North Korea
North Korea's Kim Jong Un arrives in Beijing for talks
Beijing, Jan 8 (AP/UNB)— North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Beijing on Tuesday at the start of a four-day visit, in what's likely an effort to coordinate with his only major ally ahead of a second summit with U.S. President Donald Trump that could happen early this year.
Koreas break ground on railways but sanctions block project
Seoul, Dec 26 (AP/UNB) — North and South Korea broke ground Wednesday on an ambitious project to modernize North Korean railways and roads and connect them with the South, but without progress in nuclear negotiations, regular trains won't be crossing the border anytime soon.
US judge orders North Korea to pay $500M in student's death
Washington, Dec 25 (AP/UNB) — A federal judge on Monday ordered North Korea to pay more than $500 million in a wrongful death suit filed by the parents of Otto Warmbier, an American college student who died shortly after being released from that country.
N. Korea says it won't denuclearize unless US removes threat
Seoul, Dec 20 (AP/UNB) — North Korea said Thursday it will never unilaterally give up its nuclear weapons unless the United States first removes what Pyongyang called a nuclear threat. The surprisingly blunt statement jars with Seoul's rosier presentation of the North Korean position and could rattle the fragile trilateral diplomacy to defuse a nuclear crisis that last year had many fearing war.
UN condemns North Korea rights violations and nuke spending
United Nations, Dec 18 (AP/UNB) — The U.N. General Assembly on Monday condemned North Korea's "systematic, widespread and gross violations of human rights" and its diversion of resources into pursing nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles over the welfare of its people.
Clashing views color future of stalled N.Korea nuclear talks
South Korea, Dec 7 (AP/UNB) — To hear a beaming Donald Trump at his June summit with Kim Jong Un in Singapore, the solution to North Korea's headlong pursuit of nuclear weapons, a foreign policy nightmare that has flummoxed U.S. leaders since the early 1990s, was at hand.
North Korea criticizes US for seeking UN meeting on rights
United Nations, Nov 28 (AP/UNB) — North Korea is accusing the Trump administration and some supporters of trying to "stoke confrontation" instead of promoting peace efforts by calling for a U.N. Security Council meeting to discuss human rights in the country.
Koreas gain UN sanctions exemption for joint rail survey
Seoul, Nov 24 (AP/UNB) -South Korea said Saturday that the United Nations Security Council granted an exemption to sanctions that will allow surveys on North Korean railroad sections the Koreas want to connect with the South.
IAEA calls on North Korea to re-admit nuclear inspectors
Vienna, Nov 23 (AP/UNB) — The head of the U.N.'s atomic watchdog on Thursday called on North Korea to allow inspectors back into the country to monitor its nuclear program.
North Korea destroys 10 guard posts to lower tensions
South Korea, Nov 20 (AP/UNB) — North Korea on Tuesday blew up some of its front-line guard posts as part of an agreement to ease tensions along its heavily fortified border with South Korea, Seoul's Defense Ministry said.