How Kim Jong Il Lost Japanese Fans
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Faced with the North's human rights abuses like the abduction of Japanese citizens, many Koreans living in Japan are turning their longtime support away from Pyongyang
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SEOUL -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Il recently purged his brother-in-law from the government, removing a powerful party official who was thought to be a possible rival to Kim and his sons, South Korean intelligence officials have reported.
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North Korean officials have removed portraits of leader Kim Jong Il from some public buildings, a dramatic change in a reclusive nation that has clung to totalitarian rule for more than half a century.
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While the six-party talks are making headway on the North's nuclear weapons, for Japan the more contentious issue is what happened to its citizens kidnapped by the regime
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Japan threatened retaliation against North Korea such as cutting off economic ties unless the communist state returned Japanese people it has kidnapped or gave a "sincere response" on their fate.
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SEOUL, South Korea -- How long can the North Korean regime survive? A decade ago, it was taken as a matter of faith that it would soon be relegated to the same historical dustbin as the Soviet Union. But Kim Jong Il defied predictions of his political demise, and embarrassed pundits stopped even broaching the topic of the regime's life ...
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Analysis: North Korea watchers are divided by the Dear Leader's promise to shut down a controversial nuclear reactor.  Is Kim playing straight or still playing games?
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Science has dealt a blow to a Japanese legend which says the country was twice saved from a Mongolian fleet thanks to a "divine wind," or kamikaze, that destroyed the invaders' ships.
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Japanese officials returned Monday from Pyongyang with what they were told are the cremated remains of Megumi Yokota, who according to North Korea committed suicide after being abducted to the reclusive state in 1977.
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North Korea seems to be softening its  hitherto rigid personality cult around leader Kim Jong-il,  experts on the reclusive communist state said Thursday --  although they were still unsure why the changes had been made.
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TOKYO : Japan is enraged at North Korea for allegedly lying about the deaths of two of its citziens the Stalinist state kidnapped, with commentators warning the deception has set back the chances of reconcilation with the outside world.
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Nuclear leaks after Japan's July 16 earthquake awaken insecurities
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SEOUL -- Trained as a military propagandist in North Korea, Kim Seong Min has turned his skills against the government that once forced his allegiance. From a small radio studio in Seoul, he and a handful of other North Korean defectors deliver daily broadcasts to people who remain behind in the...
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North Korea appears to be reducing the level of official reverence paid to its leader Kim Jong Il, marking the first signs of a shift away from the
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has ordered the removal of his portrait from display throughout the Stalinist state, signaling a scaling back of the decades-old adulation of the
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NORTH Koreaâs solemn return of the remains of a 13-year-old Japanese girl they kidnapped decades ago have proved to be a cruel trick, a furious Japan said yesterday.
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North Korea is one of the world's most opaque nations. So how do we decode conflicting reports about Kim Jong Ilâs health and choice of successor?