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North Korea launches unprecedented personal attack on South Korea leader SEOUL Fri Apr 4, 2014 5:13am EDT South Korean President Park Geun-hye looks at the exhibition 'DMZ-Gruenes Band' during a visit to the East Side Gallery in Berlin March 27, 2014. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (Reuters) -...

Much ado about nothing for North Korean space agency Nada PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 02 April, 2014, 9:54pm UPDATED : Thursday, 03 April, 2014, 2:41am The Guardian The agency has a Nasa-like logo and an unfortunate acronym. The choice of a globe as the emblem for North Korea's space agency...

2 Koreas Trade Fire Across West Sea chosun.com / Apr. 01, 2014 09:27 KST North Korea fired around 500 artillery rounds toward the maritime border with South Korea in the West Sea on Monday as part of a training exercise, and around 100 of them fell south of the sea boundary. The South...

Drone crashes on South Korean border island Wreckage of unmanned aerial vehicle recovered on Baengnyeong Island April 1st, 2014 Leo Byrne South is Korea is investigating an unidentified drone that crashed landed on the border island of Baengnyeong on Tuesday. The incident occurred on the...

South Korea recovers suspected North Korean drone on Baengnyeong island PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 01 April, 2014, 10:31pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 01 April, 2014, 10:31pm Agence France-Presse in Seoul The wreckage of a drone on Baengnyeong Island. Photo: AFP South Korea said yesterday it had...

Missile launch fears as North Korea declares no-sail zone No-navigation zones on East and West coast suggest short, mid-range ballistic missile testing could be imminent April 1st, 2014 Hamish Macdonald Amid growing speculation that further ballistic missile testing could be imminent, North...

Pyongyang sports new Chinese-brand taxis Taxis in Pyongyang cater to well-residents, making sudden increase in numbers unusual March 31st, 2014 Kang Tae-jun The Singapore-based Choson Exchange has posted three photos of new taxis in Pyongyang, identifying the latest vehicles to be added to...

Magnitude 5 earthquake occurs 132KM from North Korea Location of quake suggests DPRK nuclear testing not cause March 31st, 2014 Chad O'Carroll A magnitude five earthquake occurred 132km from the Korean peninsula early on Tuesday morning, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) has said...

SKorea fires shells at NKorean waters after drills By HYUNG-JIN KIM and JUNG-YOON CHOI 31 March 2014 SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea on Monday returned fire into North Korean waters after shells from a North Korean live-fire drill fell south of the rivals' disputed western sea...

N Korea warns of ‘war’ over South’s anti-Pyongyang leaflets North claims relations with South 'catastrophic' and will bolster its 'war deterrent' in response to scattering of leaflets Seoul denies PUBLISHED : Saturday, 29 March, 2014, 2:03pm UPDATED : Saturday, 29 March, 2014, 2:03pm Agence...

S. Korea detects suspected N. Korea hacking attempt AFP March 28, 2014, 2:17 am Seoul (AFP) - South Korea detected a suspected North Korean hacking attempt Thursday to steal military data by using a journalist's notebook computer, defence ministry officials said. The military cyber...

S. Korea fires warning shots, seizes N. Korea fishing boat AFP March 28, 2014, 2:21 am Seoul (AFP) - A South Korean naval ship fired warning shots Thursday and seized a North Korean fishing boat intruding across the disputed Yellow Sea border, military officials said. The vessel sailed a...

Mandatory Korean Kim haircuts a net rumour AP Eric Talmadge AP March 28, 2014, 6:10 am <object id="flashObj" classid="clsid:D <embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"...

Prepare for War in 2015, Kim Jong-un Tells Officers chosun.com / Mar. 26, 2014 13:05 KST North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and military politburo chief Choe Ryong-hae (far left) watch a shooting competition at a military school in Pyongyang, in this March 12 file photo from the Rodong Sinmun...

USFK Chief Warns of N.Korea's Nukes chosun.com / Mar. 27, 2014 11:30 KST The North Korean regime is pursuing a "coercive strategy" to ensure in its own survival, said Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, commander of the U.S. Forces Korea. Scaparrotti was speaking at a hearing of the U.S. Senate Armed...

Algerian Leader Mocked as Kim Jong-un 'Wannabe' chosun.com / Mar. 27, 2014 12:04 KST Courtesy of Le Matin The Algerian newspaper Le Matin has upset the country's long-time president Abdelaziz Bouteflika with a doctored image that shows him looking like North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. The...

China may no longer need North Korea as buffer zone – Japanese expert Economic interdependency may be pushing S. Korea, China together at North's expense March 27th, 2014 Kosuke Takahashi A respected Japanese expert on Korean affairs on Wednesday said that China may support the South...

North seeks Comfort Women compensation in Japan talks While Japan pushes for abductions issue resolution Pyongyang seeks compensation of its own March 26th, 2014 Joseph Sugarman North Korean officials have reiterated their demand for compensation for Japanese use of Korean “Comfort Women”...

N. Korea missile launch coincides with Nuclear Security Summit press conf. Park, Abe and Obama show a united front over North Korea's nuclear prgram as missiles fired into the East Sea March 26th, 2014 Hamish Macdonald North Korea test-fired two mid-range missiles as leaders from the U.S...

North Korea slams South's president, likens her to 'blabbering peasant' PUBLISHED : Thursday, 27 March, 2014, 10:47am UPDATED : Thursday, 27 March, 2014, 11:32pm Agence France-Presse in Seoul South Korean President Park Geun-hye addresses a press conference in Berlin on Wednesday. Photo...