Faine Greenwood and Geoffrey CainApril 3, 2013 00:50

SEOUL — North Korea has decided to bar entry to South Korean workers to the joint Kaesong industrial park, and is currently permitting South Koreans staying at the border town to leave the facility only.

US sends second warship to Asia-Pacific as tensions rise with North Korea

Priyanka BoghaniApril 2, 2013 15:35Updated April 2, 2013 17:15

The US military deployed a second guided-missile destroyer to the Asia-Pacific region, as UN chief Ban Ki-moon said the North Korea crisis had "gone too far."

Jessica PhelanApril 2, 2013 07:17

Chatter: North Korea reboots nuclear reactor

North Korea takes its nuclear reactor out of storage, a fire at a Muslim school raises fears in Myanmar, Apple says sorry to China, and these were the April Fools that weren't.

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North Korea takes its nuclear reactor out of storage, a fire at a Muslim school raises fears in Myanmar, Apple says sorry to China, and these were the April Fools that weren't.

Jessica PhelanApril 1, 2013 07:04

Chatter: South Korea talks back

South Korea promises "strong retaliation" to North Korea's threats, another suicide bomber strikes in Iraq, private daily newspapers go on sale in Myanmar for the first time in nearly 50 years, and fleas, it seems, freeze.

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North Korea entering 'state of war' with South (VIDEO)

Jill LangloisMarch 30, 2013 10:38

A statement promised "stern physical actions" against "any provocative act," but the South brushed off the North's comments as an attempt to act tough.

Jessica PhelanMarch 29, 2013 07:13

Chatter: North Korea's rockets on stand-by

Kim Jong Un orders North Korea's rockets ready for action, a Taliban suicide bomber strikes in Pakistan, Nelson Mandela is said to be "doing well" in hospital, and we learn what a Whizzinator's for.

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Kim Jong Un orders North Korea's rockets ready for action, a Taliban suicide bomber strikes in Pakistan, Nelson Mandela is said to be "doing well" in hospital, and we learn what a Whizzinator's for.

Iran, North Korea block UN weapons treaty

Jill LangloisMarch 28, 2013 18:34

Iran's UN ambassador Mohammed Khazaee said the proposed accord was "discriminatory."

Jessica PhelanMarch 27, 2013 07:44

Chatter: North Korea cuts off contact

North Korea isn't speaking to South Korea, SCOTUS hears more about gay marriage, David Petraeus says sorry, and scientists make a real-life invisibility cloak... kinda.

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North Korea isn't speaking to South Korea, SCOTUS hears more about gay marriage, David Petraeus says sorry, and scientists make a real-life invisibility cloak... kinda.

North Korea severs military hotline to South

Geoffrey Cain and Faine GreenwoodMarch 27, 2013 07:10

North Korea has severed its last remaining military hotline with South Korea, citing the ramping-up tensions on the peninsula as its reasons — and causing yet more international worry over the possibility of a violent confrontation between the two nations.

UN investigates possible North Korean crimes against humanity after years of labor camp torture

Geoffrey CainMarch 29, 2013 06:01

SEOUL — While North Korean prison camp escapees seek justice, experts say change is a long way off.