World: North Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea has delayed sending two convicted U.S. journalists to a prison labor camp, in a possible attempt to seek talks with Washington on their release, a scholar who visited the North said in an interview published Friday.

SEOUL (AFP) - This week's cyber attacks on South Korea and the United States came from 16 countries, Seoul's spy agency said Friday, highlighting the problems it faces in proving any North Korean involvement.

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea hinted Friday it could unilaterally raise fees paid by South Korea for the operation of their joint industrial complex, a development that could doom the symbol of reconciliation amid frayed relations between the two nations.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The sister of an American journalist sentenced with a co-worker to 12 years in a North Korean labor camp said that they're seeking a pardon as their only hope for freedom.

L'AQUILA, Italy (AFP) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown says Britain could reduce its nuclear arsenal as part of a global disarmament deal to persuade Iran and North Korea to give up its nuclear ambitions.

South Korea has fingered its northern enemy as the culprit, but the evidence isn't so clear

SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea's military will this month stage a major computer-simulated war game on deterring a possible attack from North Korea, officials said.

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea said Friday it had identified and blocked five IP addresses used to distribute computer viruses that caused a wave of Web site outages in the U.S. and South Korea.

WASHINGTON - A lot of people are saying this is cyber war. But if the Internet attack on U.S. Web sites was an assault by North Korea or some other foreign government, what good responses are in America's arsenal?

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One of two U.S. journalists detained in North Korea and accused of illegally entering the country has told her sister they broke the law, prompting the United States on Thursday to urge Pyongyang to grant them amnesty.

SEOUL (AFP) - A third wave of cyber attacks hit South Korea on Thursday evening, blocking or impeding access to official and private websites, amid suspicions North Korea or its supporters are to blame.

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's choice to lead U.S. forces in the Pacific warned Thursday that North Korea's missile and nuclear threats could spark an arms race in Asia.

SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea vowed Thursday to host its Arirang festival -- the world's largest mass performance -- this year, despite high regional tensions sparked by its nuclear test and multiple missile launches.

TOKYO (AFP) - Japan on Thursday sought to increase diplomatic pressure on North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons programme, talking with Washington and Beijing about ways to bring Pyongyang back to negotiations.

SEOUL (Reuters) - A fresh wave of cyber attacks that slowed U.S. and South Korean websites this week hit more targets on Thursday, a Web security firm said, while the South's spy agency has said the hacking may be linked to North Korea.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - One of the two US reporters jailed in North Korea made a telephone call to her US-based sister, Lisa Ling said in an interview broadcast on Thursday.

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea will stage its Arirang mass games from August, its state media said on Thursday, likely opening an avenue for foreign tourists and currency to flow into the state hit by U.N. sanctions for its May nuclear test.

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's latest public appearance is spurring fresh speculation that his health might be worsening, almost a year after he reportedly suffered a stroke.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The sister of an American journalist jailed in North Korea says the woman acknowledged breaking North Korean law during a recent phone call.

WASHINGTON - U.S. authorities on Wednesday eyed North Korea as the origin of the widespread cyber attack that overwhelmed government Web sites in the United States and South Korea, although they warned it would be difficult to definitively identify the attackers quickly.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Senators on Wednesday introduced a bill to impose new economic sanctions on North Korea, return it to a US terrorism blacklist, and expand US military cooperation with South Korea and Japan.

L'AQUILA, Italy - Group of Eight leaders have condemned "in the strongest terms" North Korea's nuclear test and ballistic missile launches.

L'AQUILA, Italy - G-8 condemns North Korea's nuclear test and ballistic missile launch.

SEOUL (AFP) - A gaunt-looking Kim Jong-Il, the reclusive North Korean leader, made a rare televised appearance Wednesday to pay homage to his late father Kim Il-Sung at a national memorial service.

ROME (AFP) - US President Barack Obama said Wednesday it was important to pursue dialogue with Iran and North Korea to dissuade them from acquiring nuclear weapons as he flew into Italy for a three-day G8 summit.

SEOUL, July 8, 2009 (AFP) - South Korea's intelligence service believes North Korea or its sympathisers may have staged a major cyber attack that shut down US and South Korean websites, lawmakers were quoted saying Wednesday.

ROME (AFP) - US President Barack Obama said Wednesday that it was important to pursue dialogue with Iran and North Korea to dissuade them from acquiring nuclear weapons.

North Korea is suspected of launching an unprecedentedly large cyber-attack this past weekend against South Korea and a smaller number of US government web sites.

The quiet return to port of a small, aging North Korean freighter was almost lost beneath the waves of news reports about North Korea's cyberattack.