Musudan-ri missile facility

PYONGYANG, Dec. 24 (AP) - (Kyodo)—North Korea has begun a public exhibition of a model of an experimental communications satellite it claims to have launched in April. The model of the satellite ...  

The 12-day saga, spanning the globe from Pyongyang to Azerbaijan to the Thai capital, remains shrouded in mystery and missing pieces, including the final destination of the Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane now under Thai custody along with its five-man ...  

U.S. business executives say they told North Korean leaders during a visit to Pyongyang last week that they must give up their nuclear ambitions if they want foreign investment in the isolated country.  

Dec 22, 2009 (Voice of America News/ContentWorks via COMTEX) -- Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency Monday said the move is a response to what the North calls "frequent intrusions by warmongers in the South Korean military." North Korea ...  

North Korea’s Naval Command yesterday designated waters north of what Pyongyang considers to be the Military Demarcation Line in the West Sea as a “Peacetime Naval Firing Zone.” The North’s Naval Command released the following statement ...  

SAN FRANCISCO — North Korean missile tests may sometimes flop, but their program continues to make strides in building bigger, more powerful projectiles, according to new research presented at the American Geophysical Union meeting Tuesday. In April of this year, the country launched a Taepodong-2 missile with the intent of placing a satellite in orbit. It [...]  

North Korea says it wants to engage in further cooperation with the United States in order to bring the countries' standpoints closer together. A spokesperson for the North Korean foreign ministry made the positive statement after three days of talks with US envoy Stephen Bosworth in Pyongyang.    

WASHINGTON, Aug 9 (IPS) - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton’s trip to North Korea to secure the release of two U.S. journalists has called attention to the lack of engagement over the past five-months since Pyongyang quit the six-party talks ...  

North Korea eventually will be able to arm a missile with a small nuclear warhead, a South Korean think tank said. North Korea's nuclear ambitions are aided by a high-explosives test site, guidance from numerous weapons experts and a determination to ...  

The American special representative for North Korea, Stephen Bosworth, returned from Pyongyang last week after unusually benign conversations. The North Korean government affirmed "the need to resume six-power talks" on the nuclear disarmament of the ...  

President Obama's envoy to North Korea said that his trip to Pyongyang yielded a common understanding on the need to restart nuclear disarmament talks -- but no clear time frame on when North Korea might return to the negotiations.  

France has offered to forge permanent cultural links with North Korea but not full diplomatic ties, hoping to pressure it over nuclear non-proliferation, its special envoy to Pyongyang said Wednesday. France not ready for diplomatic ties with North ...  

A cargo aircraft transporting over 35 tonnes of arms from North Korea has been seized and its five-man crew detained after landing at Bangkok airport for refuelling, Thai officials have said. The arms included missiles and grenades, Panitan ...  

BEIJING - North Korea announced that it will work with Washington to resolve "differences" over restarting nuclear disarmament talks, but observers said it was too early to declare a U.S. diplomat's mission to Pyongyang a success. The comments were ...  

Straits TimesUS's Gates says North Korea's military "more lethal"ReutersAnalysts said the launch was an attempt by Pyongyang to boost its bargaining leverage ahead of any nuclear talks. [ID:nSEO306973] The North has tested ...SKorea to help NKorea modernize hot linesThe Associated PressSeoul, million dollar investment to improve communications with PyongyangAsiaNews.itskorea boosts spending on nkorea refugeesAFPJoongAng Daily -RTT News...