High ranking North Korean officials state they were displeased with the team’s reporting of their life in the capital, claiming they had been “speaking very ill of the system.”
North Korea’s announcement that “normal operation” was again underway at its Yongbyon nuclear complex sent a wave of anxiety through the world’s Pyongyang watchers.
North Korea is already in high gear as it prepares to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of its ruling party. Students and workers are being mobilized by the thousands to practice their parts in the grand show — some carrying wooden torches, others bouquets of red plastic flowers
For the second day in a row, Pyongyang raised the ante on rhetoric suggesting it might conduct a prohibited nuclear or missile test in violation of numerous United Nations resolutions.
The blood-curdling threats against the South emanating from North Korea are all too familiar, but ironically the repeat performance only underlines the North’s weakness.
Pyongyang’s shiny new airport building has all the features international travelers have come to expect, though some lose their luster upon closer examination
After more than 40 hours of talks, North and South Korea pulled back from the brink Tuesday with an accord that allows both sides to save face and, for the moment, avert the bloodshed they’ve been threatening each other with for weeks