NKorea: American starts life at 'special prison'
An American citizen sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for what Pyongyang has described as hostile acts against the state has started life at a ...

Spies caught in website scandal embarrass SKorea
The scandal shaking up South Korea's main spy agency is not cloak-and-dagger stuff, but the kind of low-grade trickery anyone with an Internet ...

NKorea: Detained American smuggled in propaganda
North Korea delivered its most in-depth account yet of the case against a Korean-American sentenced to 15 years' hard labor, accusing him late ...

Rodman to Kim: 'Do me a solid' and free American
Former NBA star Dennis Rodman is tapping his friendship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to ask for the release of a Korean-American man sentenced ...

NKorea issues warning ahead of US-SKorea summit
North Korea on Tuesday threatened the United States and South Korea over joint naval drills taking place this week in tense Yellow Sea waters ahead ...
Chicago case alleges ties to North Korea
A Taiwanese businessman long suspected of ties to North Korea and his son have been charged in Chicago with seeking to bypass a U.S. ban on the export ...

US calls for NKorea amnesty for sentenced American
The U.S. called Thursday for North Korea to grant amnesty and immediately release a Korean-American sentenced to 15 years' hard labor for "hostile ...

North Korea sentences American to 15 years' labor
An American detained for nearly six months in North Korea has been sentenced to 15 years of labor for crimes against the state, the North's state ...

NKorea charges US man in plot to overthrow regime
North Korea announced Saturday that an American detained for nearly six months is being tried in the Supreme Court on charges of plotting to overthrow ...

A look at North Korea's military capabilities
North Korea's military, founded 81 years ago Thursday, is older than the country itself. It began as an anti-Japanese militia and is now the heart of ...

SKorea demands talks with NKorea on closed factory
After weeks of threatening rhetoric from the North, South Korea on Thursday promised its own unspecified "grave measures" if Pyongyang rejects talks ...

UN powers say NKorea, Iran 'serious' nuke threats
Ahead of a round of global nuclear talks, five major powers labeled North Korea and Iran as "serious challenges" to the world's nuclear security ...

Young NKoreans train to seek 'revenge on US'
North Korea's newest batch of future soldiers — scrawny 11-year-olds with freshly shaved heads — punch the air as they practice taekwondo on the ...

Looking for logic in North Korea's threats
To the outside world, the talk often appears to border on the lunatic, with the poor, hungry and electricity-starved nation threatening to lay waste ...
Lavrov: Russia would back NKorea talks in Geneva
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Friday his nation would welcome a fresh round of talks on Swiss soil over North Korea's nuclear program, ...

Pentagon: NKorea could launch nuclear missile
A U.S. intelligence report concludes that North Korea has advanced its nuclear knowhow to the point that it could arm a ballistic missile with a ...

Kerry heads to East Asia, seeks help on NKorea
John Kerry had been secretary of state for little more than a week when North Korea tested a nuclear bomb. He gathered top aides together for a ...

NKorea fury at joint war games goes back decades
The names of U.S.-South Korean war games staged over the years don't sound all that threatening: Team Spirit, Ulchi Focus Lens, Key Resolve ...
Swiss say no takers yet on offer to defuse Koreas
Switzerland says it is standing by as a potential negotiator to defuse the tensions between the United States and North Korea but so far no one has ...

NKorea urges foreigners in SKorea to evacuate
North Korea is urging all foreign companies and tourists in South Korea to evacuate because it says the rival Koreas are on the eve of a nuclear war.

North Korea threats spark buzz on Guam, not panic
C.J. Urquico has lived on Guam for 19 years so he's used to a military backdrop to everyday life. Navy ships visit, Air Force jets fly overhead and ...

Pyongyang rumblings have little effect on SKoreans
Outsiders might hear the opening notes of a war in the deluge of threats and provocations from North Korea, but to South Koreans it is a familiar ...

NKorea aggression could strengthen US-China bond
North Korea's latest outburst of nuclear and military threats has given the U.S. a rare opportunity to build bridges with China — a potential silver ...