Here's Where We Think The World's Nukes Are Stored — And What It Says About...
Nuclear security scholars Hans M. Kristensen and Robert S. Norris published a study of the worldwide deployment of nuclear weapons on August 27th in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, their first...
View ArticleNorth Korean Top Banking Official Reportedly Defects In Russia
SEOUL (Reuters) - A senior North Korean banking official who managed money for leader Kim Jong Un has defected in Russia and was seeking asylum in a third country, a South Korean newspaper reported on...
View ArticlePro-Wrestlers And Politicians Arm-Wrestled In The Streets Of North Korea To...
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Former NFL player Bob "The Beast" Sapp and a group of brawny pro wrestlers led by a Japanese politician took their oddball attempt at sports diplomacy to the streets of...
View ArticleOver 3 Decades, North Korea Paid Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars For...
From 1969 to 1997, the North Korean leadership purchased expensive full-page ad space in the most prominent western newspapers, Benjamin R. Young reports for NK News. The ads, which cost anywhere from...
View ArticleNew US-South Korean Army Unit Will Seek To Destroy The North's Nukes In Any...
South Korea said Thursday it would create a joint military unit with the United States, as a report suggested the contingent would target North Korea's weapons of mass destruction if a full-scale...
View ArticleUN: There Are Signs That North Korea May Be Operating A Nuclear Reactor
The U.N. nuclear watchdog said it has seen releases of steam and water indicating that North Korea may be operating a reactor, in the latest update on a plant that experts say could make plutonium for...
View ArticleAwesome Interactive Panoramas Give A Glimpse At Everyday Life In North Korea
Aram Pan has always been intrigued by North Korea. Everything he saw in the media relating to the country, though, revolved around its leaders, military might, and confidentiality. Pan wondered what he...
View ArticleNorth Korea Is Trying To Add 'A New And Potentially Destabilizing Addition'...
North Korea appears to be developing a new weapons system capable of launching submarine-based ballistic missiles, the South's defence ministry said Monday."Based on recent US and South Korean...
View ArticleSouth Korea Keeps Finding Crashed North Korean Drones
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's military has recovered the wreckage of unmanned aircraft, believed to be a North Korean drone, in waters off an island near a disputed maritime border, an official said...
View ArticleSouth Korea Arrests American Reportedly Trying To Swim To North Korea
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean marines arrested an American man late on Tuesday who had been swimming in a river that flows towards North Korea and said he had been trying to go to the North to meet...
View ArticleHere's Why So Many Americans Try To Sneak Into North Korea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — One shouted about God's love as he crossed a frozen river, clutching a Bible. Another swam, drunk and naked. Several US soldiers dashed around land mines.Time and again,...
View ArticleNORTH KOREA: Imprisoned American Wanted To Be The 'Second Snowden'
SEOUL (Reuters) - An American recently sentenced to six years hard labor by a North Korean court pretended to have secret U.S. information and was deliberately arrested in a bid to become famous and...
View ArticleSouth Korea Thinks Kim Jong-Un Is In Bad Health After Three-Week Absence
The failure of Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, to appear in public for nearly three weeks has triggered renewed speculation over his health and the stability of his regime.South Korea and...
View ArticleThis Man Escaped North Korea By Biking For 12 Days Straight Through China
The life of a North Korean defector is one of extreme contrasts. Born in a country with one of the world’s strictest regimes, escaping often means discovering new freedoms and adapting to new cultures,...
View ArticleA Quiet Fashion Revolution Is Happening In North Korea
It might be a country known for its rejection of outside influences, but North Korea finally looks to be catching up with the rest of the world in terms of fashion.Pyongyang, the socialist country's...
View ArticleNorth Korea Claims It's Making Alarming Progress Towards Building A Usable...
North Korea has tested three nuclear devices, but alarm over the program has been tampered by the hermetic country's apparent failure to miniaturize an atomic bomb to a size at which it would be...
View ArticleThe US Still Has No Real Solution To North Korea's Nuclear Program
While US Secretary of State John Kerry is busy trying to find a diplomatic solution to the Iran nuclear problem, a “rogue state” foe a bit further to the east is cruising under the radar.North Korean...
View ArticleA Number Of Senior North Korean Leaders Are Making A Rare Visit To South...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The man seen as North Korea's No. 2 and other senior officials plan to travel to the South on Saturday for the close of the Asian Games sporting event, South Korean officials...
View ArticleThis Is North Korea's Version Of The iPhone
While the hottest gadget across much of the world is undoubtedly the iPhone 6, in North Korea the only smartphone you can get legally is the government-approved "Pyongyang Touch."The North Korean...
View ArticleNORTH KOREAN OFFICIAL: 'No Problem At All' With Kim Jong-Un's Health
SEOUL (Reuters) - A senior North Korean official on a rare visit to South Korea has denied reports that the country's young leader Kim Jong Un is ill, saying there is "no problem at all," a South...
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