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UN Security Council condemns NKorea rocket launch
The U.N. Security Council condemned North Korea's successful rocket launch on Wednesday and said it will urgently consider "an appropriate response.
N. Korea rocket preparations might be a bluff
Rocket sections are apparently being trucked into North Korea's northwest launch site, but some analysts are asking whether it's just a calculated ...
NKorea threatens to attack SKorea over leaflets
North Korea's military threatened Friday to strike a South Korean border area where anti-Pyongyang activists plan to launch leaflets from balloons ...
NKorea says South, US are within its missile range
North Korea on Tuesday warned that the U.S. mainland is within range of its missiles and said that Washington's recent agreement to let Seoul possess ...
German film wins top prize at Pyongyang film fest
A German film about an English teacher's struggle to introduce soccer at a strict school in late 19th century Germany has won the grand prize at the ...
NKorea parliament holding closely watched session
North Korea's rubber-stamp parliament is convening a new session that is drawing attention because it is the second in less than six months.
AP Exclusive: Images show NKorea launch pad halt
North Korea has stopped construction on a launch pad where intercontinental-range rockets could be tested, an interruption possibly due to heavy rains ...
Is North Korea experimenting with change?
Deep in the North Korean countryside, in remote villages that outsiders seldom reach, farmers are now said to be given nearly one-third of their ...
NKorea angry Australian paper called it "naughty"
North Korea has criticized an Australian newspaper that called the country "Naughty Korea" when listing London Olympics medal standings. The Melbourne ...
North Korea's new leader makes diplomatic debut
Kim Jong Un the marshal became Kim Jong Un the statesman as he met with Chinese political dignitaries in meetings that marked his first official foray ...
Some rue neglect at SKorea's 'enemy cemetery'
Just south of the Demilitarized Zone, hundreds of identical wooden grave markers poke from a grassy hill surrounded by rice paddies and trees.
Kim given new title; NKorea introduces army chief
Hundreds of soldiers danced in Pyongyang's plazas after North Korea announced that leader Kim Jong Un was named marshal, a title cementing his status ...
Analysis: Signs emerge Kim leading NKorea his way
From Mickey Mouse and a mysterious female companion, to the whiff of economic reform and the surprising ouster of his military mentor, evidence is ...
NKorea promotes Kim Jong Un to marshal
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been granted the title of marshal, state media reported Wednesday, cementing his status as the authoritarian ...
NKorea promotes Kim Jong Un to military's top rank
North Korea says its leader Kim Jong Un has been promoted to marshal, the military's highest rank. North Korean state media made the announcement ...
Reshuffle puts N. Korean leader's mark on military
North Korea is reshuffling its most powerful institution: its million-man military. The authoritarian regime has dismissed the army chief — a key ...
Military mentor to NKorean leader dismissed
Seven months ago, he was the guardian figure always at North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's side, a top military official whose experience and position ...
KCNA: North Korea names new vice marshal
The official Korean Central News Agency says North Korea has named a new vice marshal. Hyon Yong Chol was named vice marshal of the Korean People's ...
Small world: Show for N. Korea's Kim goes Disney
Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh took the stage in North Korea during a concert for new leader Kim Jong Un, in an unusual — and unauthorized — ...
South Korean detained for unapproved trip to North
As North Koreans cheered and waved white "unified Korea" flags, a South Korean activist was detained as soon as he set foot on home soil Thursday, ...
South Korea anthem talk draws disloyalty claims
A South Korean lawmaker's suggestion to replace the national anthem with a folk song popular in both Koreas does not at first glance seem like an act ...
NKorean claims South agents tricked her to defect
In a rare news conference by a repatriated North Korean defector, a woman claimed she was tricked into defecting six years ago by South Korean agents ...
NKorea slams US, SKorea use of flag in war drills
North Korea on Monday called the use of its flag during U.S.-South Korean military drills last week a serious provocation and evidence of U.S.