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North Korea announced today that it has custody of an American who entered the country illegally on Christmas Eve. Activists believe the man arrested is a missionary who went into the Communist country on Christmas Eve.

Five foreigners were detained and their foreign-registered aircraft impounded after it landed in the Thai capital Saturday with tons of war weaponry on board that originated in North Korea, Thai officials said.

Washington hopes to coax the nuclear-armed nation back into six-party disarmament negotiations, but Pyongyang wants one-on-one talks with the U.S.

North Korea revalued its national currency for the first time in decades in a bid to fight inflation and flush out the black market money trade, reports said Tuesday - a move that sent residents of the communist state scrambling to convert hoarded money into foreign currencies....

South Korean soldiers and police executed nearly 5,000 citizens during the early months of the 1950-53 Korean War, fearing they could collaborate with invading North Korean troops, a government commission said Thursday.

North Korea test-fires five short-range missiles off its east coast, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reports.

The leaders of China, Japan and South Korea kicked off a summit in Beijing on Saturday expected to focus on bringing North Korea back to nuclear disarmament talks and building regional trust. The gathering is the second leg of new Japanese ...

The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il, held talks with Prime Minister Wen Jiabao of China as his government tried to mend ties with Beijing.

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A high-level delegation of North Korean officials paid their respects Friday to late South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, shaking ...