By Kurt Achin
North Korea says it has manufactured more material useable in nuclear weapons. The announcement is widely seen as a tactic to pressure the United States into bilateral talks,...
North Korea says it is ready to return to six-party talks on its nuclear weapons program if progress also is made on talks with the United States.The statement was issued...
North and South Korea have agreed to hold a new round of reunions for separated families next month - the first such meetings in nearly two years.
The two countries reached...
South Korea is urging North Korea to allow reunions of families that have been separated for half a century to be held on a regular basis.In talks Thursday between Red...
By Kurt Achin
SEOUL (RPRN_ 8/17/2009--The visit of a South Korean chief executive to North Korea has produced first steps in thawing frozen inter-Korean economic projects. However, South Korea says what...
By Kurt Achin
SEOUL (RPRN) 8/4/2009--Former President Bill Clinton is in the North Korean capital, in an apparent bid to secure the freedom of two journalists detained there for more than...
By David Gollust
Phuket, Thailand (RPRN) 7/23/2009--Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says North Korea has been left with no friends in the international community because of recent provocative actions. But closing...
DPRK (RPRN) 6/25/2009--North Korean state media have condemned a recent U.S. pledge to provide nuclear defense to South Korea, saying the move bolsters Pyongyang's reasons for having atomic bombs. A...
PENTAGON (RPRN) 6/19/2009–U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he has ordered the deployment of a new missile defense system and a sophisticated tracking radar to respond to any North Korean...
NORTH KOREA (RPRN) 6/9/2009--The families of two American journalists sentenced by North Korea to 12 years' imprisonment in a labor camp have urged Pyongyang to show compassion and release them...