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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 ...

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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 ...

Mr. Kim survived a death sentence and an assassination attempt by past military dictators before winning the presidency and receiving a Nobel Peace Prize.

North Korea followed recent conciliatory gestures toward the U.S. and South Korea with a return to threats Sunday, warning them of "merciless retaliation" over sanctions imposed on its government, and nuclear attacks in response to any atomic provocation.

South Korea said Friday it is closely monitoring North Korean military sites because the communist nation may fire more missiles, ...

North Korea condemned a recent U.S. pledge to provide nuclear defense of South Korea, saying Thursday that the move boosts its justification to hold onto atomic bombs and invites a potential "fire shower of nuclear retaliation."

The leaders of South Korea and the United States told North Korea to drop its atomic ambitions and stop threatening the region while media reports on Wednesday said Pyongyang was moving ahead with plans to launch a long-range missile.

South Korea’s main intelligence agency has reported on signs that Kim Jong-un, the youngest and least-known son of Kim Jong-il, was the likely successor in North Korea.

The test firing could come within weeks, possibly when the South Korean president meets with Obama on June 16.

Reporting from Seoul — North Korea has positioned its most sophisticated long-range ballistic missile on a launch pad for a test firing that could come within weeks, a newspaper here reported Monday.