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North Koreans mourn Kim Jong Il 1 year later
North Koreans stopped in their tracks at midday to silently honor former ruler Kim Jong Il, whose death one year ago Monday swept his 20-something son ...
NKorea rocket launch shows young leader as gambler
A triumphant North Korea staged a mass rally of soldiers and civilians Friday to glorify the country's young ruler, who took a big gamble this week ...
NKorea still years away from credible missiles
They don't call it rocket science for nothing. North Korea's first successful launch of a three-stage, long-range rocket has outraged world leaders ...
NKorea policy in Seoul to soften despite rocket
It is not too early to predict one sure winner of South Korea's presidential election next week: North Korea. President Lee Myung-bak's hardline ...
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.
NKorea rocket a gift to leaders, warning to world
Why would North Korea launch a rocket into space now? The act invites additional sanctions for a country where the U.N. says millions are going ...
NKorea extending rocket launch period to Dec. 29
North Korea on Monday extended the launch period for a controversial long-range rocket by another week until Dec. 29, citing technical problems.
No sign of imminent rocket launch in North Korea
North Korea held off launching a long-range rocket Monday, the first day of a 13-day window during a frigid, snowy stretch of winter weather, a day ...
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 ...
Sources: North Korea replaces defense minister
North Korea has replaced its defense minister with a hardline military commander believed responsible for deadly attacks on South Korea in 2010, ...
S. Korean candidate in late dictator dad's shadow
Carrying a bouquet of flowers, South Korean presidential candidate Park Geun-hye stepped forward to honor one of the martyrs in her country's long ...
Reading 'Gone with the Wind' in Pyongyang
The former black marketeer has read it. So has the beautiful young librarian, and the aging philosophy professor who has spent his life teaching the ...
South Korean activists float leaflets into NKorea
South Korean activists floated balloons carrying tens of thousands of anti-Pyongyang leaflets into North Korea, eluding police who had disrupted an ...
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 ...
From North Korea's Oz to its forgotten cities
From here, Pyongyang can seem like a dream. At what passes for rush hour on a Wednesday morning, there are few sounds in Kaesong's main traffic circle ...
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 ...
Photos of enormous NKorea hotel show bare lobby
A foreign tour agency has released the first public photos from inside the tallest and most notorious building in North Korea: the 105-story, ...
NKorean parliament holds second session this year
North Korea's parliament convened Tuesday for the second time in six months, passing a law that adds one year of compulsory education for children in ...
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 ...
South Korea fires on North Korean fishing boats
South Korea's navy fired warning shots Friday toward North Korean fishing boats that crossed a disputed maritime boundary, but the shots didn't hit ...
Storms dampen hopes for bountiful NKorea harvest
First came an extended dry spell in the spring, followed by a summer of flash floods and typhoons. Now, with North Korean farmers preparing to head ...
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 ...
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 ...