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- North Korea envoy hands letter from Kim Jong-un to China's Xi 3 hours ago
BEIJING (Reuters) - A North Korean envoy handed on Friday a letter from North Korea's top leader, Kim Jong-un, to Chinese President Xi Jinping, state media More »
North Korea says willing to take China's advice to start talks Thu, May 23, 2013By Ben Blanchard and Sui-Lee Wee BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea is willing to take China's advice and enter into talks, Chinese state television cited an envoy of More »
- European banks stop sending money to North Korea - aid groups Thu, May 23, 2013
By Megha Rajagopalan BEIJING (Reuters) - European aid groups said their banks in Europe had stopped sending money to North Korea in the wake of U.S. sanctions on More »
- North Korea sanctions threaten humanitarian aid - group Wed, May 22, 2013
By Emma Batha LONDON, May 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Aid agencies helping millions of people in North Korea could be forced to pull out after a Chinese bank More »
- North Korea sends top Kim Jong-un aide to Beijing Wed, May 22, 2013
By Ju-min Park and Ben Blanchard SEOUL/BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea sent one of its top military officials as a "special envoy" from its leader Kim Jong-un to More »
- Hawkish general makes comeback as North Korea's military chief Wed, May 22, 2013
By Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has reappointed a hardline and loyal general as military chief in a move experts said was part of young leader Kim More »
- Japan considers resuming talks with North Korea - media Wed, May 22, 2013
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan has started looking into resuming inter-governmental talks with North Korea after a surprise visit to Pyongyang by an aide to Japan's prime More »
- China says North Korea released detained sailors Tue, May 21, 2013
North Korea released 16 Chinese fishermen and their boat Tuesday, Beijing said, demanding an explanation after the kidnapping by armed attackers heightened strains More »
- North Korea releases detained Chinese fishing boat Tue, May 21, 2013
BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea released a Chinese fishing boat on Tuesday more than two weeks after it was detained in waters between the countries, as China More »
- China Urges North Korea To Free Fishing Boat Mon, May 20, 2013
China is demanding that North Korea releases a fishing boat and crew who are reportedly being held at ransom. More »
- North Korea fires sixth missile in three days Mon, May 20, 2013
By Chookyung Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea fired two short-range missiles on Monday, making six launches in three days, and it condemned South Korea for More »
- China seeks release of fishing boat seized by North Korea Sun, May 19, 2013
By Adam Jourdan SHANGHAI (Reuters) - North Korean forces have seized a Chinese fishing boat, Chinese officials told state-run news agency Xinhua late on Sunday, More »
- North Korea fires short-range missiles for two days in a row Sun, May 19, 2013
By Jane Chung SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea fired a short-range missile from its east coast on Sunday, a day after launching three of these missiles, a South Korean More »
- U.N. chief Ban says worried over North Korea missile launch Sun, May 19, 2013
MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon voiced concern on Sunday over North Korea's launch of short-range missiles, urging Pyonyang to refrain from More »
- North Korea fires three short-range missiles Sun, May 19, 2013
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea fired three short-range missiles from its east coast on Saturday, South Korea's Defence Ministry said, prompting Western powers to More »
- Aide to Japanese PM returns from North Korea Sat, May 18, 2013
An aide to the Japanese premier returned home from a controversial trip to North Korea on Saturday, reportedly saying he had demanded Pyongyang's act swiftly on its More »
- North Korea Fires Three More Missiles Sat, May 18, 2013
North Korea has fired three short-range missiles from its east coast, according to the South's defence ministry. More »
- U.S. stresses coordination after Japan PM's aide visits North Korea Thu, May 16, 2013
By Linda Sieg TOKYO (Reuters) - A U.S. envoy for North Korea sidestepped questions on Thursday on the nature of a surprise visit to Pyongyang by an aide to Japan's More »
- Exclusive - Financial sanctions delay North Korea's nuclear arms work: U.N. Wed, May 15, 2013
By Louis Charbonneau and Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Increasingly tough financial sanctions, an arms embargo and other international restrictions on More »
- Financial sanctions delay North Korea's atom bomb work - U.N. Wed, May 15, 2013
By Louis Charbonneau and Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Increasingly tough financial sanctions, an arms embargo and other international restrictions on More »
- Japan PM adviser Iijima arrives in North Korea Tue, May 14, 2013
TOKYO (Reuters) - An adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in North Korea on Tuesday in a rare surprise visit to a country with which Japan has no More »
- North Korea names another new armed forces minister Mon, May 13, 2013
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has replaced the hardline general who headed its armed forces ministry, in a further reshuffling of the top brass by young leader Kim More »
- North Korea says jailed American missionary plotted downfall of state Fri, May 10, 2013
By Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) - A Korean-American sentenced to 15 years hard labour in North Korea was a missionary who used his tourism business to form groups to More »
- U.N. team won't be deterred if North Korea rebuffs inquiry into abuses Thu, May 9, 2013
By Lincoln Feast SYDNEY (Reuters) - U.N. investigators will seek the cooperation of North Korea as part of an inquiry into allegations of widespread human rights More »
- South Korea's Park urges North Korea to choose new path Wed, May 8, 2013
By Paul Eckert WASHINGTON (Reuters) - South Korean President Park Geun-hye called on North Korea on Wednesday to end a "vicious circle" in which it raises and More »
- North Korea has gained nothing from recent threats - Obama Tue, May 7, 2013
By Paul Eckert WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and South Korea vowed on Tuesday to keep up their guard and not reward bad behaviour by North Korea, which More »
- U.N. chief - North Korea missile move a step in right direction Tue, May 7, 2013
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed reports that North Korea has taken two Musudan missiles off launch-ready status as "a step in More »
- North Korea 'Has Removed Missile Threat' Tue, May 7, 2013
North Korea has moved two missiles that last month sparked worldwide fears over a possible test firing, according to the US. More »
- North Korea missiles moved away from launch site - U.S. officials Tue, May 7, 2013
By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea has taken two Musudan missiles off launch-ready status and moved them from the country's east coast, U.S. More »
- U.N. names team to investigate torture, camps in North Korea Tue, May 7, 2013
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations on Tuesday named a team of three human rights investigators who will look into allegations of torture and More »
- U.S. calls for shutting down Iran, North Korea arms networks Fri, May 3, 2013
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States said on Friday that Iran and North Korea were trying to obtain high-tech materials linked to their nuclear More »
- North Korea could eventually reach U.S. with nuclear arms - Pentagon report Fri, May 3, 2013
By David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea's continuing development of nuclear technology and long-range ballistic missiles will move it closer to its More »
- American Sentenced To Labour In North Korea Thu, May 2, 2013
An American man has been sentenced to 15 years of compulsory labour in North Korea. More »
- No plan for Jimmy Carter to visit North Korea to free American Thu, May 2, 2013
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, who has travelled to North Korea before to try to free a detained American, has no plans to do so for an More »
- North Korea Reactor 'Could Produce Plutonium' Thu, May 2, 2013
New satellite images of North Korea suggest it is nearing completion of a reactor designed for generating electricity - but which will have the capability to More »
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