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North Korea offers talks but U.S. wants "clear signals"

April 17, 2013 22:45
By Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea offered the United States and South Korea a list of conditions on Thursday for talks, including the lifting of U.N. sanctions, but Washington said it was awaiting "clear signals" that Pyongyang would halt its nuclear weapons activities.

Seeking calm in Koreas, US looks again to China

April 15, 2013 17:35
As North Korea prepares a potential missile test and issues threats almost daily, the Obama administration is hoping yet again that China can force its unruly neighbor to stand down. It's a strategy that has produced uneven results over decades of American diplomacy, during which Pyongyang has developed and tested nuclear weapons and repeatedly imperiled peace on the Korean peninsula. But with only the counterthreat of overwhelming force to offer the North Koreans, the U.S.

Insight - China's freeway to North Korea: A road to nowhere

April 15, 2013 17:31
By John Ruwitch YANJI, China (Reuters) - A new stretch of China's G12 expressway arcs toward the northernmost tip of North Korea, connecting one of the world's most vibrant economies to probably its most stagnant. It is a symbol of China's long-term goal of building economic ties with its unpredictable neighbour.

G8 ministers fail to agree on Syria; no plan on North Korea

April 12, 2013 14:21
Foreign ministers from the G8 group of rich countries failed to patch up deep divisions over Syria or come up with a concrete plan on North Korea during a meeting in London on Thursday, reported Reuters. British Foreign Secretary William Hague, speaking after talks with his counterparts, admitted the world had done too little to try to resolve Syria's two-year-old conflict, in which an estimated 70,000 people have been killed. "The United Nations Security Council has not fulfilled its responsibilities because it is divided. That division continues.

North Korea can launch nuclear missiles - U.S. spy agency

April 12, 2013 14:18
A Pentagon spy agency has concluded with "moderate confidence" that North Korea has the ability to launch nuclear-armed ballistic missiles but the weapons would probably be unreliable, a U.S. lawmaker said on Thursday, reported Reuters. A Pentagon spokesman later said it was "inaccurate" to suggest North Korea had a demonstrated ability to launch a nuclear missile.

North Korea threat is very serious - former DFA Siazon

April 12, 2013 12:03
A former foreign affairs secretary on Friday warned the public that North Korea’s threat to launch ballistic missile is for real. Former DFA Sec. Domingo Siazon said threat made by North Korea leader Kim Jong Un that he will launch missile but not clear what kind of missile should not be taken for granted.

North Korea’s Step Too Far?

April 11, 2013 04:32
After nearly a month of belligerent bluster from North Korea, China appears to have had enough, ending its silence about North Korea’s brinkmanship and suddenly roaring its disapproval of its ally’s reckless threats.

Probe says North Korea behind cyber attack

April 10, 2013 02:30
An official investigation into a major cyber attack on South Korean banks and broadcasters last month has determined North Korea's military intelligence agency was responsible, officials said Wednesday. The probe into access records and the malicious codes used in the attack pointed to the North's military Reconnaissance General Bureau as the source, the Korea Internet and Security Agency (KISA) said. "It was a premeditated, well-planned cyber attack by North Korea", a KISA spokesman said.

Whole world has turned against North Korea - Latvian ambassador to NATO

April 9, 2013 10:49
The entire international community has turned against North Korea; if North Korean leader Kim Jong-un does not stop, North Korea may end up in complete isolation, Latvian Ambassador to NATO Maris Riekstins told the LNT morning show "900 sekundes" today. NATO has not held any discussions on the North Korea issue and the United States, which carry out all required precaution measures in regard to North Korea's intensifying threats, have not requested the alliance's advice or help, said Riekstins. Asked whether these North Korean threats can be compared to the previous ones, Rieks

Despite threats, risks temper Korea war tensions

April 9, 2013 10:32
As tensions rise on the Korean Peninsula, one thing remains certain: All sides have good reason to avoid an all-out war. The last one, six decades ago, killed an estimated 4 million people. North Korea's leaders know that war would be suicidal. In the long run, they cannot expect to defeat the United States and successfully overrun South Korea. War would be horrific for the other side as well. South Korea could suffer staggering casualties. The U.S.
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