North Korea May Be Planning Another Long-Range Missile Test - This One Capable Of Reaching Hawaii

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South Korean President Lee Myung Bak will hold talks Sunday with Prime Minister Taro Aso in Tokyo on responses to a U.N. Security Council resolution to punish North Korea and other issues, Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura said. "As South Korea is one of our most important neighbors and ...

Says U.S. "Fully Prepared" For Missile Test, But Pyongyang's "Belligerence And Provocation" Will Not Be Dealt With As Before

The fact that North Korea is a monstrous tyranny is well-known. Google Earth is helping map that tyranny in extraordinary detail, from the opulent palaces of the elite to the horrid labor camps for the victims. Reports The Independent : US researchers are using the internet to reveal ...

It’s hard to know what to believe about the misnamed Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. But reports are circulating that North Korean officials are attempting to purchase medical equipment for treating “Dear Leader” Kim Jong-il. That in turn suggests that his ...

Hawaii's Laid-back Residents Admit To Being Unnerved By Possible North Korea Missile Test

The Senator Also Says U.S. Boat Should Board Korean Ship If Necessary

Last Monday, TBS's noontime show "Hiruobi" was covering Kim Jong Un, the son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and presumed successor. One commentator on the show, an editor for an entertainment magazine, wondered what the citizens of North Korea really thought of this dynastic system. "In ...

Lee Says SKorea Won't Be Intimidated By Nuclear Threats From North Korea

US Warns Banks That North Korea May Try To Skirt Sanctions

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The chances of a direct conflict between the US and North Korea are escalating. The US Navy is reportedly following a North Korean ship through international waters. Under recent UN sanctions, the US could request to board and search the vessel. North Korea would certainly not allow this to ...

U.S. military officials remain on guard as North Korea launches its first naval vessel since the recent implementation of U.N. Security Council weapons sanctions. David Martin reports.

WASHINGTON (Kyodo) North Korea would attack Japan if a war erupted as a result of efforts to implement recently strengthened U.N. sanctions against Pyongyang over its second nuclear test, a U.S. scholar said Wednesday. Selig Harrison, Asia program director at the Washington-based Center for ...

RIYADH (AP) North Korea qualified for its first World Cup finals since 1966 and Saudi Arabia and Bahrain stayed alive in the race to South Africa 2010 on Wednesday. North Korea was the last of Asia's automatic qualifiers, joining Australia, Japan and South Korea. Read the full story  ...

The Liberal Democratic Party-New Komeito ruling bloc will press ahead with a bill for expected Diet passage this session that will allow Japan to inspect vessels sailing to or from North Korea, lawmakers said Wednesday. The inspections, to be conducted in both Japanese territorial waters and ...

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