Pyongyang (North Korea)

North Korea's 'red lines'

2013-02-13 11:26:00

Last April, when a North Korean missile launch appeared to be imminent, this newspaper published my commentary urging the U.S. to "get tough with North Korea." My determination that U.S. actions to date had produced little or no effect in deterring the...

Get tough with North Korea

2012-04-30 03:00:00

After four years of negotiating in and with North Korea, I cannot say that I have all of the answers to deal with a regime that defies the expectations of rational thinking, but I do have at least one of them: The Democratic People's Republic of Korea...

Marriottsville humanitarian hopes for change in North Korea

2011-12-24 15:09:55

He was born into freedom in Pusan, South Korea, 60 years ago. Still, Jong C. Jang of Marriottsville spent much of his boyhood hearing his father, Ok Kyun Jang, rhapsodize about growing up in a place about 350 miles to the north. Families were close-...

China says talks on N. Korea's nuclear program to reopen next week

2005-09-09 00:00:00

BEIJING - China said yesterday that six-nation talks on dismantling North Korea's nuclear program will resume next week, even as Pyongyang raised a possible obstacle to progress by renewing calls for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the Korean...

N. Korea vows to drop nuclear efforts

2005-09-19 12:09:00

BEIJING -- North Korea pledged today to end its nuclear weapons program and rejoin global treaties aimed at stemming the spread of atomic arms in return for energy aid and diplomatic recognition. During a news conference at the White House today,...

N. Korea seeks concessions in nuclear standoff

2005-09-16 13:47:00

President rules out N. Korea deal

2003-01-03 10:39:00

Bonds, shares slump as Fed signals end to stimulus

2013-06-20 00:56:02

LONDON (Reuters) - Bonds, shares and commodities fell sharply around the world on Thursday and the dollar rose after the U.S. Federal Reserve explicitly signaled an end to easy money and data showed China's economy slowing down. The sell-off began...

UPDATE 2-North Korea repeats offer for nuclear talks

2013-06-19 15:16:03

(Adds State Dept. comments, paragraphs 11-14) By Ben Blanchard and Michael Martina BEIJING, June 19 (Reuters) - A top North Korean diplomat repeated an offer for international talks on his country's disputed nuclear programme during a meeting in China...

North Korea repeats offer for nuclear talks

2013-06-19 06:42:03

BEIJING (Reuters) - A top North Korean diplomat repeated an offer for international talks over his country's disputed nuclear program during a meeting in China on Wednesday, saying the denuclearization of the peninsula was the "dying wish" of North Korea'...

N.Korean envoy in Beijing seeking to mend ties - experts

2013-06-18 23:07:02

By Michael Martina BEIJING, June 19 (Reuters) - A North Korean envoy held talks with Chinese officials on Wednesday that experts said were unlikely to yield concessions from Pyongyang on its nuclear programme but were more aimed at repairing ties with...

N.Korean leader Kim used luxury yacht to tour coast -website

2013-06-19 00:56:01

SEOUL, June 19 (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un toured the impoverished country's east coast last month in a 95-foot luxury yacht, a boat that could be prohibited under U.N. sanctions, a website that tracks events in the reclusive state said....

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaks during a plenary meeting of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang.

2013-04-01 05:49:38

North Koreans rally in support of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's order to put its missile units on standby in preparation for a possible war against the U.S. and South Korea, in Pyongyang Friday, in this picture released by North Korea's official KCNA news agency.

2013-03-29 12:14:00

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (C), his wife Ri Sol-Ju (L) and former NBA basketball player Dennis Rodman (R) talk in Pyongyang in this undated picture released by North Korea's KCNA news agency. KCNA reported that a mixed basketball game of visiting U.S.

2013-03-01 00:00:00