December 4, 2015 North Korea executes defense chief for falling asleep during meeting, South Korea's spy agency says South Korea's spy agency says it has information that North Korea executed its defense chief for sleeping during a meeting and talking back to young leader Kim Jong Un.
December 4, 2015 South Korea to Conduct Firing Drills Despite North Korea's Threat to Retaliate South Korea said it was going forward Monday with live firing drills from a front-line island despite North Korea's threat to retaliate, sharply ramping up tensions as the U.N. failed to find any solution.
December 4, 2015 North Korea to Pardon Convicts; Generals Back Young Kim North Korea said Tuesday it will issue special pardons for convicts, a rare move that appeared to be aimed at boosting the popularity of young new leader Kim Jong Un as he attempts to fill his late father's shoes.
December 4, 2015 American held by North Korea says he's digging for eight hours each day An American man recently sentenced by North Korea to six years of hard labor says he is digging in fields eight hours a day and being kept in isolation, but that so far his health isn't deteriorating.
December 4, 2015 South Koreans return to re-opened inter-Korea factory About 800 South Koreans began returning Monday to their factories at the Kaesong park located just north of the Demilitarized Zone to team up with North Korean employees and test-run idle assembly lines
December 4, 2015 North Korea leader Kim Jong Un projects new image by showing off wife With that sparse description, the typically close-lipped North Korean government revealed to the world that the mystery woman seen beside Kim at public events over the last several weeks was indeed his wife, as had been speculated. No details were given, but South Korean media reports said she is a former singer and cheer squad member and that they married in 2009.
December 4, 2015 South Korea activists vow to keep sending anti-North leaflets across border South Korean activists vowed Thursday to continue to launch balloons carrying anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the border into North Korea, days after their campaign triggered gunfire between the rival Koreas.
December 4, 2015 Nuclear test could be North Korea's next step Now that North Korea's rocket launch has ended in failure, its next move could be even more provocative: a nuclear test.
December 4, 2015 Rodman: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is father of baby girl North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is the father of a little girl, according to basketball legend Dennis Rodman, who recently completed his second visit to the isolated Communist country this year.
December 4, 2015 North Korea criticizes US-South Korea drills North Korea on Tuesday criticized South Korea-U.S. military drills with milder-than-usual language that's seen as a sign of its interest in keeping up diplomacy.
