Tag: North Korea
200 flights cancelled as typhoon nears Japan
Japan cancelled more than 200 flights and many ferry services to its southern islands today as a typhoon churned in.[MORE]
US extends North Korea sanctions
The United States has expanded sanctions against North Korea in an effort to cut off funding for the country's nuclear weapons program.[MORE]
North Korea launches cyber charm offensive
North Korea is flooding cyberspace, inundating social media with pictures, audio and video in its biggest global propaganda drive yet.[MORE]
Carter wins American's release from N Korea
Former US president Jimmy Carter has secured the release of an American citizen jailed in North Korea.[MORE]
Kim Jong Il reported to be in China
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is reportedly visiting China with his youngest son.[MORE]
North Korea 'on brink of war' with South
North Korea's number two leader has told a gathering of military leaders in Pyongyang that the Korean peninsula is on the brink of war.[MORE]
Jimmy Carter arrives in N Korea
Former United States president Jimmy Carter has arrived in North Korea in a bid to secure the freedom of an American serving eight years in prison.[MORE]
N Korean stealth paint no longer a secret
Reports out of South Korea say the communist North has developed a special stealth paint to camouflage its warships, tanks and fighter planes.[MORE]
N Korea devastated by flood: state media
North Korea has been hit by a "devastating flood" along its border with China, Pyongyang's state media said on Saturday, as heavy rain swelled the Yalu river.[MORE]
Crew to be quizzed over trawler sinking
The surviving crewmen from the trawler that sank in the Southern Ocean are to be interviewed today by accident investigators in New Zealand.[MORE]
S Korea, US launch massive joint war games
South Korea and the United States launched a new round of war games on Monday involving tens of thousands of troops, despite threats of retaliation from North Korea.[MORE]
North Korea to pay off debt with roots
The Czech Republic may allow North Korea to repay its debt with ginseng roots. [MORE]
Flood relief efforts underway in N Korea
North Korea has mobilised more than 4,500 Red Cross workers and other volunteers to help victims of floods that washed away homes, roads, railways and farmland, state media said.[MORE]
N Korea fires artillery into sea as tensions rise
North Korea fired artillery rounds into the sea off its west coast on Monday, a South Korean military official said, heightening tension on the divided peninsula.[MORE]
South Korean fishing boat held by North
A South Korean fishing vessel that is presumed to have sailed into the North's exclusive economic waters is being held by North Korean authorities, the South Korea coast guard said on Sunday.[MORE]
South Korea launches major naval drill
South Korea has launched its largest ever anti-submarine exercise near the disputed sea border with North Korea, the defence ministry said, despite the North's threats of retaliation.[MORE]
N Korea threatens to 'mercilessly' punish S Korea
North Korea has threatened to "mercilessly" punish South Korea over its recent joint military exercises with the United States. [MORE]
N Korean mine drifts south, kills man
A North Korean mine that drifted along a river into the neighbouring South killed a man and badly injured another when it exploded, military officials said.[MORE]
N Korean leader transfers funds to son
News reports from South Korea say North Korea's ailing leader, Kim Jong-il, has started transferring his personal wealth to his youngest son and anointed successor.[MORE]
Refugees on Jolie agenda in Korea
Actress Angelina Jolie has taken time out from her promotional movie tour of South Korea to investigate the fate of repatriated North Korean refugees.[MORE]
Pyongyang's pissing match
North of the DMZ, Kim Jong-il may be a little concerned that his global business ventures could be in Washington's sights again.[MORE]
US sleuths on Pyongyang money trail
US investigators working with Interpol are understood to have tracked 200 bank accounts linked to alleged North Korean drugs, counterfeiting, money-laundering and arms activities.[MORE]
North Korea threatens 'sacred' nuclear war
Pyongyang is threatening a nuclear response to massive war games being held by South Korea and the US.[MORE]
US, South Korea begin naval drill
The US and South Korea on Sunday began a major naval exercise in the Sea of Japan, a report said, a move which has sparked warnings of nuclear retaliation from North Korea.[MORE]
Bronze Kim Jong-il sparks rumours of despot's end
The unveiling of Kim Jong-il's first bronze statue is a sign he is either stepping down, gravely ill, or dead.[MORE]
