A top U.S. nuclear negotiator on Saturday delivered a terse response to North Korea's reiterated appeal for Washington to lift its sanctions on a Macau bank as a precondition for Pyongyang's return t.. [Jul.8,2006 15:56 KST]

Cross-border trade in China's northeast region bordering North Korea went on as usual Saturday amid lingering tension abroad over the North's missile launches this week, ethnic Koreans said. A.. [Jul.8,2006 15:47 KST]

Han Song-ryol, North Korea’s deputy ambassador to the United Nations, said Thursday in New York that the United States has to unfreeze North... [Jul.8,2006 13:02 KST]

Two days before it test fired a slew of missiles, the North Korean military proposed contact with its counterpart in the South. Seoul did not immediately respond to the request, and after the t.. [Jul.8,2006 12:59 KST]

"We cannot return to the six-party talks unless the U.S. lifts its freeze on funds at the Macau bank." The words are from New York-based top North Korean envoy Han Song-ryol, and they sugge.. [Jul.8,2006 12:13 KST]

U.S. President George W. Bush said Thursday he prefers diplomacy in dealing with North Korea, but he retains other options and rejects any bilateral talks with its regime. In an interview with L.. [Jul.7,2006 13:55 KST]

U.S. President George W. Bush and U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, as well as South Korean and Japanese authorities, have been calling the North Korean Taepodong-2 missile a "failure" af.. [Jul.7,2006 12:50 KST]

International society has adopted two basic options regarding North Korea’s missile tests. One is putting pressure on the regime and the other... [Jul.7,2006 11:26 KST]

North Korea on Thursday claimed its successfully conducted missile launches were part of routine military drills to raise self-defense capabilities, and will be continued. "The latest successf.. [Jul.6,2006 17:05 KST]

Seoul's point man on North Korea on Thursday said South Korea is not considering calling off its scheduled dialogue with the communist North despite the North's firing of a number of missiles a day b.. [Jul.6,2006 16:57 KST]