North Korea

Panama uncovers fighter jet engines from seized North Korea ship

Photo

COLON, Panama - Panamanian investigators unloading the cargo of a seized North Korean ship carrying arms from Cuba under sacks of brown sugar on Tuesday found 12 engines for MiG-21 fighter jets and five military vehicles that officials said resembled missile control centers.

Little sign of economic stress in North Korea's well-swept capital

PYONGYANG - North Korea's economy is believed to be virtually lifeless after decades of mismanagement, isolation and sanctions aimed at foiling its nuclear ambitions but its showcase capital, Pyongyang, shows no hint of calamity. | Video

World, Lifestyle 28 Jul 2013

Little sign of economic stress in North Korea's well-swept capital

PYONGYANG - North Korea's economy is believed to be virtually lifeless after decades of mismanagement, isolation and sanctions aimed at foiling its nuclear ambitions but its showcase capital, Pyongyang, shows no hint of calamity.

World, 28 Jul 2013

Former North Korean child beggar wins fame as TV chef

SEOUL - With her flower-print dress and black hair dyed a fashionable light brown, Kim Ha-na does not seem like a former child beggar who risked her life three times trying to escape from North Korea before finally fleeing at the age of 15. | Video

Lifestyle, 27 Jul 2013

North Korea heralds 60th anniversary of war 'victory' with massive parade

PYONGYANG - North Korea celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Korean War truce on Saturday with a massive military parade trumpeting the revolutionary genius of three generations of leaders that gave it "Victory in the Great Fatherland Liberation War". | Video

World, United Nations 27 Jul 2013

Former North Korean child beggar wins fame as TV chef

SEOUL - With her flower-print dress and black hair dyed a fashionable light brown, Kim Ha-na does not seem like a former child beggar who risked her life three times trying to escape from North Korea before finally fleeing at the age of 15.

Lifestyle, 27 Jul 2013

American held in North Korea tells family his health is failing

SEATTLE - Letters sent home by Kenneth Bae, a U.S. citizen imprisoned in North Korea for alleged crimes against the state, show a "new note of desperation," his sister said, as the United States seeks to prevent the Christian missionary from becoming a high-profile diplomatic bargaining chip.

China's vice president urges North Korea's Kim to enter talks

BEIJING - China's vice president told North Korean leader Kim Jong-un that Beijing will push for talks on ridding the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons, as he led a delegation to Pyongyang to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War.

World, China, 26 Jul 2013

North Korean leader Kim visits war graves before "victory" day

PYONGYANG - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un presided on Thursday over a commemoration at a war cemetery as the country prepares to mark the 60th anniversary of what is sees as its victory in the Korean War with defiance of old enemy the United States. | Video

World, 25 Jul 2013

High ranking Chinese official to attend North Korea festivities

BEIJING - China's vice-president, an unusually high ranking official to visit North Korea, will lead a delegation to attend festivities there marking the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War.

World, China, 24 Jul 2013

Ethiopia and Eritrea: An elusive peace on the cards?

Ethiopia and Eritrea are still at each others’ throats. The two neighbours fought hammer and tongs in sun-baked trenches during a two-year war over a decade ago, before a peace deal ended their World War I-style conflict in 2000. Furious veRed Sea, UNrbal battles, however, have continued to this day.