The naval patrols of North and South Korea exchanged fire in disputed waters on Tuesday morning. "“Our high-speed patrol boat repelled the North Korean patrol boat,” the South Korean Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. “We are fully prepared for...
UPDATE: "Clinton landed in Pyongyang in an unmarked jet Tuesday and was greeted at the airport by North Korean officials, including chief nuclear negotiator Kim Kye Gwan and vice parliamentary speaker Yang Hyong...
"Pay no attention to the missiles behind the curtain. Look at my shiny new Supreme Court nominee." Some are calling it Obama's riskiest choice in the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court,...
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has appeared made his first major appearance since his suspected stroke last year. Mr Kim presided over a session of the North Korean parliament. His appearance comes just days after the country launched a long-range rocket, to widespread...
" President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pictured with radical socialist revolutionary Che' Guevara as a backdrop. Image credit: Fr Loren Gonzales via overheardinthesacristyHillary...
The proposed missile launch by North Korea has come under intense criticism. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned North Korea not to proceed with a reported missile test and called on the communist...
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Relations between the two Koreas have been tense since President Lee Myung-bak took office in Seoul in February with a pledge to change policy on the North. The tension also increased after the killing of a North Korean soldier shot dead a South Korean housewife who was...
After months away from the spotlight due to illness, North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il recently broke his silence. What caused him to finally speak out? Long-haired soccer players playing for Kim Il-sung...
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KCNA's last mention of Kim making a public appearance was in mid-August. While the reports from Pyongyang had Kim sending greetings to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and to Chinese leaders, there had been no...
Agressive korea playing their own game at atomic front ,world knocking with finencial crisis as wel as political crisis.India has done their Ndeal with USA AND FRANCE but act of korea really stressed the new entrance..." By Jon Herskovitz SEOUL...
Recent reports that North Korea has relaunched its nuclear program, after initially agreeing to halt its progress in return for international aid, appear to be true. UN inspectors reported this morning that seals...
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With Kim Jong Il possibly near death's door, it looks like those around him assuming power could be hard-liners. The country has announced it is reversing the dismantling of a nuclear reactor and making...
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Communist leadership of North Korea have denied that its leader Kim Jong is seriously ill. The news came after an intelligence official reportedly told South Korean MPs that Mr Kim had suffered a cerebral...
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A meeting has been scheduled for Friday between United States and North Korean officials to clarify exactly what is going on with the Yongbyon nuclear facility. The United States is looking for an explanation about reports out earlier in the week claiming the Yongbyon...
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After officially declaring their nuclear assets and also the symbolic gesture of blowing up the cooling tower at its Yongbyon reactor North Korea is resuming Nuclear talks. "Six-nation talks on North...
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