North Korea

An undated composite photograph showing the delegates at the Panmunjom talks on Saturday. (Left to right) South Korean National Security Adviser Kim Kwan-jin, South Korean Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo, Hwang Pyong-so, the North Korean military's top

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Koreas Hold Talks Aimed At Preventing Larger Conflict

5:04pm August 22, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Hours before the deadline set by North Korean for Seoul to halt propaganda broadcasts across the border, the two sides said they would meet face-to-face at the border village of Panmunjom.

South Korean protesters with defaced portraits of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shout slogans during an anti-North Korean rally in Seoul on Friday.

As Tensions Rise, North Korea Puts Frontline Troops On 'Semi-War State'

6:50am August 21, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

The North warned that if South Korea does not stop blaring propaganda from speakers across the border by Saturday, it would take military action.

South Korean residents gather at a shelter in the South Korean town of Yeoncheon where one shell fell on Thursday.

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North And South Korea Trade Artillery Fire; No One Is Hurt

10:58am August 20, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

Joint exercises between the U.S. and South Korea have raised tensions in the region. Thursday's exchange was the first time the North and South had traded fire in five years.

Visitors look at a miniature map of the Korean Peninsula at the Odusan observatory in Paju, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, on Friday. North Korea is set to push back its clocks by half an hour to mark the end of Japanese occupation after World War II.

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North Korea's Receding Time Zone

10:46am August 07, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The reclusive authoritarian regime has announced that it will turn back its clocks half an hour beginning next week to mark 70 years since liberation from Japan.

Farmers worked in June in a cornfield in a southern region of North Korea that has seen unusually light rainfall this year.

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Is N. Korea Facing A Famine Or Just Seeking More Aid?

2:31pm July 20, 2015

by Jackie Northam

The country warned in June it faces its worst drought in a century. That's raised concerns — and some doubts about the severity of the situation. In the 1990s, 1 million died in a famine.

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To screen for MERS, an official at South Korea's customs gate checks the body heat of a worker arriving from North Korea.

North Korea Announces Cure For MERS (As If)

7:55am June 20, 2015

by Jason Beaubien

The drug can also allegedly wipe out AIDS and TB and just about every other disease. The state-run media announced the news, so exaggeration is to be expected.

Gloria Steinem and South Korean peace activists march along a military fence at a checkpoint after crossing the border separating North and South Korea.

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Controversy Follows As Activists Cross North-South Korean Border

10:53am May 26, 2015

by Elise Hu

The symbolic gesture was aimed at reunifying two nations still technically at war. But an event staged in the name of peace ended up exposing some distrust that's lasted for decades.

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South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry hold a joint news conference following meetings at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Seoul.

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In Seoul, Kerry Calls N. Korea Provocations 'Egregious,' 'Reckless'

10:52am May 18, 2015

by Elise Hu

America's top diplomat says North Korea's muscle flexing on the Korean peninsula may lead to further international sanctions — and possibly a referral to the International Criminal Court.

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An image obtained by Yonhap News Agency showing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pointing at a ballistic missile believed to have been launched from underwater near Sinpo, on the northeast coast of North Korea, on Saturday.

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North Korea Claims Missile Launch From Submerged Submarine

10:30am May 14, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Pyongyang says the test of an anti-ship cruise missile "verified and confirmed" that the technology had met "military, scientific and technical requirements."

A man watches a television showing news coverage of the reported execution of North Korea's defense minister, Hyon Yong Chol, at a railway station in Seoul on Wednesday.

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Spy Agency: North Korea Executes Its Defense Chief With Anti-Aircraft Guns

9:22am May 13, 2015

by Elise Hu

Officials from South Korea's intelligence agency say North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's latest high-level purge took place in front of hundreds of onlookers at a shooting range.