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North Korea Hails Kim Jong Un as 'Supreme Leader' With a distant siren the only sound, an ocean of people bowed silently Thursday before North Korea's Kim Jong Un. From a balcony, he looked out over hundreds of thousands gathered for a silent memoria
By Daniel Schearf Beijing 16 March 2007 The United States' chief negotiator on North Korea's nuclear programs has said Pyongyang needs to be open about its enriched uranium activities in order for an agreement on denuclearization to move forward. But
U.S. President Barack Obama has arrived in Mexico for the North American Leaders Summit. Mr. Obama, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican President Felipe Calderon will attempt to coordinate their efforts on a number of issues. Presiden
By Kurt Achin Seoul 09 March 2006 A South Korean man walks by a display of models of North Korea's Scud-B missile, center, and other South Korean missiles at Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul (File p
By Kurt Achin Gwangju, South Korea 19 June 2006 North and South Koreans recently marked the anniversary of the start of efforts to bring decades of animosity to an end. Six years ago, leaders of both countries met for the first and only time. The su
By Stephanie Ho Washington 27 April 2007 President Bush and visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe say they see eye-to-eye on North Korea. The two leaders are urging Pyongyang to shut down its nuclear weapons programs or face tougher action. VOA
By Kurt Achin Seoul 23 December 2006 Despite a push for a diplomatic breakthrough at the end of 2006, the effort to keep North Korea out of the nuclear weapons club not only did not succeed - it lost ground. In October, the North defied internationa
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 22 December 2006 United Nations aid agencies warn North Korea will be facing a major food crisis next spring unless donors support critically needed humanitarian assistance programs. They are appealing to donors to forget poli
Rodman Visit to North Korea Sparks Strong Reactions 罗德曼访问朝鲜引起强烈反响 Dennis Rodmans trip to North Korea, one of the most isolated countries in the world, made some people cringe at the idea that former the former basketball sup
By Al Pessin Pentagon 10 October 2006 The U.S. Defense Department says it is still evaluating data from the explosion and small earth tremor in North Korea on Monday to determine whether it was in fact an underground nuclear test, as the North Korea
Talks on ending North Korea's nuclear programs are to resume this week in Beijing, after being on hold since last year. Negotiations are expected to focus on efforts to verify the dismantling of North Korea's declared nuclear facilities and Pyongya
lieBy Al Pessin Pentagon 05 July 2006 The Defense Department says it detected all seven North Korean missile launches and determined quickly that they were not a threat to the United States or its territories. The Department also says the one long-r
North Korea has met for the first time in years with senior officers in the United Nations Command that monitors the heavily armed border dividing the Korean peninsula. The meeting comes days before the scheduled start of US - South Korea military d
By Kurt Achin Seoul 19 July 2006 In a retaliatory swipe over South Korea's punitive measures against Pyongyang, North Korea has canceled reunions scheduled for next month between families separated since the 1950s Korean War. The move is the latest
By David Gollust State Department 05 January 2007 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday a new North Korean nuclear test would only deepen that country's isolation. Rice, who met with her South Korean counterpart in Washington, said th
By Barry Wood Mitrovica, Kosovo 15 February 2007 watch Kosovo Student report Kosovo On February 2nd the United Nations envoy for Kosovo, Martti Ahtisaari, delivered his plan for the future of the breakaway province in southern Serbia. If implemented
High-level American envoys visiting Seoul say they are cooperating with regional allies to dissuade North Korea from the path of nuclear weaponry and back to dialogue aimed at disarmament. The delegation is making stops around Asia for consultations
By Kurt Achin Beijing 12 February 2007 Six-nation talks in Beijing aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons programs are to be extended into a sixth day, after negotiators had managed to bridge some gaps. VOA's Kurt Achin reports from Beijing, w
By Paula Wolfson White House 15 October 2006 The Bush administration is urging Iran to learn a lesson from the U.N.'s quick response to North Korea's nuclear-test claim. 2002, President Bush referred to Iraq, Iran and North Korea as an axis of evil.
South Korea has suspended a high profile tourist program to North Korea after a North Korean soldier shot and killed a South Korean woman on holiday at the special tourism enclave. The woman was apparently intruding in a restricted area off limits t