December 7, 2015 Widow of late South Korean leader arrives in North Korea for four-day visit The 92-year-old widow of late South Korean President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kim Dae-jung arrived in North Korea on Wednesday for a four-day visit.
December 7, 2015 U.S. Delegation in North Korea to Assess Food Shortages A U.S. government team was in North Korea to assess food shortages Tuesday, while the country's reclusive leader Kim Jong Il reportedly traveled to an eastern China city on a visit aimed at studying Beijing's economic reforms.
December 7, 2015 North Korea threatens strong response to human rights meeting North Korea says it will "strongly respond" to a conference in Washington on Tuesday about its widespread human rights abuses and says the United States ignored Pyongyang's offer to attend and defend itself.
December 7, 2015 Kim Jong Il's jilted son dismisses ruler brother as a symbol, report says The oldest son of North Korea's deceased despot Kim Jong Il blasted his ruler brother as a "symbol" whose role was stage-managed by the Pyongyang elite, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported Thursday.
December 7, 2015 S. Korea confirms N. Korea workers not showing up at factory North Korean workers aren't showing up for work Tuesday at the factory complex Pyongyang has jointly run with South Korea since 2004.
December 7, 2015 Jimmy Carter Blasts U.S. for Withholding Food Aid to N. Korea Former President Jimmy Carter on Thursday accused the United States and South Korea of violating human rights against North Korea by withholding food aid.
December 7, 2015 US, South Korea agree to work more on deterring North Korea nuclear threats The U.S. and South Korea agreed Wednesday to work together to strengthen the South's ability to deter threats from North Korea, and have endorsed a new military strategy to better coordinate the response to a nuclear, chemical or other attack from Pyongyang.
December 5, 2015 UN says North Korea sends workers abroad to skirt sanctions, bring back foreign currency Tens of thousands of North Koreans are being sent to work abroad in conditions that amount to forced labor to circumvent U.N. sanctions and earn foreign currency for the country, amounting to between $1.2 billion and $2.3 billion annually by one estimate, a U.N. investigator said Wednesday.
December 5, 2015 North Korea executes Kim Jong Un's uncle North Korea has announced the execution of the uncle of leader Kim Jong Un, declaring him to be a traitor who tried to overthrow the state.
December 5, 2015 North Korea’s Kim Jong-un purges general, in possible attempt to secure loyal, younger government At the height of the Cold War Kremlin watchers would assiduously monitor where the political and military leaders of the now defunct USSR would be standing at the annual May Day parades in Moscow’s Red Square.
