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Daily Life In North Korea (VIDEO)

Posted 11.16.2009 | World


WorldFocus recently produced a series of videos from a five-day trip as fully legal US tourists to North Korea. This video gives a glimpse into the d...

North Korea And South Korea Navy Boats Exchange Fire

AP | HYUNG-JIN KIM | Posted 11.11.2009 | World


SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's troops went on high alert Wednesday for possible retaliation by North Korea after one of its navy ships was n...

North Korea Warns Against Sanctions, Says It Will Strengthen Arsenal If They're Imposed

AP | Posted 09.28.2009 | Home


UNITED NATIONS — North Korea says it will strengthen its nuclear arsenal if new sanctions are imposed because of its weapons program. Pak Kil Y...

South Korea Seeks North Korean Explanation About Flash Flood

AP | HYUNG-JIN KIM | Posted 10.22.2009 | World


SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea rejected North Korea's explanation for a sudden, deadly release of dam water, saying Tuesday that Pyongyang sho...

Clinton in Pyongyang: The Real Deal

John Feffer | Posted 09.11.2009 | World


John Feffer

In all the commentary on Clinton's trip, journalists and pundits spent so much time cataloging North Korea's sins, they missed several key points.

North Korea Opens 1st Fast-Food Restaurant: Report

AP | KWANG-TAE KIM | Posted 08.25.2009 | World


SEOUL, South Korea — You still can't get a hamburger in Pyongyang, but the suspiciously similar "minced beef and bread" is for sale at the North...

A New Approach to Global Problem-Solving

John W. McArthur | Posted 08.13.2009 | World


John W. McArthur

Obama's critics must ask: Which among macroeconomic coordination, food production, energy, climate change, or disease control could be considered optional at this stage?

North Korea: U.N. Security Council Set To Debate Recent Missile Launch

Reuters | Patrick Worsnip and Jack Kim | Posted 08.06.2009 | World


UNITED NATIONS/SEOUL (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council scheduled discussions on Monday on North Korea's latest missile launches as a North Korean ...

North Korea, Do You Need a Hug?

Disgrasian | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics


Disgrasian

Dear North Korea, What's up, guy? Listen, we heard through the grapevine that you did more nuke testing today. DUDE, what have we said about missile ...

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...

Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 04.27.2009 | World


Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet

The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: A Failed Mexican State? Facts: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton traveled to Mexico and committed more ...

Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 04.20.2009 | World


Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet

The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: Quagmire of the year: Hamas-Israel There is an endless amount of news this week dealing with Israelis and P...

Negotiators Prepare To Hold North Korea Nuclear Talks, Gloomy About Progress

AP | Kwang-Tae Kim | Posted 01.08.2009 | World


BEIJING — Negotiators in the latest round of talks on North Korea's nuclear program sat down for a second day Tuesday to discuss ways to overcom...

North Korea and The New York Philharmonic: The "Why" Question Gets Answered

Ben Rosen | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics


Ben Rosen

My answer: To initiate a dialog between the people of two adversaries, the first of such talks in 58 years.

Olympic Torch Run: Not a 'Bright and Colorful Day' in Both Koreas

David Flumenbaum | Posted 05.19.2008 | Politics


David Flumenbaum

In North Korea, where political dissent is as rare as an Internet connection, the world got a taste of how China had envisioned the torch procession at all of its stops -- quiet, calm and Communist.

North Korea Says It Complied With Earlier Nuclear Disclosure

New York Times | CHOE SANG-HUN and STEVEN LEE MYERS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


North Korea said Friday that it had already explained enough about its nuclear programs to meet a deadline for declaring its nuclear activities, sayin...