North Korea
Carter begins North Korean trip over denuclearization
Former US President Jimmy Carter and three elder statesmen today began their three-day visit to North Korea amid a flurry of diplomatic efforts to ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula and revive stalled international talks on the North's nuclear weapons programs.
NKorea 'to attack' US-SKorea drill
Seoul: North Korea will launch an 'all-out attack' against a planned joint military exercise between South Korea and the United States this week, state media said on Sunday.
Pyongyang will respond t
Defection on Kim Jong-il b'day
A North Korean has walked across the heavily mined border into South Korea, but few of his fellow citizens will hear of the rare defection will amid choreographed celebrations for "Dear Leader" Kim Jo
NKorea's 'Office 38' reopens
Seoul: North Korea has revived its 'Office 38,' the party bureau that manages the funds of its ailing leader Kim Jong-il and ruling elites, South Korea said on Monday, as sanctions squeeze the secreti
No further talks with traitors in South: N. Korea
Seoul: North Korea said on Thursday there was no need for further dialogue with ‘traitors’ in South Korea, a day after the collapse of military talks aimed at easing months of high tensions.
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Inter-Korean talks fall apart with out any agreement
Seoul: Military officers from North and South Korea on Wednesday ended two days of talks without reaching agreement, Yonhap news agency reported.
The South's defence ministry said it could not immedi
Koreas hold first talks since island attack
Seoul: Military officers from North and South Korea held talks on Tuesday at their closely guarded frontier, the first cross-border contact since the North's deadly shelling of a South Korean island o
Two executed over leaflets
Seoul: North Korea this month publicly executed two of its citizens for handling propaganda leaflets floated across the border by South Korean groups, one of the activists said on Monday.
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Japan PM ‘concerned’ over China’s defence build-up
Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Thursday reiterated concerns about China’s defence spending and maritime activities, while pledging to take the lead in setting up rules on maritime disputes.
China denies sending troops to North Korea
China on Monday vehemently refuted reports that it is sending troops to defend its close ally North Korea, asserting that it will not send a "single soldier" without the approval of the United Nations.
