Kim Jong Un

Korean powder keg

2013-04-08 13:05:39

North Korea's recent threats to target South Korean and American cities with atomic destruction have the shrill belligerence of a 6-year-old's temper tantrum. But while few analysts believe North Korea has the means to carry out its threats, U.S. and...

Orioles are in a perfect spot heading into 2013 season

2013-03-31 16:24:00

Let's agree that the Orioles are saying all the right things as they get ready for Tuesday's season opener against the Tampa Bay Rays. They're saying last year's 93 wins were no fluke. They're saying they're hungrier than ever after finishing second...

North Korea's missile antics

2012-12-13 13:54:29

Under its new ruler, Kim Jong Un, North Korea has reverted to its old tactics of provocation and aggression with the launch this week of a long-range missile it claims was intended to put the country's first satellite into orbit. It's unclear whether...

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...

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-...

On North Korea, caution is better than rash words

2011-12-23 00:00:00

Perhaps there has been nothing more baffling to American eyes than the photographs of hordes of obviously grief-stricken North Koreans mourning the death of their 69-year-old dictator, Kim Jong Il. Under his reign and that of his father, the people of the...

Stimulus fears haunt share markets, dollar recovers

2013-05-24 13:39:02

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global equity markets slipped on Friday over worries the U.S. Federal Reserve may curb a stimulus program that has lifted stocks, while the dollar recovered against the euro after better-than-expected U.S. durable goods data for...

North Korea says will take 'positive steps' for peace

2013-05-24 04:12:04

BEIJING (Reuters) - A North Korean envoy told China's president on Friday that his reclusive country was willing to take "positive actions" to ensure peace and stability on the Korean peninsula, as China steps up diplomatic efforts to bring Pyongyang back...

North Korea envoy hands letter from Kim Jong-un to China's Xi

2013-05-24 03:04:02

BEIJING, May 24 (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 reported. Choe Ryong-hae, a "special envoy" of the North Korean leader, handed the...

North Korea willing to take China's advice, start talks

2013-05-23 05:48:00

BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea is willing to take China's advice and enter into talks, Chinese state television cited an envoy of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as saying, following weeks of tension on the Korean peninsula after the North's latest...

Top Chinese leader urges N.Korea envoy to work toward denuclearisation

2013-05-23 04:37:02

BEIJING, May 23 (Reuters) - Liu Yunshan, the Chinese Communist Party's fifth-ranked leader, told a North Korean envoy on Thursday that China hopes all parties would work toward denuclearisation and called on all sides to restart talks on North Korea as...

North Korea's Kim signals he's willing to talk in letter to China's Xi

2013-05-24 07:15:00

BEIJING -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday personally received a handwritten letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, signaling a possible rapprochement after months of estrangement between the communist allies. The contents of the letter...

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, center, presides over an urgent operation meeting on the Korean People's Army Strategic Rocket Force's performance in Pyongyang early Friday, in this picture released by North Korea's official KCNA news agency.

2013-03-29 12:06:00

North Korea leader Kim Jong Un visiting the Wolnae-do Defence Detachment on the western front line.

2013-03-12 00:00:00

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and former NBA star Dennis Rodman watch an exhibition basketball game in Pyongyang, North Korea, Feb. 28.

2013-03-08 13:00:00