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    N.Korea border crossing shut to tourists: China official
    The biggest border crossing between North Korea and China has been closed to tourist groups, a Chinese official said on Wednesday as nuclear tensions mounted, but business travel was still allowed. An official at the Dandong Border Office, who declined to give his name, told AFP: “Travel agencies are not allowed to take tourist groups to go there, since the North...
    April 10, 2013 12:44
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    Senior US Official Warns NKorea, Reassures SKorea
    A senior U.S. military official visiting Seoul is sending a message to both Koreas: warning Pyongyang over recent threats and reassuring South Korea that military backing won’t be hurt by a U.S. budget debate. Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter told reporters Monday that Pyongyang’s threats would only deepen Washington’s defense commitment to Seoul....
    March 18, 2013 17:15
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    N.Korea says South, US behind major cyber attack
    North Korea on Friday accused the United States and South Korea of carrying out a “persistent and intensive” cyber attack against its official websites in recent days. A number of official North Korean websites, including those of the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), the daily Rodong Sinmun newspaper, and Air Koryo airline became inaccessible early Wednesday. “Internet...
    March 15, 2013 20:08
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    Training for ‘all-out war’ with the West: North Korea uses live artillery in drills near border as Kim Jong Un continues threats
    North Korea has carried out a drill using live artillery near its disputed border with the South, according to official media. The exercise was personally supervised by leader Kim Jong Un, who has issued a series of inflammatory threats against South Korea and the U.S. in recent days. The drill is the latest sign of worryingly high tensions between the neighbours after...
    March 14, 2013 21:31
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    North Korean parents ‘eat their children’ after being driven mad by hunger in famine-hit pariah state
    A starving man in North Korea has been executed after murdering his two children for food, reports from inside the secretive state claim. A ‘hidden famine’ in the farming provinces of North and South Hwanghae is believed to have killed up to 10,000 people and there are fears that incidents of cannibalism have risen. The grim story is just one to emerge as residents...
    January 28, 2013 13:55
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    The secret horror of North Korean prison camps… and how Google Earth has helped to unmask them
    The secret network of North Korean prison camps are being mapped out in unprecedented detail thanks to Google Earth. The freely available application is being utilised by human rights activists to unmask the scale of the forced labour camps where more than 200,000 people are imprisoned. Amnesty International is among the organisations that have praised the use of Google...
    January 25, 2013 20:13
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    North Korea Vows More Nuclear Tests Targeting U.S.
    In a bellicose statement singling out the United States as the “sworn enemy” of the Korean people, North Korea today announced plans for a third nuclear test and continued rocket launches. The move is seen as a disappointment to those who hoped the country’s new leader, Kim Jong-Un, might take a less aggressive path than his predecessor and father, Kim...
    January 24, 2013 23:24
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    N. Korea grants rare citizenship to American
    The US boss of a joint venture run by North Korea and the Unification Church of South Korea said Tuesday he has been granted rare honorary citizenship by Pyongyang, in a bid to encourage new investment by him. Park Sang-Kwon, CEO of Pyeonghwa Motors told South Korea’s Yonhap news agency that he received the citizenship in Pyongyang last month. “This means that...
    January 22, 2013 17:22
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    Ex-military ruler’s daughter voted new leader of South Korea
    Park Geun-hye, the daughter of a former military ruler became the South Korea’s first female leader Wednesday, saying she would work to heal a divided society. The 60-year old conservative, will return to the presidential palace in Seoul where she served as her father’s first lady in the 1970s, after her mother was assassinated by a North Korean-backed gunman. News...
    December 20, 2012 19:58
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    Dictator’s Daughter Wins South Korea Presidency
    he daughter of the South Korea’s former military ruler appeared to be leading in Wednesday’s presidential vote, putting her on track to become the country’s first woman head of state although her narrow advantage meant the race was set to go to the wire. A win for the 60-year old conservative Park Geun-hye would see her return to the presidential palace...
    December 19, 2012 19:07
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    North Korea extends rocket launch period
    North Korea on Monday extended the window for its planned rocket launch by one week due to technical problems but stressed it was pushing on with the mission in the face of international condemnation. A day after announcing a review of the original December 10-22 launch schedule, the Korean Committee of Space Technology said it was extending the window to December 29. In...
    December 10, 2012 18:51