The U.S. State Department, in confirming nuclear talks next week with North Korea, said Friday that the meeting is intended to make further progress on Pyongyang's declaration of its nuclear inventory.. [Apr.5,2008 08:55 KST]

North Korea and the United States are believed to be on the verge of overcoming an impasse in nuclear negotiations. It was reported recently that... [Apr.4,2008 12:54 KST]

North Korea rejected South Korea’s message to keep a bilateral “non-aggression agreement” and warned that it would take “military... [Apr.4,2008 12:39 KST]

North Korea recently asked China to provide massive rice aid for its hungry people amid a flare-up in tensions with South Korea, a news report said Friday. Pyon.. [Apr.4,2008 11:40 KST]

South Korea is cautiously optimistic that a breakthrough in the stalled six-way talks on the North Korean nuclear program can be worked out within days, a senior Forei.. [Apr.4,2008 11:39 KST]

South Korea’s Defense Ministry sent a telegram to its North Korean counterpart, in its first official response to the North’s demand to... [Apr.3,2008 13:00 KST]

The chairman of South Korea's main opposition party Wednesday fired a salvo at President Lee Myung-bak's party, warning that it must not use current inter-Korean tens.. [Apr.3,2008 11:32 KST]

President Lee Myung-bak said Thursday that North Korea's recent provocative threats against South Korea are undesirable and urged the communist state to fundamentally .. [Apr.3,2008 11:30 KST]

North Korea's food shortages are so bad that even its elite citizens in Pyongyang will not get state food rations until September, a local relief group said Thursday... [Apr.3,2008 11:27 KST]

>On April 1, North Korea described President Lee Myung-bak as a “rebel, an absent-minded traitor, a conservative power broker,”... [Apr.2,2008 12:44 KST]