Japanese Aide Visits North Korea
TOKYO — A political aide to the prime minister of Japan made a sudden, rare visit to North Korea on Tuesday. Japanese officials refused to say what he was doing there. Japan and North Korea ... Read more
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North Korea Names Armed Forces Minister
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has removed a hard-line general from the post of armed forces minister, filling the job with a little-known three-star general, according to official North Korean news ... Read more
Rodman Plans New North Korea Trip to Free American
Dennis Rodman, the flamboyant former basketball player who has managed to engage with North Korea’s leader — something United States officials have been unable to do — said he planned to ... Read more
Obama Backs Policy of South Korea’s Park on North
WASHINGTON — President Obama offered an endorsement Tuesday of South Korea’s new president, Park Geun-hye, and her blueprint for defusing tensions with North Korea, but warned that the first move ... Read more
News Analysis: U.S. Intelligence on North Korea Proves Elusive
WASHINGTON — The black hole of North Korea intelligence gathering is getting blacker. When President Obama and South Korea’s new president, Park Geun-hye, meet for the first time at ... Read more
News Analysis: Intelligence on North Korea Still Out of Reach
WASHINGTON — The black hole of North Korea intelligence gathering is getting blacker. When President Obama and South Korea’s new president, Park Geun-hye, meet for the first time at ... Read more
North Korea Sentences American to 15 Years of Hard Labor
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Thursday that its Supreme Court had sentenced an American citizen to 15 years of hard labor for committing hostile acts against its government. The ... Read more
Obama Voices Doubts on North Korean Nuclear Warhead
WASHINGTON — President Obama said in an interview broadcast Tuesday that he did not believe that North Korea yet had the ability to miniaturize a nuclear weapon to fit atop a missile, and he said nothing ... Read more
Kerry Says Any Talks Rely on Steps by North Korea
TOKYO — Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday that the United States was prepared to reach out to Kim Jong-un of North Korea if he made the first move to abandon his nuclear weapons program. ... Read more
Kim Jong-un Tests Relations With China
BEIJING — The last known face-to-face contact between Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, and senior Chinese officials did not end well. A member of China’s Politburo, Li Jianguo, ... Read more