Pyongyang (North Korea)

North Korea's Kim signals he's willing to talk in letter to China's Xi

2013-05-24 07:15:00

BEIJING -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday personally received a handwritten letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, signaling a possible rapprochement after months of estrangement between the communist allies. The contents of the letter...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sends envoy to China

2013-05-22 10:04:00

PYONGYANG, North Korea — After months of ignoring Chinese warnings to give up nuclear weapons, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a high-level confidant to Beijing on Wednesday, in a possible effort to mend strained ties with his country's most...

Aide to Japan's leader pays unannounced visit to North Korea

2013-05-14 12:35:00

BEIJING -- A senior aide to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived Tuesday in North Korea, but neither country gave a reason for the unannounced visit that followed weeks of high tension in the region over the North's nuclear and missile tests....

North Korea fires short-range missiles off east coast

2013-05-18 15:49:00

BEIJING — North Korea fired three short-range missiles off its east coast Saturday, following through on months of threats to conduct a missile launch. The South Korean Defense Ministry reported that it detected two launches in the morning and...

North Korea denies it will use seized American as bargaining chip

2013-05-05 20:49:00

BEIJING – North Korea on Sunday denied it would use a jailed Korean American as a political bargaining chip, saying it had no plans to invite a prominent American to Pyongyang to seek the release of Kenneth Bae.� Bae, 44, of Lynwood, Wash., was...

Kerry: Beijing to work with U.S. to quell North Korea nuke threat

2013-04-13 09:45:00

BEIJING -- After meeting with top Chinese leaders Saturday, Secretary of State John Kerry said� Beijing had pledged to work with the United States to urge North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons. "There is no question in my mind that China is...

In Seoul, Kerry stresses 'possibilities of peace' for Koreas

2013-04-12 04:20:00

BEIJING -- Secretary of State John F. Kerry hinted at the possibility of dialogue with North Korea on the first leg of a sprint through East Asia that has been shadowed by threats from Pyongyang. At a Friday news conference in Seoul with South Korean...

North Korean motives, strategy remain mysteries

2013-04-12 02:00:00

Contrary to the adage, what we don’t know about North Korea could hurt us. It’s not known whether the intermediate-range Musudan missiles poised for imminent firing could reach U.S. bases on Guam or Japan, though at least the latter is...

North Korea may have nuclear warhead capability, U.S. agency says

2013-04-12 08:32:00

WASHINGTON -- A U.S. intelligence agency has concluded that North Korea has the capability to develop nuclear warheads small enough to fit on a ballistic missile, a congressman disclosed Thursday. Although U.S. experts believe that North Korea cannot...

U.S. urges North Korea to grant amnesty and free Kenneth Bae

2013-05-02 12:37:00

The United States urged North Korea on Thursday to grant amnesty and free an American citizen sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for alleged hostile acts against North Korea. Patrick Ventrell, acting deputy spokesman for the State Department, told...

American sentenced to 15 years hard labor in North Korea

2013-05-01 22:42:00

This post has been corrected. See the note below for details. BEIJING -- Adding to the strained relations with the U.S., North Korea said Thursday that an American citizen held since November has been sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for "hostile...

American in North Korea sentenced to 15 years of hard labor

2013-05-01 21:27:00

SEOUL — An American detained for nearly six months in North Korea has been sentenced to 15 years of "compulsory labor" for unspecified crimes against the state, the government in Pyongyang announced Thursday. The sentencing of Kenneth Bae,...

This photo taken on February 28, 2013 and released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on March 1, 2013 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (front L) and former NBA star Dennis Rodman (front R) speaking at a basketball game in Pyongyang.

2013-03-01 00:00:00

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (front L) and former NBA star Dennis Rodman (front R) speak at a basketball game in Pyongyang.

2013-02-28 00:00:00

North Koreans watch an announcer reading a statement on the country's nuclear test on a large screen in front of Pyongyang's railway station.

2013-02-12 00:00:00