December 9, 2015 North Korea says it won't do Iran-style nuclear deal with US North Korea's government said Tuesday that it had no interest in pursuing a nuclear agreement of its own with the U.S. as long as Washington pursued what Pyongyang described as "provocative" U.S. policies.
December 9, 2015 US citizen sentenced to six years in prison with labor by North Korean court An American citizen detained in North Korea this past April was sentenced to six years in prison with labor by that country's Supreme Court Sunday.
December 9, 2015 Despite launch, experts say North Korea still years away from capable missiles North Korea's first successful launch of a three-stage, long-range rocket has outraged world leaders who consider it similar to a missile capable of attacking the United States, Europe and other far-away targets. But experts say Pyongyang is years away from even having a shot at developing reliable missiles that could bombard the American mainland.
December 9, 2015 Many feared dead as North Korea apologizes for Pyongyang apartment building collapse North Korean officials have issued a rare public apology following the collapse of an apartment building in the country's capital that may have lead to many deaths.
December 9, 2015 UNICEF’s North Korea office barred from oversight of its own health projects, audit probe warns Five years after the United Nations Development Program closed, then reopened its offices in North Korea amid controversy over the payout of hard currency to the rogue communist government and other issues, the child relief agency UNICEF has some of the same glaring problems, according to its own auditors.
December 9, 2015 North Korea defends rocket launch despite concern from China Despite China's concerns, a senior North Korean nuclear negotiator has reiterated his government's position on a planned long-range rocket launch after holding talks with his counterpart in Beijing.
December 9, 2015 US South Korea war games called warning to North Korea A huge North Korean flag disappeared behind a tower of flames and thick black smoke Friday as South Korean fighter jets and U.S. attack helicopters fired rockets in the allies' biggest joint live-fire drills since the Korean War.
December 9, 2015 North Korea's Military Will Reportedly Share Power With Kim's Heir North Korea will reportedly shift to collective rule from a dictatorship after last week's death of Kim Jong-Il, although his untested son will head the ruling body, a source with close ties to Pyongyang and Beijing told Reuters.
December 9, 2015 North Korean defector says mother forced to kill own child at prison camp A North Korean mother inside one of the country’s notorious prison camps was forced to kill her own baby, a former inmate said, during a U.N. panel hearing in South Korea that’s ongoing this week.
December 9, 2015 Mystery woman revealed: North Korea says Kim Jong Un is married North Korea said its new, young leader Kim Jong Un is married, announcing it for the first time in a brief and routine state TV report Wednesday evening that ends weeks of speculation about a beautiful woman who accompanied him to recent public events.
