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N. Korean Missile Carrier May Be Supplied By China

AP | SAM KIM | Posted 04.20.2012

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea has asked China whether it is the source of a sophisticated missile carrier displayed by North Korea during a m...

North Korea's Missile: China's Problem?

GlobalPost | Posted 04.06.2012

TOKYO, Japan — A senior US lawmaker has conceded that there is little the world can do to prevent North Korea from launching a long-range rocket lat...

Kim Jong Il's Visit To China And Russia

Posted 02.17.2012

The deceased leader of North Korea Kim Jong-il visited both China and Russia as recently as this past August. As the Associated Press notes, he appear...

China Strengthens Alliance With North Korea

AP | Posted 01.18.2012

BEIJING — China said Friday it would strengthen military ties with ally North Korea, amid continuing tensions between Pyongyang and Seoul and st...

North Korean Leader Visits China

AP | MANSUR MIROVALEV | Posted 10.25.2011

MOSCOW — North Korean leader Kim Jong Il left Russia aboard his armored train late Thursday, crossing into Manchuria in China's northeast a day ...

Obama Urges China To Rein In North Korea

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

BEIJING — President Barack Obama urged China's leader in a phone call Monday to send Beijing ally North Korea a message that "its provocations a...

North Korea Sends Top Diplomat To Russia Amid Tensions

AP | KIM KWANG-TAE | Posted 05.25.2011

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea warned Saturday that it is ready for an all-out war even as it dispatched its top diplomat to Russia amid a flu...

WikiLeaks Takes On North Korea: China Calls Ally A 'Spoiled Child'

Posted 05.25.2011

This article is being updated. A newly released batch of diplomatic cables provided by WikiLeaks focuses on North Korea, the Guardian is reporting. ...

North Korea's 'Military First' Politics Are Behind Recent Attacks

Ra Jong-Yil | Posted 05.25.2011

Ra Jong-Yil

The artillery attack on South Korea has brought front and center the issue that is increasingly on everyone's mind: the respective roles of the U.S. and China in our regional security as power shifts eastward.

North Korea's Kim Jong Il Meets With Chinese official

AP | JAE-SOON CHANG and JEAN H. LEE | Posted 05.25.2011

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea's reclusive leader has turned up for talks with a senior Chinese envoy, making his first such appearance in nea...