North Korea

North Korea moves two missile launchers to east coast for possible test launch

Alexander Besant — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 15:01:28 +0000

North Korea is said to have moved two missile launchers to the east coast of the country in a show of force.

Open to negotiations, North Korea says it will never forfeit nuclear weapons

Alexander Besant — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 12:37:45 +0000

North Korean officials reiterated Saturday that they would never agree to give up their nuclear deterrant.

John Kerry wraps up talks in China over North Korea

Ellen Connolly — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 11:34:00 +0000

During his first trip to China as secretary of state, Kerry met with the country's top leaders in a bid to persuade them to get tough on North Korea.

Japan the target of North Korea's ire

Alexander Besant — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:04:30 +0000

North Korea said Friday that Japan was conspiring with the United States to threaten its security.

This chart shows just how oppressive it is to be in North Korea

Kyle Kim — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:24:00 +0000

It's one thing to come in last, but North Korea really came in last: there's a 27 point difference between the Hermit Kingdom and the second to last on the list Cuba. No other candidates in the list of 177 ranked countries have such a wide point margin.

Hackers hijack pro-North Korea website Uriminzokkiri

Jessica Phelan — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:19:00 +0000

Notably the hackers posted a cartoon wanted poster of Kim Jong Un – "aka Nuke Nuke Mickey Lover" – with a list of his alleged crimes, including "threatening world peace with ICBMs and nuclear weapons," "wasting money while his people starve to death," and "concentration camps and the worst human rights violation in the world."

Chatter: US sends in reinforcements after North Korean threats

Jessica Phelan — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 11:29:00 +0000

The US says North Korea's threats to attack must be taken seriously, Argentina mourns its flood victims, Connecticut gets tough on gun laws, and the highway to hell can be found in Turkey.

What Switzerland, basketball and nuclear warheads have in common: Kim Jong Un

Katie Campo — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 13:18:17 +0000

A profound lover of American basketball who nevertheless threatens a nuclear attack on the US, Kim Jong-un is confounding every effort to understand his character.

Chatter: North Korea blocks off industrial zone

Jessica Phelan — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:08:00 +0000

North Korea bars South Koreans from entering their shared industrial park, President Barack Obama heads to Colorado to talk gun control, Nelson Mandela is "much better," and Germany's old bombs are everywhere.

North Korea halts access to industrial complex (again).

Geoffrey Cain — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:36:50 +0000

More bluster today: the wire services are reporting that North Korea, for now, isn't allowing South Korean businesspeople to enter the Kaesong industrial zone. That's the special administrative area north of the border where several hundred South Korean managers supervise some 50,000 North Korean laborers, who make garments and handbags.

North Korea bars entrance to Kaesong industrial park

Faine Greenwood and Geoffrey Cain — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 04:50:00 +0000

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 Boghani — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 19:35:00 +0000

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."

Chatter: North Korea reboots nuclear reactor

Jessica Phelan — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:17:00 +0000

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.

Chatter: South Korea talks back

Jessica Phelan — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:04:27 +0000

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.

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

Jill Langlois — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 14:38:00 +0000

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.