Jessica PhelanMarch 26, 2013 07:39

Chatter: North Korea is 'combat ready'

North Korea points its rockets at US military bases, Amanda Knox is put back on trial, Venezuela prepares to vote, and the world's hugest Easter egg is huge.

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North Korea points its rockets at US military bases, Amanda Knox is put back on trial, Venezuela prepares to vote, and the world's hugest Easter egg is huge.

South Korea, US sign military plan against possible North Korea attacks

Jill Langlois and Geoffrey CainMarch 25, 2013 10:09

SEOUL — GlobalPost's senior correspondent in Korea, Geoffrey Cain, says that today's agreement creates conditions whereby Washington could be enlisted in small-scale attacks from North Korea.

South Korea cyberattack came from within, not China

Faine GreenwoodMarch 22, 2013 06:24

China may not actually be the culprit behind a series of sweeping cyberattacks that hit South Korea this week, investigators have announced.

South Korea cyber-attacks traced to China IP address

Jill Langlois and Geoffrey CainMarch 21, 2013 09:17

"We've identified that a Chinese IP is connected to the organizations affected," a spokesman for South Korea's Communications Commission told a press conference.

Robert ParkMarch 22, 2013 10:38

Policy on North Korea needs to give a higher priority to human rights abuses

Commentary: UN may soon declare mass atrocities ‘crimes against humanity.’

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North Korean soldiers applaud as they listen to a speech during an official ceremony attended by leader Kim Jong-Un at a stadium in Pyongyang on April 14, 2012. Negotiations with North Korea in recent history have focused increasingly on security issues, in lieu of human rights abuses that continue to affect people throughout Kim Jong-Un's hermit kingdom. (Pedro Ugarte/AFP/Getty Images)

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The UN’s Responsibility to Protect doctrine asserts that the international community has the obligation to intervene when a given state fails to protect its population from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity, or is the perpetrator of such crimes. North Korea has and continues to commit all four of these crimes against defenseless and unarmed populations.

North Korea launches missile in East Sea

Yonhap News Agency and Geoffrey CainMarch 15, 2013 10:24

The South Korean military source said the North's missile launch appears to be in response to the joint South Korea-US Foal Eagle and Key Resolve military exercises that began on Monday.

North Korea blames US, South Korea for 'intensive' cyberattacks

Jessica Phelan and Geoffrey CainMarch 15, 2013 09:02

SEOUL — "Internet servers operated by our republic have come under daily cyber attack(s) which are persistent and intensive," the regime-run Korean Central News Agency said.

Why Kim Jong Un's wife is an international celebrity

Jennifer MattsonMarch 13, 2013 14:07

North Korea’s First Lady has been making headlines in the press and social media.

Mac DefordMarch 15, 2013 06:58

What was Biden signaling in his pro-war comments on Iran to Israeli lobby?

Commentary: Is the vice president building his own hardline bona fides for 2016?

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US Vice President Joe Biden addresses the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's annual policy conference at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on March 4, 2013, in Washington, DC. Biden boldly confirmed the political, historical and military ties between the two countries and emphasized President Barack Obama's support for Israel, a country the president will visit later this month. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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OWL’S HEAD, MAINE — Next week will mark the 10th anniversary of the United States' invasion of Iraq, the low point of many in George W. Bush's failed presidency.

Mysterious web outage in North Korea now over

Lizzy TomeiMarch 13, 2013 08:19Updated March 13, 2013 09:29

The reason for the unusually widespread outage still isn't known, but could be a matter of routine maintenance.