North Korea Politics News

Pyongyang may return to the six-party talks to denuclearize the hermit state if bilateral talks with the United States turn out favorable for Pyongyang, a top Chinese defense official said Friday in Tokyo. Liang Guanglie was in Tokyo to meet...

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...

South Korea on Monday ignored an offer by the North to resume cross border tours, suspended since a housewife was shot dead by soldiers in 2008, because it did not come through official channels. The offer came last week when...

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...

Meanwhile, Washington says it’s ready to talk to Pyongyang, but added that the goal must be a complete end to its nuclear program. In April, North Korea withdrew from talks involving Russia, China, South Korea, the US and Japan. The...