North Korea News

South Korea Tuesday questioned North Korea's calls for a peace treaty with the United States, declaring its real aim is to buy time to make more nuclear weapons. The comments by Foreign Minister Yu Myung-Hwan came six days before a...

South Korea's Unification Ministry dismissed rumours on Tuesday that North Korean leader Kim Jong-il had been attacked and killed, which prompted financial markets to slide briefly in what one analyst said was a reflection of fragile sentiment. "That's the first...

North Korea's ruling Worker's Party said Saturday South Korea should be responsible for any steps taken to improve relations between the two countries. Rodong Sinmun, a newspaper published by the Worker's Party, said South Korea has shown little interest in...

Kim Jong Il, top leader of the North Korea (DPRK), met Liang Guanglie, Chinese Defense Minister, on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. Kim said the DPRK-China friendship is a treasure inherited from the older generations of the leaders of the two...

It seems like the conquest for nuclear weapons is at an all time high for countries around the globe. Just as it seems like the United States and rest of the civilized world makes a giant step of progress with...

Al Jazeera's Melissa Chan, reporting from Beijing, explained that while it appeared to be déjà vu, what was new was that the Obama administration, unlike the Bush government, had indicated it could be open to bilateral talks with Pyongyang. Responding...

North Korea says it may be willing to return to six-party international talks on its nuclear weapons programme, state media has reported. North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is said to have made the announcement to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, who...

Tuesday said the country had 'successfully completed reprocessing 8,000 spent fuel rods by the end of August'. "Noticeable successes have been made in turning the extracted plutonium weapon-grade for the purpose of bolstering up the nuclear deterrent," it added.

He paid a week-long visit to South Korea last month to discuss the nuclear issue.

From the Journal of Current Chinese Affairs , a special issue on China’s Politics under Hu Jintao ...From the Asian Review of Books , a review of Military Culture in Imperial China by Nicola di Cosmo; and a review of...