....
March 06, 2013
SEOUL--The new face of North Korea's military threat to the United States is a man who once disarmed his opponents by narrating sections of his favorite South Korean soap...
February 15, 2013
Senior U.S. administration officials held secret talks in North Korea on at least three occasions in 2011 and 2012, The Asahi Shimbun has learned.
February 13, 2013
BEIJING--China, fearful that North Korea could be plunged into turmoil following the death of Kim Jong Il, is casting a watchful eye over its longtime yet unpredictable ally in ...
February 13, 2013
North Korea’s nuclear test on Feb. 12 has the makings of an epochal event--unless Washington and Seoul shape up and deal Kim Jong Un’s regime a substantial, although...
February 13, 2013
North Korea’s underground nuclear test on Feb. 12 is meant to send a strong message to the United States on the eve of President Barack Obama's State of the Union address.
February 12, 2013
North Korea’s underground nuclear test on Feb. 12 is meant to send a strong message to the United States on the eve of President Barack Obama's State of the Union address.
December 18, 2012
SEOUL--An unfamiliar person was placed next to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a national memorial service for his father, Kim Jong Il, on Dec. 16.
December 17, 2012
PYONGYANG--North Korea parlayed the success of last week's rocket launch to glorify leader Kim Jong Un and his late father on Dec. 16, the eve of the first anniversary of his...
December 11, 2012
SEOUL--In what must amount to a major embarrassment, North Korea has announced it is extending the window for an imminent and widely condemned plan to launch a rocket this...
October 20, 2012
VIENNA--Long oblivious of his family’s history, a teenager in Europe says he regrets that his grandfather died before they had a chance to meet. In fact, the boy had not even ...
October 11, 2012
SEOUL--A former North Korean undercover agent has said he once had orders to "injure" Kim Jong Nam, the older half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un who is critical of ...
October 05, 2012
Some Japanese officials departed from the central dialogue channel and tried to open their own lines of contact with North Korea, under the orders of a Cabinet minister in...
October 03, 2012
BEIJING--China quietly deferred a request by North Korea for its young leader to visit last month because the Chinese leadership was preoccupied with its once-in-a-decade...