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Despite tension, NKorea lets in tourists, athletes

PYONGYANG, North Korea: Despite North Korea’s warnings that the threat of war on the Korean Peninsula is so high it cannot guarantee the safety of

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Looking for logic in North Korea’s threats

SEOUL, South Korea: To the outside world, the talk often appears to border on the lunatic, with the poor, hungry and electricity-starved nation threatening to lay waste to America’s cities

Pentagon: NKorea could launch nuclear missile

WASHINGTON: A U.S. intelligence report concludes thatNorth Korea has advanced its nuclear knowhow to the point that it could arm a ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead, a jarring revelation

SKorea: ‘Indication’ NKorea prepping for nuke test

SEOUL, South Korea: South Korea’s point man on North Korea said Monday there is an “indication” that Pyongyang is preparing for a fourth nuclear test, a day after another Seoul

China asks North Korea to ensure safety of its nationals

BEIJING/SEOUL: China deplored rising tension on the Korean peninsula on Sunday, but said its embassy was operating normally in the North Korean capital and asked authorities there to ensure its

U.S. to send missile defenses to Guam over North Korea threat

SEOUL/WASHINGTON: The United States said it would soon send a missile defense system to Guam to defend it from North Korea, as the U.S. military adjusts to what Defense Secretary

NKorea says it is in ‘a state of war’ with SKorea

SEOUL, South Korea: North Korea warned Seoul on Saturday that the Korean Peninsula was entering “a state of war” and threatened to shut down a border factory complex that’s the

NKorea criticizes SKorea prez’s ‘swish of skirt’

SEOUL, South Korea: North Korea’s first public, senior-level mention of South Korea’s first female president ended up being a sexist jab. The body that controls North Korea’s military complained Wednesday

NKorean propaganda video shows Obama in flames

PYONGYANG, North Korea:  A new North Korean video portrays President Barack Obama and American troops in flames and says the North conducted its recent nuclear test because of U.S. hostility.

European Union slaps more sanctions on North Korea

BRUSSELS:  The European Union imposed trade and economic sanctions on North Korea while condemning “in the strongest terms” the nation’s latest nuclear test. The 27 EU finance ministers also demanded