November 17, 2014 N. Korea's Nuke Claim Provocative, Unsurprising, U.S. Envoy Says The U.S. special envoy for North Korea said Monday that Pyongyang's claim of a new uranium enrichment facility is provocative and disappointing but not a crisis or a surprise. Washington, he vowed, will keep working closely with its regional partners in response.
November 17, 2014 NKorea Demands SKorea Resume Large-Scale Food Aid North Korea demanded that South Korea resume large-scale food aid and joint economic projects in return for regular reunions of family members separated by the Korean War more than a half century ago, South Korea's Red Cross said Wednesday.
November 17, 2014 South Korea Calls for Urgency in North Korean Disarmament South Korea's president is calling for urgency in dismantling North Korea's atomic weapons program, saying the country's nuclear disarmament must be achieved through diplomacy.
November 17, 2014 South Korea Begins New Artillery Drills Amid Tension South Korea's military has begun new firing drills -- the latest in its series of exercises amid high tension over North Korea's deadly shelling on a South Korean island.
November 17, 2014 4 Dead, 18 Missing After South Korean Fishing Boat Sinks in Antarctic Ocean A South Korean fishing boat sank Monday in the Antarctic Ocean, leaving four sailors dead and 18 missing, officials said. Twenty sailors were rescued.
November 17, 2014 International Court Investigating Possible War Crimes by North Korea The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court says he has opened an investigation into possible war crimes by North Korea.
November 17, 2014 Mullen: Risk of War Rising in Koreas The danger of war or hostilities is rising on the Korean peninsula, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is "a very unpredictable guy," the top U.S. military officer said Monday.
November 17, 2014 Yeonpyeong Defense Plan to Include Israeli-built Missiles Israeli-built anti-tank missiles will be deployed on Yeonpyeong Island by South Korea’s military in February, according to a government source.
November 17, 2014 North Korea Says No More Military Talks With South Korea North Korea said Thursday that it would not hold further military talks with South Korea, accusing Seoul of lacking serious intent to improve relations.
November 17, 2014 U.N. Humanitarian Chief Heads to North Korea to Assess 'Potentially Catastrophic' Food Shortage North Korea faces a "potentially catastrophic food situation," five charities warned the administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development in a Sept. 26 letter obtained by The Associated Press, "with clear indications of acute malnutrition and slow starvation -- especially in children."
