Two American journalists jubilantly reunited with family and friends early Wednesday upon returning to the United States with former President Bill Clinton, whose diplomatic trip to North Korea secured their release nearly five months after their arrests. ...more

August 4, 2009

North Korea's plans to launch a rocket as early as this week in defiance of warnings threatens to undo years of fitful negotiations toward dismantling the regime's nuclear program. ...more

March 30, 2009

North Korea said Friday it has reopened a military hot line with the South ahead of the North's widely expected missile launch early next month. ...more

March 21, 2009

After apparently suffering a stroke last summer, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il seems to want to get President Barack Obama's attention — and fast. ...more

February 14, 2009

Did I mention that the Philadelphia Phillies and their rather distasteful fans hate your guts? They want to eat your puppies and drink your blood. They are also Satan worshippers. As well, they are known terrorists, communist sympathizers and pals with Kim Jong-il, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Fidel Castro. ...more

October 21, 2008

The first photos of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il released in two months (bottom) show him in a setting very similar to photographs from August (top). ...more

October 14, 2008

North Korea escalated its renewed confrontation with the United States on Friday, saying it is moving to restore a nuclear reactor and warning it "will go its own way" because Washington refuses to remove it from the U.S. terror blacklist. ...more

September 20, 2008

Kim Jong Il's companion and former secretary is emerging as a key player in the communist nation after the autocratic leader's stroke. ...more

September 18, 2008

North Korea has quietly built a long-range missile base that is larger and more capable than an older and well-known launchpad for intercontinental ballistic missiles, according to independent analysts relying on new satellite images of the site and other data. ...more

September 11, 2008

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is seriously ill and might have suffered a stroke weeks ago, an American intelligence official in Washington said Tuesday, after Kim failed to attend an unexpectedly small-scale celebration of his country's 60th anniversary. ...more

September 10, 2008