September 9, 2016
6:20 am

A South Korean marine watches a TV screen reporting about North Korea's possible nuclear test at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Sep. 9, 2016. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP)

North Korea believed to have carried out 5th, most powerful nuke test

Rival South Korea says 10-kiloton bomb was likely detonated underground after unusual seismic activity detected

By Jung Ha-Won

July 9, 2016
9:02 am

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un looks on as a submarine-launched missile emerges from the water in 2015 (YouTube screenshot)

Seoul: North Korea test-fires submarine-launched missile

South says ballistic missile appears to have failed and exploded in early stages of flight

By AFP

July 6, 2016
8:38 pm

Undated photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on February 11, 2014 shows Kim Jong-Un (C) during the national conference of subworkteam leaders in the agricultural sector in an undisclosed location in North Korea (KCNA via KNS/AFP/File)

US sanctions North Korean leader for ‘intolerable cruelty’

String of abuses by Kim Jong-Un include killings, torture of political prisoners; 10 other officials also blacklisted

By Paul Handley

May 9, 2016
10:07 am

Foreign journalists leave a venue after being told that coverage plans had changed until further notice on Sunday, May 8, 2016, in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

N. Korea boots BBC journalist as party congress continues

Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, producer Maria Byrne and cameraman Matthew Goddard held for ‘speaking ill’ of country’s leaders

By Eric Talmadge

May 7, 2016
1:48 pm

Israeli Nobel laureate Aaron Ciechanover speaks during a press conference at a hotel in Beijing on May 7, 2016, following his return from a week-ling visit to North Korea. (AFP PHOTO / NICOLAS ASFOURI)

Israeli Nobel laureate calls for easing North Korea sanctions

‘You cannot turn penicillin into a nuclear bomb,’ says Aaron Ciechanover after week-long visit to secretive state with fellow winners from UK, Norway

By AFP

April 19, 2016
6:19 pm

US Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken speaks as South Korean Vice Foreign Minister Lim Sung-Nam and Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Akitaka Saiki listen during their joint press conference at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, April 19, 2016. (AFP Photo/Jung Yeon-Je)

S. Korea, Japan, US warn Pyongyang over possible nuclear test

Analysts assess North Korea is in final stages of preparing underground detonation ahead of next month’s ruling party congress

By AFP

March 4, 2016
2:05 am

People watch a TV news program showing North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 3, 2016. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea says it’s readying nukes

Saber-rattling follows toughest UN sanctions in two decades after North’s latest nuclear test, rocket launch

By Hyung-Jin Kim

March 3, 2016
3:56 am

South Koreans watch a TV news program with file footage of North Korea's rocket launch plans, at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

N. Korea fires short-range missiles after UN sanctions

Hours after Security Council imposes new sanctions, Pyongyang launches missiles off eastern coast

By AFP

March 2, 2016
11:31 pm

Members of the UN Security Council vote during a meeting on sanctions against North Korea on March 2, 2016 at the United Nations in New York. (AFP/Don Emmert)

UN imposes toughest-ever North Korea sanctions

Obama welcomes measures as ‘a firm, united, and appropriate response’ to Pyongyang’s fourth nuclear test and rocket launch

By Carole LANDRY

February 18, 2016
10:04 am

A US F-22 stealth fighter lands at the Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, south of Seoul, on February 17, 2016. (AFP/ JUNG YEON-JE)

Seoul says North Korea preparing ‘terror attacks’

South Korea seeking to pass anti-terrorism laws after it says Pyongyang’s Kim Jong Un recently ordered assaults

By Hyung-Jin Kim

February 11, 2016
3:37 am

North Korean soldiers patrol next to the border fence near the town of Sinuiju across from the Chinese border town of Dandong on February 10, 2016. (AFP/Johannes Eisele)

Senate passes new North Korea sanctions

New legislation seeks to deprive Pyongyang of funds it needs to develop atomic capabilities

By AP

February 7, 2016
6:32 am

Pedestrians walk past a TV on a street in Tokyo showing North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un and a report on North Korea's rocket launch on February 7, 2016. (AFP Photo/Yoshikazu Tsuno)

UN Security Council to hold emergency talks on N. Korea

Sunday session called after Pyongyang carries out missile launch seen as cover for nuclear-capable missile test

By AFP

January 12, 2016
1:11 pm

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA, left), talks with the committee's ranking member Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, January 7, 2016. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Congress pushes North Korea sanctions after bomb test

Despite claims it lacks teeth, lawmakers to vote on bill aimed at starving Pyongyang of funds for controversial weapons program

By Richard Lardner

January 10, 2016
9:39 am

A US Air Force B-52 bomber flies over Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

US bomber flies over S. Korea as standoff deepens with north

Washington deploys B-52 to demonstrate commitment to ally Seoul following North Korea’s fourth nuclear test last week

By Foster Klug and AHN YOUNG-JOON

January 6, 2016
11:19 pm

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon makes comments to the media on the situation in North Korea before the Security Council holds a closed-door meeting to discuss the next steps at the United Nations on January 6, 2016 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)

UN plans ‘further measures’ against North Korea over H-bomb test

Ban Ki-moon calls nuclear explosion ‘deeply troubling’ and ‘profoundly destabilizing’ for region

By AFP

Topic: North Korea sanctions

North Korea believed to have carried out 5th, most powerful nuke test

Rival South Korea says 10-kiloton bomb was likely detonated underground after unusual seismic activity detected

Seoul: North Korea test-fires submarine-launched missile

South says ballistic missile appears to have failed and exploded in early stages of flight

US sanctions North Korean leader for ‘intolerable cruelty’

String of abuses by Kim Jong-Un include killings, torture of political prisoners; 10 other officials also blacklisted

N. Korea boots BBC journalist as party congress continues

Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, producer Maria Byrne and cameraman Matthew Goddard held for ‘speaking ill’ of country’s leaders

Israeli Nobel laureate calls for easing North Korea sanctions

‘You cannot turn penicillin into a nuclear bomb,’ says Aaron Ciechanover after week-long visit to secretive state with fellow winners from UK, Norway

S. Korea, Japan, US warn Pyongyang over possible nuclear test

Analysts assess North Korea is in final stages of preparing underground detonation ahead of next month’s ruling party congress

North Korea says it’s readying nukes

Saber-rattling follows toughest UN sanctions in two decades after North’s latest nuclear test, rocket launch

N. Korea fires short-range missiles after UN sanctions

Hours after Security Council imposes new sanctions, Pyongyang launches missiles off eastern coast

UN imposes toughest-ever North Korea sanctions

Obama welcomes measures as ‘a firm, united, and appropriate response’ to Pyongyang’s fourth nuclear test and rocket launch

Seoul says North Korea preparing ‘terror attacks’

South Korea seeking to pass anti-terrorism laws after it says Pyongyang’s Kim Jong Un recently ordered assaults

Senate passes new North Korea sanctions

New legislation seeks to deprive Pyongyang of funds it needs to develop atomic capabilities

UN Security Council to hold emergency talks on N. Korea

Sunday session called after Pyongyang carries out missile launch seen as cover for nuclear-capable missile test

Congress pushes North Korea sanctions after bomb test

Despite claims it lacks teeth, lawmakers to vote on bill aimed at starving Pyongyang of funds for controversial weapons program

US bomber flies over S. Korea as standoff deepens with north

Washington deploys B-52 to demonstrate commitment to ally Seoul following North Korea’s fourth nuclear test last week

UN plans ‘further measures’ against North Korea over H-bomb test

Ban Ki-moon calls nuclear explosion ‘deeply troubling’ and ‘profoundly destabilizing’ for region

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