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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 ...
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 ...
North Korea: Spark could set off nuclear war
A North Korean minister lashed out at the United States on Monday, warning that its "hostile" policy has left the Korean peninsula a spark away from ...
SKorea: Japan must educate people on colonial past
South Korea's foreign minister said Thursday that Japan's wartime past will overshadow relations between the two staunch U.S. allies until Japan ...
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.
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 ...
For S. Korean men, makeup a foundation for success
Cho Won-hyuk stands in front of his bedroom mirror and spreads dollops of yellow-brown makeup over his forehead, nose, chin and cheeks until his skin ...
Thousands in SKorea attend funeral for Rev. Moon
Tens of thousands of mourners sobbed, sang, prayed and vowed to cherish the Rev. Sun Myung Moon's teachings Saturday as they said goodbye to their ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...