Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
Less than two weeks after being punished with new U.
N. sanctions, North Korea has sent its ceremonial head of state and two top economic officials to Singapore and Indonesia on a trip that appears aimed at drumming up outside investment.Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of North Korea's parliament, arrived in Singapore on Friday for his first reported trip overseas since late leader Kim Jong Il's December death. He is to head Sunday to Indonesia with two senior economic officials, according to North Korean state media. Kim, no relation to Kim Jong Il and current leader Kim Jong Un, often represents North Korea abroad.The weeklong journey comes on the heels of new U.N. sanctions imposed on North Korea for launching a long-range rocket last month in defiance of Security Council resolutions banning it from nuclear or ballistic missile activity. North Korea insists the launch was an attempt to send a satellite into space.Washington suspended an agreement to provide North Korea with ...SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea is deploying troops, artillery and tanks near Pyongyang in apparent preparation for a massive military parade marking key natio...
A top official told APTN on Friday that North Koreans will be honored to follow the youngest son of Kim Jong Il as the third-generation leader of the communist natio...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and his son, heir apparent Kim Jong Un, appeared together at a massive military parade Sunday held amid celebrations marking the foun...
SEOUL, South Korea -- Looking gaunt but relieved, an American freed after nearly seven months jailed in North Korea left Pyongyang on Friday in the company of former...
North Koreans celebrated "peerlessly brilliant" leader Kim Jong Il's 68th birthday Tuesday as questions persist abroad about his health and the future of the impover...
North Korea broadcast a video of leader Kim Jong Il attending a massive rally Saturday marking the reopening of a textile factory, a move seen as aimed at demonstrat...
A top envoy said the U.S. remains ready for talks with North Korea , while Washington warned of aggressive sanctions against the North unless it returns to stalled m...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Il marked the "Day of the Sun" — the anniversary of his late father's birth 98 years ago Thursday — by promoti...
GENEVA (AP) — North Korea needs to strengthen its health system by modernizing medical equipment, ensuring sufficient supply of medicines and paying greater attentio...
A thin-looking Kim Jong Il made a rare public appearance Wednesday as North Korea paid solemn respects to his father, the country's late founder, on the 15th anniver...
South Korea's coast guard said Monday it is drawing up guidelines on how to inspect North Korean ships suspected of carrying banned items — a move expected to enrage...
A top U.S. envoy plans to hold talks with South Korean officials as Washington warned of aggressive sanctions on North Korea unless Pyongyang returns to the stalled ...
North Korea's power brokers declared Kim Jong Un the supreme leader at a massive public memorial for his father Kim Jong Il, cementing the Kim family's hold on power...
PYONGYANG, North Korea -- Army trucks loaded with artillery rolled by the memorial palace for North Korea's late leaders as Kim Jong Un presided over a military bir...
PYONGYANG, North Korea -- Coat flying open, reins in hand, Kim Jong Il is depicted astride a galloping horse in a larger-than-life statue unveiled Tuesday as part of...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Looking gaunt but relieved, an American freed after nearly seven months jailed in North Korea left Pyongyang on Friday in the company of fo...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A smile flickered across Aijalon Gomes' face as he hugged former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and boarded a plane for Boston on Friday, seve...
SEOUL, South Korea -- Former President Jimmy Carter spent a second day in North Korea on Thursday on a mission to bring home a Boston man jailed in the country since...
PYONGYANG, North Korea -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and his son, heir apparent Kim Jong Un, appeared together a massive military parade Sunday held amid celebr...
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