North Korea

North Korea calls for high-level talks with U.S.

2013-06-16 04:44:00

SEOUL — The North Korean regime Sunday suggested a high-level meeting with the United States "to ease the tension on the Korean peninsula," less than a week after its scheduled working-level talks with Seoul were called off.� In the National...

North Korea suggests high-level talks with U.S.

2013-06-16 18:32:00

SEOUL — The North Korean government Sunday suggested a high-level meeting with the United States "to ease the tension on the Korean peninsula," less than a week after its scheduled working-level talks with Seoul were called off. In what North...

The Week Ahead: North Korea conciliatory, Iran holds humdrum vote

2013-06-10 05:00:00

North Korea: Baby steps back from the brink Wednesday, June 12 – After more than a month of ominous silence that followed threats to launch nuclear weapons, North Korea appears to be making modest motions toward easing tensions on the divided...

Obama, Chinese president wrap up a sometimes contentious summit

2013-06-08 18:11:00

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — President Obama and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, wrapped up a summit at this sweltering California desert resort Saturday after nearly eight hours of talks over two days and a candle-lit dinner aimed at shaping what...

North Korea abruptly backs out of talks with South

2013-06-11 08:57:00

SEOUL -- Talks between North and South Korea scheduled to be held this week were abruptly canceled Tuesday, with Pyongyang dissatisfied over the makeup of the South's delegation. South Korea's Unification Ministry, which handles North Korean issues,...

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel heads for Asia

2013-05-30 22:05:00

ABOARD A MILITARY AIRCRAFT — More than a year after the Obama administration announced it was shifting its defense policy to focus on Asia, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is trying to convince allies in the region that the so-called “Asia...

TV This Week: June 9 - 5 'The Dark Knight Rises' on HBO

2013-06-05 16:47:00

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of June 9 - 15, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- SUNDAY Neil Patrick Harris hosts "The 65 Annual...

Laos assailed for sending young defectors back to North Korea

2013-06-02 05:31:00

SEOUL — Laos is coming under increasing international criticism for its unusual decision to turn over to the North Korean government nine defectors, most of them homeless teenagers. The young North Koreans were arrested by Laotian authorities...

Defense chief Chuck Hagel seeks to reassure Asia allies

2013-05-31 18:38:00

SINGAPORE — Chuck Hagel emerged from combat in the Vietnam War with two Purple Hearts and "a sense of how important it would be for America to engage wisely in Asia," as he put it to top defense officials gathered here. Now, more than a year after...

China tightening trade with North Korea

2013-06-07 15:20:00

TUMEN, China — In a concrete building on the northern edge of this city across the border from North Korea, young pony-tailed women wearing hoodies sew sportswear. The building has no flashy logo or company name on the outside, only a blue-and-red...

North and South Korea name date for talks on restoring ties

2013-06-07 07:57:00

SEOUL -- North Korea and South Korea indicated Friday that they would hold working-level talks on Sunday to discuss the reopening of a closed-down industrial park and the restart of tourist exchanges and reunions of separated families. In a possible...

North Korea changes course, calls for talks with South

2013-06-06 03:13:00

SEOUL -- In a sudden change of heart, North Korea called Thursday for talks with South Korea about reopening a shuttered industrial park and restarting tourist exchanges and reunions of separated families. Seoul almost immediately accepted, setting...

US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping head for their bilateral meeting at the Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands in Rancho Mirage, California, on June 7, 2013.

2013-06-07 00:00:00

US President Barack Obama welcomes Chinese President Xi Jinping for their bilateral meeting at the Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands in Rancho Mirage, California, on June 7, 2013.

2013-06-07 00:00:00

In this image provided by China's official Xinhua News Agency, Wang Jiarui, right, the head of the Chinese leadership's international affairs office, meets with North Korea's Vice Marshal Choe Ryong Hae in Beijing.

2013-05-22 00:00:00