December 11, 2015 U.S. Takes Hard Line On North Korea, South China Sea Tentative steps by North and South Korea to repair relations are not enough to warrant renewed multination nuclear disarmament talks, the U.S. said Saturday at an Asian security conference where it also took a tough line on resolving tensions in the South China Sea.
December 11, 2015 Reporter's Notebook: Patrolling the Korean DMZ We were face to face with the North Korean military machine today…and he picked up his binoculars and stared at us.
December 11, 2015 American detained in North Korea hospitalized after losing 50 pounds An American man detained in North Korea for the past nine months has been hospitalized after losing more than 50 pounds, and the need to bring him home is becoming more urgent, his sister said Sunday.
December 11, 2015 North Korea fires 3 short-range projectiles, South Korea says North Korea fired three short-range projectiles Thursday into the waters off its east coast, a South Korean defense official said. The move was most likely a routine test-firing, but the official said it could also be meant to stoke tensions with Seoul.
December 11, 2015 South Korea says N. Korea fired 4 suspected short-range missiles North Korea fired four suspected short-range missiles into its eastern waters Thursday, South Korean defense officials said, in an apparent effort to protest ongoing U.S.-South Korean military exercises that Pyongyang calls a rehearsal for invasion.
December 11, 2015 North Korea publicly executes 80, some for videos or Bibles, report says As many as 80 people were publicly executed in North Korea earlier this month, some for offenses as minor as watching South Korean movies or possessing a Bible.
December 11, 2015 North, South Korean military officers reportedly hold talks Senior military officers from the rival Koreas met at a border village Wednesday for talks on how to ease their animosities following two shooting incidents last week, South Korean media reported.
December 11, 2015 North Korea says UN report on atrocities is 'dangerous political provocation' North Korea is rejecting a U.N. commission's report that it committed crimes against humanity, calling it an "extremely dangerous" political provocation.
December 11, 2015 Inter-Korean military talks end with no progress North and South Korea ended their first working-level military talks in two years Thursday with no progress as the meeting stumbled over the sinking of a South Korean warship blamed on Pyongyang, Seoul's Defense Ministry said.
December 11, 2015 China, North Korea Confirm Kim Jong Il's Secretive Visit China and North Korea confirmed Monday that their leaders met while the Kim Jong Il was on a secretive trip to his northern neighbor, apparently to seek aid and drum up support for a succession plan.