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North Korea changes tack and tells US: Let's talk

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:02:53 -0400

PYONGYANG, North Korea - After months of threatening to wage a nuclear war, North Korea did an about-face Sunday and issued a surprise proposal to the United States, its No. 1 enemy: Let's talk.

US sees nothing new in NKorea talks offer

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:36:06 -0400

WASHINGTON - The State Department says it sees nothing new in North Korea's offer of high-level talks with the U.S.

UN: US-NKorea talks must include nuclear issues

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:22:18 -0400

UNITED NATIONS - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon believes any dialogue between the United States and North Korea should focus on the goal of denuclearizing the Korean peninsula, a U.N. spokesman said Monday.

China and North Korea to hold talks this week

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:41:16 -0400

BEIJING - China's Foreign Ministry will hold a strategic dialogue with North Korea this week following Pyongyang's surprise offer of new talks with the U.S., a ministry spokeswoman said Monday.

Crackdown filling NKorean prisons with defectors

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 07:11:27 -0400

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea's prison population has swelled with those caught fleeing the country under a crackdown on defections by young leader Kim Jong Un, according to defectors living in South Korea and researchers who study Pyongyang's notorious network of labor camps and detention centers.

China frustration with NKorea offers hope for US

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 07:06:54 -0400

WASHINGTON - China's growing frustration with longtime ally North Korea offers the United States a glimmer of hope about a once unthinkable prospect: holding discussions between Washington and Beijing about what to do if the government in Pyongyang collapses.

NKorean farmers planting rice with profits in mind

Fri, 31 May 2013 22:14:09 -0400

HAMHUNG, North Korea - North Korean farmers knee deep in muddy paddies across the country have a new incentive during this year's crucial rice planting season: possible bonuses that are part of an economic shift echoing ally China's steps three decades ago toward embracing capitalism.

NKorea sanctions squeeze cash for aid groups

Thu, 30 May 2013 00:41:18 -0400

PYONGYANG, North Korea - New international sanctions aimed at thwarting North Korea's nuclear weapons program are having unintended consequences: halting money transfers by foreign humanitarian groups working to help those most in need and forcing some agencies to carry suitcases of cash in from outside.

HBO's VICE crew surprised by North Korean leader

Wed, 29 May 2013 16:29:34 -0400

NEW YORK - The documentary crew that accompanied Dennis Rodman to North Korea over the winter says it had no idea it would meet the reclusive country's young leader, Kim Jong Un, until he showed up at a basketball game it was filming.

Will Senate bid lure Rogers from his House seat?

Wed, 22 May 2013 03:19:20 -0400

WASHINGTON - Republican Rep. Mike Rogers has pulled off a rare feat in a bitterly divided Congress - a working, productive relationship with Democrats in overseeing the nation's 16 spy agencies.

Japan mulls talks with NKorea, surprising allies

Wed, 22 May 2013 01:16:21 -0400

TOKYO - Japan's government is looking into re-opening official talks with North Korea to resolve questions over the abductions of Japanese citizens decades ago, raising concerns among allies who fear Tokyo's focus on that issue might weaken efforts to rein in Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program.

North Korea sends leader's special envoy to China

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:29:57 -0400

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un dispatched a high-profile official and close confidant to travel to China on Wednesday as a special envoy while Beijing is under pressure to rein in its belligerent neighbor.

State media shows NKorea has new military chief

Tue, 21 May 2013 23:55:58 -0400

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A North Korean state media dispatch shows that leader Kim Jong Un has named a hardline general as his new military chief.