4 September 2010, 8:05 pm
North Korea's regime has long defied naysayers by persevering through famines, floods and global opprobrium. But what would happen if the upcoming power transition marks the beginning of the end?... Read More »
3 September 2010, 11:56 pm
A Redding man is leaving this weekend for Korea, his second trip there at government expense.... Read More »
3 September 2010, 9:27 pm
Seoul - The North Korea regime is preparing for its most important political meeting in 30 years, a ruling party congress that might signal the succession of power in the secretive, isolated, one-party state.... Read More »
3 September 2010, 5:56 pm
North Korea is preparing its largest political meeting in 30 years, and leader Kim Jong Il is expected to appoint a son to a key Workers Party position.... Read More »
3 September 2010, 12:55 pm
For the first time in decades, North Korea is set to hold a Workers' Party Conference -- as early as this weekend. Observers say North Korea's ailing ruler, Kim Jong Il, could be set to pass the reins of the world's only communist dynasty to a third generation, his third son, Kim Jong Un.... Read More »
3 September 2010, 9:12 am
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea is preparing its largest political meeting in 30 years, and leader Kim Jong Il is expected to appoint a son to a key Workers Party position in what would be the strongest sign yet of a succession movement in the secretive communist country.... Read More »
2 September 2010, 11:19 pm
SEOUL, South Korea – SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea and the United States will hold joint anti-submarine exercises in another show of force against North Korea , officials said Friday, as Pyongyang renewed threats against the drills.... Read More »
2 September 2010, 11:13 pm
SEOUL, South Korea -- Kim Jong-il, the North Korean leader, is expected to convene a rare congress of the ruling Workers' Party in coming days to pave the way for his son to succeed him, a feat of political engineering that would be a first in the Communist world: extending dynastic rule to a third ... Read More »
1 September 2010, 8:08 pm
North Korea has used its Twitter feed, to post links to stinging anti-Seoul statements.... Read More »
31 August 2010, 11:04 pm
North Korea vowed to strengthen military ties with China on Wednesday, days after the North's leader Kim Jong-il finished a visit aimed at bolstering the bond with his isolated country's sole major supporter.... Read More »