North Korea
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 ...
January 19, 2013
UNITED NATIONS--The United States and China have struck a tentative deal on a draft U.N. Security Council resolution condemning North Korea for its December rocket launch, U.N. ...
January 16, 2013
SEOUL--The United States is pushing hard for tough sanctions against North Korea, one of its top envoys for Asia said on Jan. 16, although diplomats at the United Nations said...
January 16, 2013
SEOUL, South Korea--South Korea said Jan. 16 that North Korea was behind a cyberattack last year against a conservative Seoul newspaper critical of Pyongyang.
January 16, 2013
SYDNEY--Australia's government says North Korea is seeking to reopen its embassy in the nation's capital.
January 15, 2013
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced three conditions that must be met to resolve the issue of Japanese abducted by North Korea, which has so far shown little interest in...
January 14, 2013
PYONGYANG, North Korea--North Korea vowed on Jan. 14 to strengthen its defenses amid concerns the country may conduct a nuclear test as a follow-up to last month's long-range...
January 14, 2013
GENEVA--The human rights situation in North Korea is "deplorable," with some 200,000 people held in political prison camps and subjected to torture, rape and slave labor, the...