North Korea

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is strongly condemning North Korea's rocket launch and warning it will take further action if it conducts another launch or a new nuclear test. A presidential statement, approved by all 15 council members and read at a formal meeting Monday morning, said Friday's launch, as well as any future use of ballistic missile technology, is "a serious vi

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — It now appears that North Korea hasn't mastered the technology it would need to control multi-stage rockets. That's the assessment of former State Department intelligence officer Greg Thielmann, after North Korea's failed launch today...

North Korea found itself front and center in the international community when it launched a long-range missile Friday morning, local time.

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Tens of thousands of mourners packed Pyongyang's snowy main square Wednesday to pay respects to late leader Kim Jong Il as North Korea tightened security in cities and won loyalty pledges from top generals for Kim's son and anointed heir...

BERLIN (AP) — World governments are viewing the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il with wary optimism — a possibly destabilizing moment for the region as power passes to his son but also an opportunity for a new diplomatic start...

Kim Jong Il, the eccentric leader of North Korea since 1994, has died at the age of 69.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says it will open negotiations with North Korea on resuming efforts to recover the remains of some of the estimated 5,500 U.S. service members unaccounted for from the 1950-53 Korean War. Recovery efforts were halted by the administration of President George W...