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US confirms North Korea launched short-range ballistic missile

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WASHINGTON, May 29: The US today confirmed that North Korea has test-launched another ballistic missile and said it is committed to the security of its allies

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2 Koreas talk in border village after tensions

SEOUL, South Korea: Government delegates from North andSouth Korea held a marathon session of preparatory talks Sunday at a “truce village” on their heavily armed border aimed at setting ground

NKorea proposes working level talks with S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea: North Korea on Friday proposed working-level talks with South Korea to be held in a border city on Sunday as the rivals look to mend ties that

Activist: Smiling NKorean defectors told of misery

South Korea: Before they were detained in Laos and sent home, a group of young North Korean defectors smiled and teased each other as they told an activist how some

Activists criticize reported NKorean repatriation

SEOUL, South Korea: Human rights groups on Thursday demanded that North Korea account for nine of its citizens reportedly repatriated after fleeing to Laos. South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said

Chinese media: North Korea envoy offers talks

BEIJING: A North Korean envoy, on the second day of his fence-mending visit to ally China, heeded Beijing’s wishes by offering to renew nuclear disarmament talks, Chinese state mediasaid. The

SKorea says NKorea fires 3 short-range missiles

South Korea:  North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It routinely tests such missiles, but the latest launches came

NKorea issues warning ahead of US-SKorea summit

South Korea: North Korea on Tuesday threatened the United States and South Korea over joint naval drills taking place this week in tense Yellow Sea waters ahead of a Washington

China says new North Korea nuclear test possible

BEIJING: China’s top general said a fourth North Korean nuclear weapons test is a possibility that underscores the need for fresh talks between Pyongyang and other regional parties. Chief of

British university attacks BBC over covert North Korea trip

LONDON: A leading British university criticised the BBC on Sunday for arranging an academic trip to North Korea to make an undercover documentary, saying it had put students who were