North Korea knows how to get attention
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North Korea is well practiced in getting some of what it wants through provocation. Bullying through a bullhorn has worked time and again for a small nation with an outsized military force and an even bigger capacity for bluster and threat.
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Analysis: Why something like optimism hovers over the talks on Pyongyang's nuclear program
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SEOUL - North Korea showed visiting US officials everything they asked to see at the communist nation's main nuclear complex during an inspection yesterday to determine how to disable the facility so it cannot produce more bombs, the State Department said. The US officials, joined by Chinese and Russian specialists, were to continue their tour of the Yongbyon nuclear site ...
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For the two Koreas, the opening of North Korea's first economic zone is filled with real and symbolic significance.
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South Korea has welcomed North Korea's invitation to the United Nations nuclear watchdog to send a delegation to Pyongyang, a possible first step towards its nuclear disarmament.
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North Korea celebrates Kim Jong-il's 65th birthday, amid recent progress over plans for nuclear disarmament.
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BEIJING -- International talks on North Korea's nuclear program convene today with a new sense of optimism about the possibility of the first tangible progress on the communist nation's disarmament since negotiations began more than three years ago.
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All eyes &amp;#151; and ears &amp;#151; are on North Korea. Military and intelligence agencies of the United States and its allies are spying from land, air, sea and space to learn whether the communist nation is preparing to test fire a long-range missile that may be capable of reaching the western U.S.
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MOUNT KUMGANG, North Korea  - Synchronized swimmers and singing soldiers marked the birthday on Saturday of the man dubbed North Korea's "outstanding thinker" by state media, but mystery still surrounded the leader's choice of successor.
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Following recent reports indicating that North Korea may be preparing to test fire a missile intelligence agencies worldwide are keeping tabs on the latest information.
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The New York's Philharmonic Orchestra's historic North Korea concert is to be televised.
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The Bush administration wants North Korea's attention, so like a scolding parent it's trying to make it tougher for that country's eccentric leader to buy iPods, plasma televisions and Segway electric scooters.
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Inviting the IAEA chief inspector to visit, North Korea signals it's willing to allow scrutiny of its nuclear program for the first time since 2003. By the Associated Press.
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State media reported that North Korea sent a letter to the United Nationsâ nuclear watchdog, inviting inspectors to the country.
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With Bush reelected, the North Koreans may have judged February a good month to turn the spotlight back on themselves.
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With global attention focused on whether and when North Korea will return to six-party talks on its nuclear weapons program, Pyongyang officials are &quot;sincere&quot; in wanting a denuclearized peninsula and await a &quot;better atmosphere&quot; to resume discussions, a
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North Korea has relied on its trademark brinksmanship strategy in international negotiations on its nuclear program, often lacing its speeches with threats, accusations and unreasonable demands.