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North Korea Threatens South After Naval Clash

Posted 11.12.2009 | World


SEOUL, South Korea (Associated Press) -- North Korea threatened to punish South Korea following their brief-but-bloody naval firefight, though analyst...

Korean Reunions Leave Some With Regrets (VIDEO)

Reuters | Posted 10.06.2009 | World


After waiting nearly 60 years to see long-lost relatives living in North Korea, some South Koreans wish the reunion had not happened. ...

North Korea May Return To Nuclear Talks

AP | Posted 10.07.2009 | World


PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea's leader is offering to return to multinational disarmament talks in a renewed effort to draw Washington in...

North Korea Reopens Border With South

AP | KWANG-TAE KIM | Posted 10.17.2009 | World


SEOUL, South Korea — A top South Korean official said Wednesday that North Korea's recent conciliatory gestures do not represent any fundamental...

North Korea: 4 South Korean Fisherman Will Be Freed

AP | KWANG-TAE KIM | Posted 09.28.2009 | World


SEOUL, South Korea — Four South Korean fishermen held by North Korea after their boat strayed into northern waters will be released, and familie...

North Korea, South Korea Hold Family Reunification Talks For First Time In Years

AP | KWANG-TAE KIM | Posted 09.26.2009 | World


SEOUL, South Korea — North and South Korean officials held their first talks Wednesday in nearly two years on arranging reunions of families sep...

North Korean Envoys Mourn South Korea Leader, Highest-Level Delegation To Visit SKorea In 2 Years

BBC | Posted 09.21.2009 | World


Senior North Korean officials have paid respects to late former President Kim Dae-jung, who is lying in state in Seoul ahead of his funeral on Sunday....

Kim Dae Jung: A Hero for Peace

Mary Wald | Posted 09.18.2009 | World


Mary Wald

Elegant is the first word that comes to mind. He was warm, with an IQ that kept you mentally running to keep up. He defied death, worked in the face of oppression and gave his all.

NKorea To Reopen Border With SKorea, Resume Tourism Ventures

AP | By HYUNG-JIN KIM | Posted 09.16.2009 | World


SEOUL, South Korea (Associated Press) - North Korea agreed Monday to lift border restrictions with South Korea to allow reunions of separated families...

Yoo Seong-jin, South Korean Worker, Released By North Korea

AP | HYUNG-JIN KIM | Posted 09.13.2009 | World


SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea freed a South Korean worker Thursday it had detained for months for allegedly denouncing its political system &...

NKorea Seizes SKorean Fishing Boat

AP | KWANG-TAE KIM | Posted 08.29.2009 | World


SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea seized a fishing boat from the South on Thursday after it accidentally strayed into the North's waters, officia...

Clinton: North Korea Will Face Consequences For Belligerent Actions

AP | LARA JAKES | Posted 06.27.2009 | World


WASHINGTON — The U.S. on Wednesday accused North Korea of "provocative and belligerent" behavior as Defense Secretary Robert Gates took on the d...

North Korea Restarts Nuclear Plant, Threatens South Korea: Reports

AP | HYUNG-JIN KIM | Posted 06.27.2009 | World


SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean and U.S. troops facing North Korea boosted their alert level Thursday to the highest category since 2006, afte...

North Korea Threatens Attack If Ships Searched

AP | HYUNG-JIN KIM | Posted 06.27.2009 | World


SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean and U.S. troops facing North Korea boosted their alert level Thursday to the highest category since 2006, afte...

South Korea Saves North Korean Ship From Somali Pirates

AP | ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY | Posted 06.04.2009 | World


NAIROBI, Kenya — South Korean snipers hovering in a helicopter Monday chased away pirates pursuing a North Korean freighter, a rare instance of ...

North Korean Human Rights Situation "Dire", "Grim", And "Desperate": UN

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 04.16.2009 | World


UN special rapporteur on North Korean human rights, Vitit Muntarbhorn, reported to the 10th Session of the UN Human Rights Council today with what is ...

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...

South Korean Airlines Avoid North Korea After Threat

AP | JEAN H. LEE | Posted 04.06.2009 | World


SEOUL, South Korea — Air Canada and Singapore Airlines joined South Korean airlines in rerouting flights to steer clear of North Korean airspace...

North Korea, UN Hold Rare Talks As Tensions Rise

Reuters | Reuters | Posted 04.02.2009 | World


North Korean generals met the U.S.-led military command of the United Nations in South Korea for the first time in about seven years on Monday after P...

North Korea Lashes Out Over Missile-Test Warnings

AP | HYUNG-JIN KIM | Posted 03.29.2009 | World


SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea lashed out at critics warning it not to test a long-range missile, saying Thursday that it would punish those t...

Before Clinton's South Korea Visit, North Korea Steps Up War Rhetoric

AP | JAE-SOON CHANG | Posted 03.22.2009 | World


SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea stepped up its war rhetoric Thursday, saying its troops are "fully ready" for war with South Korea, just hours ...