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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 ...
SKorea plans $15 bln extra budget to boost economy
South Korea's government announced a $15.3 billion stimulus plan Tuesday to boost slowing growth in Asia's fourth-largest economy. The stimulus would ...
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.
A look at the North Korea crisis
As the world waits and watches for an expected North Korean ballistic missile test, the U.S. and its allies are prepared to respond. 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Admiral says US ready if North Korea strikes
U.S. defenses could intercept a ballistic missile launched by North Korea if it decides to strike, the top American military commander in the Pacific ...
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 ...
Inbee Park runs away with Kraft Nabisco title
Inbee Park stopped her father from making the trip from South Korea for the final round of the Kraft Nabisco Championship. He'll still get to sample ...
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 ...