The stand off with North Korea has taken on an added dimension
North Korea suffered a setback in its nuclear weapons development programs.Tunnels in the mountain where its conducts its nuclear tests collapsed.It might have to start testing its nuclear weapons in...
View ArticleUS shares details on North Korean malware and hacking campaign
The US issued an alert on cyber attacks stemming from North Korea.North Korea is believed to have used a malware called "FALLCHILL," which allows entry to computers and compromises network systems.The...
View ArticleChina will send a high-level diplomatic envoy to North Korea
China will dispatch a top-level diplomat to North Korea following US President Donald Trump's visit to Beijing last week.China just had its National Congress, the closest thing the Communist Party has...
View ArticleTrump is 'sentenced to death' for insulting Kim Jong Un, say North Korean media
A North Korean state-run news agency says US President Donald Trump's attacks on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have gone too far.The newspaper Rodong Sinmun called Trump a "hideous criminal" in an...
View ArticleSouth Korean President: Pyongyang's nukes are too advanced for them to...
SEOUL – South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Tuesday it would not be easy for reclusive North Korea to destroy its nuclear arsenal quickly, even if wanted to, given its weapons programs were so...
View ArticleNorth Korean soldiers fired 40 shots and hit their comrade 5 times as he...
North Korean soldiers shot 40 rounds at a comrade fleeing into South Korea, hitting him five times.The defector was rescued by South Koreans, who are treating him in a hospital.About 30,000 North...
View ArticleUS man who tried to defect to North Korea wanted to help the US negotiate...
The US citizen caught trying to defect to North Korea on Tuesday will be deported, and had made the trip to try to help along negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang.On the same day, a North...
View ArticleThe South Korean president turned an unusual question from Trump into a...
President Donald Trump reportedly asked South Korean President Moon Jae-in, "Do you have to reunify?"Moon reportedly viewed Trump's question as unscripted and honest, and responded by giving him a...
View ArticleChina appears to have crossed Trump on North Korea
Donald Trump on Wednesday said China backed him on North Korea.But the next day China contradicted him.Even South Korea has expressed doubts about Trump's goal in dealing with North Korea.After a...
View ArticleTrump teases a 'big move' from China on North Korea, but China says it's nothing
President Donald Trump tweeted that China is sending a delegation to North Korea and that it's a "big move."But China's foreign ministry says the meeting is routine and just to inform a fellow...
View ArticleSurgeons find never-before-seen parasite in body of defector who was shot 5...
The North Korean defector who was shot five times while running across the border to South Korea has been found riddled with parasites, one of which has never before been seen in the country.North...
View ArticleNorth Korea might have violated the armistice with the US and South Korea by...
North Korea may have violated the armistice with the US and South Korea by firing an AK-47 assault rifle in the DMZ.South Korea contends North Korea broke the armistice, but has little recourse.North...
View ArticleA North Korean defector tells us what life was like under a dictatorship
North Korean defector and author of "The Girl With Seven Names" Hyeonseo Lee explains what life was really like living in the country until she fled at the age of 17. Following is a transcript of the...
View ArticleNorth Korea looks like it's aggressively building a ballistic missile submarine
Satellite images of a North Korean naval shipyard indicate the country is pursuing an "aggressive schedule" to build its first operational ballistic missile submarine.There was reportedly continuous...
View ArticleTop-level Chinese envoy arrives in North Korea for the first time in years
BEIJING (AP) — China dispatched its highest-level envoy to North Korea in two years on Friday in a bid to improve chilly relations after President Donald Trump last week urged Beijing to pressure...
View ArticleUS envoy to North Korea says they hearing absolutely nothing from Pyongyang...
The US wants to talk to North Korea but is getting back "no signal."Without hearing from North Korea, all the wold can do is jack up pressure on them with sanctions and military buildups.SEOUL...
View ArticleInjured defector's parasites and diet hint at a hard life in North Korea
SEOUL — Parasitic worms found in a North Korean soldier, critically injured during a desperate defection, highlight nutrition and hygiene problems that experts say have plagued the isolated country for...
View ArticleWe need to accept that US-based missile defense won’t protect us if North...
President Donald Trump has said th US has a 97% chance of shooting down a North Korean missile.While American ground-based interceptors are better than they once were, they're not good enough to...
View ArticleThe top US nuclear commander said he would resist an 'illegal' strike order...
Air Force General John Hyten told an audience in Halifax, Canada, that he would resist an "illegal" order from President Donald Trump to launch a nuclear attack.Hyten said the military is not "stupid,"...
View ArticleSouth Korea warns North Korea's ICBMs may be up to hitting the US by the...
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's spy agency said on Monday it is possible North Korea can develop an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching the U.S. mainland this year and that it is...
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