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South Koreans hope to return to Kaesong factories
The South Korean entrepreneurs who invested up to 10 years and millions of dollars in the Kaesong industrial complex, a symbol of economic ...
Report: US footing greater bill for overseas bases
The United States is footing more of the bill for overseas bases in Germany, Japan and South Korea even as the military reduces the number of American ...
NKorea lashes out anew over protest in Seoul
North Korea said it was open to talks, but not as long as the United States is "brandishing a nuclear stick," while Washington insisted that the ...
Pivotal NKorea question: What is Kim thinking?
Don't worry, one popular argument goes, we've seen this before. Just ignore Pyongyang's unlikely threats of nuclear holocaust as you would, say, a ...
NKorea, marking leader's birthday, shows more ire
After a day of festivities to mark the 101st birthday of its first leader, North Korea on Tuesday offered new prickly rhetoric against the United ...
As US talks up diplomacy, NKorea takes hard line
The United States and Japan opened the door Sunday to new nuclear talks with North Korea if the saber-rattling country lowered tensions and honored ...
Analysis: Beijing to US on North Korea _ talk
Embedded within Chinese leaders' convoluted, yet vague statements to Washington about North Korea is a simple message: Talk with Pyongyang. U.S.
Ex-AP writer McArthur, who covered Vietnam, dies
Born in the Deep South and caught up in the romance of journalism at an early age, George McArthur was not one to let social taboos or politics ...
PSY says he hopes NKoreans enjoy his new single
South Korean rapper PSY says he hopes North Koreans will enjoy his new single even as tensions remain high on the Korean Peninsula. PSY released his ...
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 ...
US stresses limits of NKorea's nuclear firepower
On the brink of an expected North Korean missile test, U.S. officials focused on the limits of Pyongyang's nuclear firepower Friday, trying to shift ...
NKorea denies cyberattack on SKorean companies
North Korea has denied involvement in a cyberattack that shut down nearly 50,000 computers and servers at South Korean broadcasters and banks last ...
Kerry tamps down anxiety over NKorea missile power
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivered a stark warning to North Korea on Friday not to test-fire a mid-range missile, while tamping down anxiety ...
PSY's new single steals attention away from NKorea
South Korean pop star PSY's first new single since his viral hit "Gangnam Style" is stealing attention from inter-Korean tensions. YG Entertainment, ...
Despite tensions, NKorea readies for festivities
As the world watches to see what North Korea's next move will be in a high-stakes game of brinksmanship with the United States, residents of its ...
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 ...
SKorea says NKorea behind computer crash in March
North Korea was responsible for a cyberattack that shut down tens of thousands of computers and servers at South Korean broadcasters and banks last ...
Factories that ran on Korean cooperation go silent
A few hundred South Korean managers, some wandering among quiet assembly lines, were all that remained Tuesday at the massive industrial park run by ...
North Korea urges foreigners to vacate South Korea
Scores of North Koreans of all ages planted trees as part of a forestation campaign — armed with shovels, not guns. In the evening, women in ...
White House: Pyongyang using 'unhelpful rhetoric'
The White House says North Korea's threat of nuclear war and warnings to foreigners to evacuate the South Korean capital of Seoul is "more unhelpful ...
SKorea: 'Indication' NKorea prepping for nuke test
South Korea's point man on North Korea said Monday there is an "indication" that Pyongyang is preparing for a fourth nuclear test, a day after another ...
US preparing for possible further NKorea actions
The top U.S. military officer said Sunday the Pentagon had bolstered its missile defenses and taken other steps because he "can't take the chance" ...
Despite threats, risks temper Korea war tensions
As tensions rise on the Korean Peninsula, one thing remains certain: All sides have good reason to avoid an all-out war. The last one, six decades ...