North Korea Missile Launch

North Korea Restricts Domestic Markets, Food Aid While Saber-Rattling Abroad

Washington Post | Posted 08.14.2009 | World


As it noisily goads the outside world with missiles and a nuclear test, North Korea is quietly tightening screws at home....

Obama: US "Fully Prepared" For North Korea Missile Launch

AP | Posted 07.22.2009 | World


WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said the United States is "prepared for any contingencies" involving North Korea _ including the regime's re...

Planned North Korea Missile Launch Has Hawaii Residents On Edge

AP | MARK NIESSE | Posted 07.22.2009 | World


HONOLULU — Comforted by the U.S. military's missile defense systems, Hawaii residents doubt a North Korean missile would light up the clear isla...

North Korea Bans Ships From Coastal Waters

AP | JAE-SOON CHANG | Posted 07.09.2009 | World


SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has warned fishermen and boat captains to stay away from the country's east coast, Japan's coast guard said Mon...

North Korea Fires Another Missile No One Cares About

John Marshall | Posted 06.29.2009 | Comedy


John Marshall

"We're not made of missiles," said Kim Jong-Il. "There's only so much sabre-rattling we can do. Can't we get mentioned somewhere? Since when are nuclear weapons not on the same radar as Susan Boyle?"

Why North Korea's Antics Are Good For Obama

Stuart Whatley | Posted 06.28.2009 | World


Stuart Whatley

Following its initial hullabaloo, the current standoff may be a foreign policy windfall for the Obama administration by uniting typically disparate regional players

North Korea Test-Fires 2 More Missiles: South Korean Press

AP | HYUNG-JIN KIM | Posted 06.26.2009 | World


SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has restarted a weapons-grade nuclear plant and fired five short-range missiles in two days, news reports and S...

John Bolton: North Korea Will Test Nukes Again

Wall Street Journal | Posted 06.20.2009 | World


The curtain is about to rise again on the long-running nuclear tragicomedy, "North Korea Outwits the United States." Despite Kim Jong Il's explicit th...

North Korea UN Draft Agreement Reached By Six Powers

Reuters | Posted 05.12.2009 | World


The five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Japan have reached an agreement on a draft statement about North Korea's long-range rocket...

North Korea: Thousands Gather To Celebrate Rocket Launch

AP | JEAN H. LEE | Posted 05.09.2009 | World


SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea's rubber-stamp parliament appointed Kim Jong Il to a third term Thursday as leader of one of the world's most r...

North Korea: UN Security Council Divided On Response

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.07.2009 | World


Despite the initial hullabaloo that followed North Korea's Sunday test launch of a Taepodong-2 missile, the UN security council has so far failed to i...

US-European Union Joint Statement On North Korea Missile Launch

Huffington Post | Posted 05.06.2009 | World


Below is the joint statement released by the United States and the European Union. The launch of a missile by North Korea defies UN Security Council ...

Obama's Statement On North Korean Rocket Launch

Huffington Post | Posted 05.05.2009 | Politics


Below is the statement released by President Obama from Prague, Czech Republic on the rocket launched by North Korea: North Korea's development and...

US Destroyers Set Sail Ahead of North Korean Launch

AP | HYUNG-JIN KIM | Posted 04.30.2009 | World


SEOUL, South Korea — Japanese, South Korean and U.S. missile-destroying ships set sail to monitor North Korea's imminent rocket launch, as Pyong...

Japan Prepares For North Korea Missile Launch (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Jessica Gusman | Posted 04.27.2009 | World


Japan's military has begun to ready itself for a threatening North Korea missile launch, reports AP. On Friday the government ordered two missile-equ...

North Korea Responds To Hillary Clinton, Threatens 'Strong Steps' If Missile Launch Criticized

AP | JEAN H. LEE | Posted 04.26.2009 | World


SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea's positioning of a rocket on its east coast launchpad has ratcheted up tensions with Washington on Thursday, wh...

North Korea Places Missile On Launch Pad

Reuters | Posted 04.25.2009 | World


North Korea has positioned what is believed to be a Taepodong-2 long-range ballistic missile on its launch pad at a facility in Musudanri, Japan's Kyo...

Japan Protests NKorea's Rocket Launch Plan

AP | HYUNG-JIN KIM | Posted 04.13.2009 | World


SEOUL, South Korea — Japan hinted it could down an incoming North Korean rocket, but analysts said the communist country will go ahead with a pl...

North Korea Announces 'Satellite' Launch Date

AP | JAE-SOON CHANG | Posted 04.12.2009 | World


SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea told two U.N. agencies it plans to launch a communications satellite between April 4-8 _ an unprecedented discl...

NKorea Puts Troops On Combat Alert, Warns Of Retaliation If Satellite Intercepted

AP | JEAN H. LEE | Posted 04.09.2009 | World


SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea agreed Tuesday to allow South Koreans working in a joint industrial zone in North Korea to cross the border aft...