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Wary US looks to calm rising tensions in Asia
Alarmed by a rise in nationalist sentiment around the Asia-Pacific, the Obama administration is looking for Russia to play a greater role in the ...
Romantic comedy gets twist with NKorean acrobats
It's a classic tale of a small-town girl who follows her dreams to the big city. But in this case, the girl is a North Korean coal miner, the big city ...
Feuds a concern as children inherit Moon's empire
Unification Church patriarch Sun Myung Moon leaves behind children who have been groomed to lead a religious movement famous for its mass weddings and ...
Unification Church founder Rev. Moon dies at 92
The Rev. Sun Myung Moon was a self-proclaimed messiah who built a global business empire. He called both North Korean leaders and American presidents ...
Iran, North Korea sign technology agreement
Iran and North Korea signed a scientific and technological cooperation agreement Saturday, bringing the two nations deeply at odds with the U.S.
Twin typhoons raise fears in disaster-prone NKorea
Twin typhoons renewed fears of a humanitarian crisis in North Korea, where poor drainage, widespread deforestation and crumbling infrastructure can ...
China in focus as Clinton heads to South Pacific
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will try to reassert American interests in the Asia-Pacific region in the face of China's growing influence ...
2nd typhoon hits SKorea, moves toward NKorea
Strong winds and hard rain pounded southern South Korea on Thursday, as the second typhoon this week barreled down on the Korean Peninsula only days ...
Notorious Pakistan A-bomb scientist tries politics
The man who made Pakistan into a nuclear power and later admitted to leaking atomic secrets to Iran, North Korea and Libya is going into politics, ...
World marks day of the missing
Tens of thousands of people around the world are missing today because of armed conflicts or human rights abuses such as abductions and illegal ...
Typhoon hits N. Korea, still reeling from floods
A powerful typhoon that killed at least 10 people in South Korea hit the North early Wednesday, knocking down hundreds of trees, destroying power ...
Iran opens nonaligned summit with nuclear appeals
Iran opened a world gathering of self-described nonaligned nations Sunday with a slap at the U.N. Security Council and an appeal to rid the world of ...
US: Missile defense for NKorea threat, not China
The United States is in discussions with close ally Japan about expanding a missile defense system in Asia, the top U.S. general said Thursday. Gen.
NKorea's economic zone remains under construction
More than a year after construction began, the road from China to North Korea's special economic zone in Rason is paved. Power substations are being ...
NKorea completes key step in reactor construction
A new satellite image shows North Korea has completed a key step in the construction of a light-water reactor at its main nuclear complex, though it ...
Senior North Korean leader meets Chinese president
The powerful uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met with both President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao on Friday morning, after Beijing ...
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 ...
NKoreans perform mass 'Arirang' with new Kim odes
An updated version of North Korea's elaborate "Arirang" performance has opened in Pyongyang. Wednesday's performance featured up to 100,000 North ...
US women top NKorea 1-0, win Olympic soccer group
Abby Wambach became the first non-British woman to score a goal at Old Trafford. She and her teammates celebrated by coercing Hope Solo to get on the ...
UN visits North Korea to see flood-damaged areas
U.N. staff visited storm-pounded areas of North Korea on Tuesday, after heavy rain submerged buildings and rice paddies, cut off power and forced ...
More heavy rain hits NKorea, flooding buildings
U.N. staff planned to visit storm-pounded counties in North Korea on Tuesday, after two days of heavy rain submerged buildings, cut off power, flooded ...
Olympic goalie Solo doesn't back down from tweets
U.S. women's soccer goalkeeper Hope Solo didn't back down Monday from her Twitter outburst against NBC analyst Brandi Chastain, saying the tweets were ...
US: Egypt's Islamists must respect minorities
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday the jury was out on whether Egypt's Islamist political parties will equally represent ...
North Korean lifts 3 times body weight for gold
It was a big record for a little guy. North Korea's Om Yun Chol, all of 5 feet and 123 pounds, won a gold medal by confidently lifting an Olympic ...
Om wins weightlifting gold for North Korea
Om Yun Chol of North Korea won the gold medal in the men's 56-kilogram category Sunday in the first upset of the weightlifting competition at the ...