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North Korea leader Kim Jong-un (4th R) visits Changsong County, in this photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on June 14, 2013. (REUTERS/KCNA)


North Korea proposes high-level talks with US

North Korea proposes high-level talks with US

Pyongyang, Associated Press—North Korea’s top governing body on Sunday proposed high-level nuclear and security talks with the United States in an appeal sent just days after calling off talks with rival South Korea. The powerful National Defense Commission...
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South Korean Marines walk by a K-55 self-propelled howitzer during an exercise against possible attacks by North Korea near the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Source: AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon


Erratic North Korea Poses ‘Serious Threat’

Erratic North Korea Poses ‘Serious Threat’

Washington DC, Associated Press—An erratic North Korea, with its nuclear weapons and increasingly belligerent tone, poses a serious threat to the United States and East Asia nations, the director of National Intelligence warned Tuesday in the annual accounting of the...
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un views South Korean islands during a visit to a military unit on a western island bordering South Korea on March 7, 2013. Source: EPA/YONHAP


UN slaps sanctions on North Korea

UN slaps sanctions on North Korea

United Nations/Seoul, Reuters—The United Nations imposed new sanctions on North Korea aimed at curtailing its nuclear and ballistic missile programs and China, the isolated regime’s only major ally, said it wanted the measures fully implemented. The sanctions...