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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 ...

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...

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attempted to hold firm in the April 5 agreement on the return of land in Okinawa Prefecture, trying to appease the locals while reaching a compromise...

Despite its escalating threats to attack the United States with nuclear weapons, North Korea appears to be shy of gearing up for an outright confrontation, according to...

The United States has kept information on a small but powerful nuclear device close to the chest, even holding it back from close allies Japan and South Korea, despite the...

SEOUL, South Korea--After a series of escalating threats, North Korea has moved a missile with "considerable range" to its east coast, South Korea's defense minister said on...

Tokyo and Washington have reached a basic agreement during preliminary talks on Japan's participation in the negotiations for the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade...

FALLUJAH, Iraq--Zahraa Majid has six fingers and six toes on each hand and foot. The 7-year-old cannot walk or speak. Her eyesight is also poor.

North Korea has reached new heights of belligerence, warning of a “pre-emptive nuclear strike” against the United States, announcing a “state of war” with South Korea,...

SEOUL, South Korea--A top North Korean decision-making body issued a pointed warning on March 31, saying that nuclear weapons are "the nation's life" and will not be traded...

SEOUL/ WASHINGTON--North Korea put its rocket units on standby on March 29 to attack U.S. military bases in South Korea and the Pacific, after the United States flew two...

SEOUL--North Korea repeated threats to target U.S. military bases on March 26 as Washington and its allies tightened economic sanctions against the isolated country by...

Many people expected Yukio Hatoyama to bring about major change in Japan after an August 2009 Lower House election swept the Democratic Party of Japan to power.

Japan and the United States have started talks on operational plans in the case of armed conflict over a group of East China Sea islets claimed by Tokyo and Beijing, Japanese...

Maryland's annual Otakon, the second largest anime convention in the United States, will have a sister event in Las Vegas early next year.