North Korea says it tested H-bomb to widespread skepticism
By FOSTER KLUG South Korea (AP) — Soon after the ground shook around its nuclear testing facility, North Korea trumpeted its first hydrogen bomb test — a self-proclaimed “H-bomb of…
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Rival Koreas restart talks, pull back from brink _ for now
By ERIC TALMADGE and FOSTER KLUG For the moment, North and South Korea have pulled back from the brink and on Sunday resumed a second round of talks that temporarily…
The Latest on Koreas: N. Korea says ready for ‘all-out war’
The latest on the tensions on the Korean Peninsula (all times local):9 a.m. North Korea says it’s ready for an “all-out war” against South Korea as a 5:30 p.m. (0830…
Fearing Ebola, N. Korea bars tourists from capital marathon
By ERIC TALMADGE Further restricting travel to the already isolated country, North Korea barred foreigners from one of its most popular tourist events — the annual Pyongyang marathon — because…
North Korea hints at nuclear test moratorium
By HYUNG-JIN KIM North Korea has told the United States that it’s willing to impose a temporary moratorium on its nuclear tests if Washington scraps planned military drills with South…
Hack attack spurs call for more NKorea sanctions
By MATTHEW PENNINGTON and ERIC TUCKER Suspicions that North Korea was behind a destructive hacking attack against Sony Pictures and a threat against movie theaters are intensifying calls for tougher…
JAILED AMERICAN APPEARS BEFORE REPORTERS IN NKOREA
American missionary Kenneth Bae speaks to reporters at Pyongyang Friendship Hospital in Pyongyang Monday, Jan. 20, 2014. Bae, 45, who has been jailed in North Korea for more than a…
NKOREAN OFFICIAL: PURGE WON’T HURT ECONOMIC POLICY
By ERIC TALMADGE Yun Yong Sok, a senior official in North Korea’s State Economic Development Committee, speaks inside a conference room in Pyongyang, North Korea on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013.…