December 10, 2015 2 Koreas Hold Reunions For War-Split Families Hundreds of Korean family members separated for more than half a century by the Korean War embraced each other in tearful reunions Saturday, a day after troops exchanged gunfire in the Demilitarized Zone dividing the countries.
December 10, 2015 North Korea’s Kim Jong Un speaks of economy, peace with South in rare address North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday called for improving the economy and living standards of his impoverished nation with the same urgency that scientists showed in successfully testing a long-range rocket recently.
December 10, 2015 Jang Song Thaek had been North Korea's second-most-powerful figure While hereditary leader Kim Jong Un is the unquestioned ruler of North Korea, until last weekend his uncle, Jang Song Thaek, was thought to be the country's second-most-powerful figure, widely considered Kim's mentor and regent.
December 10, 2015 North Korean cinema features Americans as villains and a kidnapped director North Korea hates the currently scrapped Hollywood film that revolves around the assassination of its beloved leader, but the country has had a long love affair with cinema -- of its own particular styling.
December 10, 2015 North Korea reportedly sentences detained American to hard labor DEVELOPING: North Korea says it has sentenced a detained American to 15 years of hard labor.
December 10, 2015 Scientist: North Korea Secretly Built New Nuclear Facility In secret and with remarkable speed, North Korea has built a new, highly sophisticated facility to enrich uranium, according to an American nuclear scientist, raising fears that the North is ramping up its atomic program despite international pressure.
December 10, 2015 Russia aims to bolster ties with North Korea Angry with the West's response over Ukraine and eager to diversify its options, Russia is moving rapidly to bolster ties with North Korea in a diplomatic nose-thumbing that could complicate the U.S.-led effort to squeeze Pyongyang into giving up its nuclear weapons program.
December 9, 2015 Birthday becomes memorial for North Korea's late leader 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 birthday commemoration for his father Thursday.
December 9, 2015 North, South Korea exchange artillery fire across border South Korea fired dozens of shells Thursday at rival North Korea after the North lobbed a single rocket at a South Korean town near the world's most heavily armed border, the South's Defense Ministry said.
December 9, 2015 Dennis Rodman makes return visit to North Korea Basketball Hall-of-Famer Dennis Rodman is due to arrive in North Korea Tuesday to begin his second visit to that country this year,