Tag Archives: North Korea

North Korea said it was no longer bound by the 1953 truce and threatened to attack South Korea for joining a naval force that plans on checking ships transporting equipment used in weapons of mass destruction. “Any hostile act against our peaceful vessels including search and seizure will be considered an unpardonable infringement on our […]

North Korea followed up Monday’s nuclear weapon test by launching three short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan. United States, Russia, China, Britain, France, Japan, and South Korea met to discuss possible UN sanctions on North Korea.

North Korea claimed it detonated a nuclear weapon in an underground test that caused a 4.5 earthquake “as part of the measures to bolster up its nuclear deterrent for self-defense,” according to the state-run news agency KCNA. South Korea said the test indeed took place. The Asian stock market has declined in reaction to the […]

US intelligence officials believe North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is gravely ill and possibly suffered a stroke. Kim failed to attend a military parade to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic. Reports that a team of elite Chinese doctors have been dispatched to North Korea to treat an unnamed […]

North Korea has agreed “to shut down its main nuclear reactor and eventually dismantle its atomic weapons program” in exchange for 1 million tons of fuel oil. “The United States will also begin the process of removing North Korea from its designation as a terror-sponsoring state and also on ending U.S. trade sanctions.”

Washington quietly offers Pyongyang aid in return for an end to its nuclear weapons program and asks for a show of good faith. North Korea responds by claiming that the U.S. maintains nuclear weapons in South Korea.