North Korea
February 03, 2013
SEOUL--North Korean leader Kim Jong Un issued “important'' guidelines on how to bolster the army and protect the nation's sovereignty at a high-level ruling Workers' Party...
January 31, 2013
SEOUL--South Korea warned the North not to make the mistake of conducting a third nuclear test and its president summoned top security officials for an unscheduled meeting on...
January 30, 2013
SEOUL--South Korea launched its first space rocket carrying a science satellite on Jan. 30 amid heightened regional tensions, caused in part, by North Korea's successful launch ...
January 30, 2013
SEOUL--Google Inc. has helped fill the gap in one of the last remaining information black holes in the world by releasing a detailed map of North Korea that adds street names,...
January 29, 2013
A U.S. envoy said on Jan. 28 that North Korea is playing a dangerous game with the international community by threatening a nuclear test and urged the communist nation to scrap ...
January 27, 2013
Japan launched two intelligence satellites into orbit on Jan. 27 amid growing concerns that North Korea is planning to test more rockets of its own and possibly conduct a...
January 27, 2013
SEOUL--North Korean leader Kim Jong Un convened top security and foreign affairs officials and ordered them to take "substantial and high-profile important state measures,"...
January 26, 2013
SEOUL--North Korea threatened to attack rival South Korea if Seoul joined a new round of tightened U.N. sanctions, as Washington unveiled more of its own economic restrictions...
January 25, 2013
North Korea's next nuclear test could enable it to use a smaller, more sophisticated bomb mounted on a long-range ballistic missile to strike the U.S. mainland, Japanese...
January 25, 2013
Analysts believe Pyongyang is trying to push Washington into talks with its blunt declaration that further long-range rocket launches and a forthcoming "higher-level" nuclear...
January 24, 2013
SHENYANG, China--Tens of thousands of North Korean laborers are now employed in China, sent there by a state that sees expatriate toil as one of the few ways it can earn...
January 24, 2013
SEOUL--North Korea said on Jan. 24 it would carry out further rocket launches and a nuclear test that would target the United States, dramatically stepping up its threats...
January 24, 2013
Condemning North Korea’s rocket launch last month, the U.N. Security Council on Jan. 22 adopted a resolution to strengthen sanctions against the reclusive country.
January 24, 2013
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Liberal Democratic Party scored a decisive victory in the Dec. 16 Lower House election with bold promises for dealing with external security...
January 23, 2013
SEOUL--North Korea's nuclear agitations follow a well-worn route. It starts with a long-range rocket launch. The United Nations punishes the act with sanctions. And Pyongyang...
January 23, 2013
UNITED NATIONS--The U.N. Security Council on Jan. 22 unanimously condemned North Korea’s December rocket launch and expanded existing U.N. sanctions, eliciting a vow from...
January 22, 2013
UNITED NATIONS--The United States has circulated a draft resolution to the U.N. Security Council that would condemn North Korea for its December rocket launch and calls for...
January 21, 2013
SEOUL--Reclusive North Korea made most of the key parts of the long-range rocket it launched in December, South Korea said on Jan. 21, evidence of home-grown technology moving...
January 21, 2013
PYONGYANG, North Korea--North Korea is loosening some restrictions on foreign cellphones by allowing visitors to bring their own phones into the country. However, security...
January 21, 2013
BEIJING--China said on Jan. 21 that the United Nations Security Council needed to pass a cautious resolution on North Korea's December rocket launch, saying that was the way to ...