North Korean officials deny leader&#39;s portrait removed
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North Korean officials have angrily denied reports that portraits of the country&#39;s leader are being taken down. There has been speculation about major changes at the top of North Korean politics.
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BEIJING - North Korea has denied reports that portraits of leader Kim Jong Il have been disappearing from public places in the capital, Pyongyang.
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North Korea on Tuesday denied reports that it was helping Syria to develop nuclear weapons and insisted it was keeping an earlier pledge not to allow the transfer of nuclear materials.
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North Korean media have dropped most laudatory references to leader Kim Jong-il, just days after reports that his portrait had been removed from some public places, an analyst at Radiopress, a Japanese news agency that monitors North Korean media, said on Wednesday.
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The head of South Korea&#39;s ruling party resigned yesterday amid suggestions that he had covered up his father&#39;s past as a military policeman for Japanese occupiers. The resignation comes during renewed national debate on the role of collaborators under ...
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Reports that portraits of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il had been removed were a U.S. plot to overthrow the government and a "groundless fabrication," Xinhua news agency quoted a North Korean official Friday as saying.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has  visited a military unit, the country's official KCNA news  agency reported Wednesday, just hours after reports surfaced  that his portrait had been removed from some public places.
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North Korea is a totalitarian state where simply mishandling a portrait of leader Kim Jong Il is considered a crime. That doesn't mean there is no internal debate as the regime weighs whether to dismantle its nuclear weapons program.
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Reports that portraits of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il had been removed were a U.S. plot to overthrow the government and a "groundless fabrication," Xinhua news agency quoted a North Korean official on Friday as saying.
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A large cloud appeared over North Korea in satellite images several days ago, but a US official told CNN it is &quot;no big deal&quot; and not the result of a nuclear explosion.
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After several days of speculation, North Korea said on Monday the 4-kilometer (2 miles) wide cloud spotted on satellite images by South Korea&#39;s Yonhap agency was the result of a deliberate demolition of a mountain for a power plant.
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North Korea rejected the United Statesâ demand for a more thorough account on whether it has tried to enrich uranium for atomic weapons.
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Six-party talks on the fate of North Korea's nuclear weapons program resume in Beijing on Thursday with the U.S. envoy denying a report of a prior deal but holding out hopes Pyongyang will offer steps to disarm.
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South Korean officials say they have been unable to confirm news reports that the wife of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has died after a long illness.
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Reports that portraits of North Korean  leader Kim Jong-il had been removed were a U.S. plot to  overthrow the government and a "groundless fabrication," Xinhua  news agency quoted a North Korean official on Friday as saying.
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Six-party talks aimed at dismantling North Korea's nuclear program resume in Beijing on Thursday with the top U.S. envoy denying a Japanese media report that the isolated state had signed a deal with Washington.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has visited a military unit, the country's official KCNA news agency reported on Wednesday, just hours after reports surfaced that his portrait had been removed from some public places.