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NKorea says it is in a 'state of war' with SKorea
North Korea warned Seoul on Saturday that the Korean Peninsula had entered "a state of war" and threatened to shut down a border factory complex ...
White House takes North Korea's threats seriously
The White House said Saturday it is taking seriously new threats by North Korea but also noted Pyongyang's history of "bellicose rhetoric." North ...
NKorean propaganda mill serves up soft side of Kim
The outside world focuses on the messages of doom and gloom from North Korea: bombastic threats of nuclear war, fantasy videos of U.S. cities in ...
Analysis: NKorea threat may be more bark than bite
Across North Korea, soldiers are gearing up for battle and shrouding their jeeps and vans with camouflage netting. Newly painted signboards and ...
NKorea orders rocket prep after US B-2 drill
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned Friday that his rocket forces were ready "to settle accounts with the U.S.," unleashing a new round of ...
Mass rally in Pyongyang in support of Kim Jong Un
Thousands of North Koreans have turned out for a mass rally at the main square in Pyongyang in support of their leader's call to arms. Chanting "Death ...
Hagel: B-2s not intended to provoke North Korea
America's unprecedented decision to send nuclear-capable B-2 stealth bombers to drop dummy munitions during military drills with South Korea this week ...
China punishes North Korea as US asks for more
China is trying to punish ally North Korea for its nuclear and missile tests, stepping up inspections of North Korean-bound cargo in a calibrated ...
UN votes to probe NKorea suspected rights abuses
The United Nations' top human rights body unanimously approved Thursday a formal probe into North Korea for possible crimes against humanity.
Lawmaker wonders about NKorea leader's 'stability'
The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee says the U.S. just doesn't know about "the stability" of North Korea's young leader, who has ...
US to beef up missile defense against NKorea
The Pentagon announced Friday it will spend $1 billion to add 14 interceptors to an Alaska-based missile defense system, responding to what it called ...
UN: 28 percent of NKorean children malnourished
More than a fourth of all North Korean children are stunted from chronic malnutrition, and two-thirds of the country's 24 million people don't know ...
Koreas' rhetoric no match for surreal calm at DMZ
Busloads of tourists still show up to gawk at the world's most heavily fortified border, even as governments on both sides threaten to reduce each ...
NKorea criticizes SKorea prez's 'swish of skirt'
North Korea's first public, senior-level mention of South Korea's first female president ended up being a sexist jab. The body that controls North ...
Erratic North Korea poses serious threat
An erratic North Korea, with its nuclear weapons and increasingly belligerent tone, poses a serious threat to the United States and East Asia nations, ...
Rodman plans to vacation with North Korean leader
Former professional basketball star Dennis Rodman says he plans to return to North Korea to vacation with Kim Jong Un. Rodman met with the ...
US worried by NK threats, imposes new sanctions
The Obama administration expressed heightened concern Monday over threats of war from nuclear-armed North Korea and issued new sanctions against the ...
SKorea, US begin drills as NKorea threatens war
North Korean state media said Monday that Pyongyang had carried through with a threat to cancel the 60-year-old armistice that ended the Korean War, ...
UN sanctions may play into North Korean propaganda
Seven years of U.N. sanctions against North Korea have done nothing to derail Pyongyang's drive for a nuclear weapon capable of hitting the United ...
North Korea hit by new UN sanctions after test
The U.N. Security Council responded swiftly to North Korea's latest nuclear test by punishing the reclusive regime Thursday with tough, new sanctions ...
White House: US can defend against NKorea attack
The U.S. is fully capable of defending itself against a North Korean ballistic missile attack, the White House said Thursday, after Pyongyang ...
NKorea vows to cancel '53 Korean War cease-fire
North Korea's military is vowing to cancel the 1953 cease-fire that ended the Korean War, straining already frayed ties between Washington and ...
US lawmakers push for tougher NKorea sanctions
Likening North Korea to a mafia state for its illicit activities, Republican lawmakers Tuesday called for tough U.S. action to cut the authoritarian ...
Kerry: Dennis Rodman's no diplomat
Former NBA star Dennis Rodman may be the only American ever to have met and spent time with North Korea's reclusive leader but U.S Secretary of State ...
White House chides N. Korea for Rodman visit
The White House says North Korea's government should be focused on the well-being of its citizens, not on "celebrity sporting events" to entertain the ...