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President Obama's envoy to North Korea is in Pyongyang for his first round of talks to try to convince it to return to nuclear talks it walked away from a year ago. Stephen Bosworth is due to stay for three days and meet top North Korean officials.
North Korea made a rare appearance before a U.N. human rights organization on Monday, facing accusations of widespread abuses such as forced labor, public executions and torture.
North Korea made a rare appearance before the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday, where it defended itself against accusations of abuses like public executions, torture and allowing its population to go hungry.
NORTH KOREA U.S. envoy seeks return to nuke talks SEOUL | An envoy dispatched by President Obama launched a mission Tuesday to coax North Korea to rejoin international talks on ending its nuclear programs amid warnings of strong sanctions if Pyongyang refuses. Veteran diplomat Stephen Bosworth's visit is being watched for signs as to whether the isolated communist country will return to the ...
It tells a U.N. council that the food shortage that has gripped the nation has eased. North Korea made a rare appearance before a U.N. human rights organization Monday, facing accusations of widespread abuses such as forced labor, public executions and torture.
The United States, Japan and South Korea are working on a road map for ending North Korea's nuclear arms plans that could be on the agenda for a U.S. envoy's visit to Pyongyang this week, Japan's Asahi newspaper reported.
President Barack Obama's envoy began a rare trip to North Korea on Tuesday for the highest-level talks with the communist nation in more than a year as a senior U.S. official warned of strong sanctions against Pyongyang unless it rejoins international nuclear talks.
SEOUL, South Korea -- After a year of tensions, President Barack Obama is sending a veteran diplomat to North Korea on Tuesday for the highest-profile talks between Pyongyang and Washington since he took office pledging to reach out to America's adve...
Five Transportation Security Administration employees have been placed on administrative leave since it was discovered that sensitive guidelines about airport passenger screening were posted on the Internet.
Washington, 8 December (WashingtonTV)—The US special envoy to North Korea, Stephen Bosworth, has begun a three-day visit to Pyongyang, to see whether it will return to multinational disarmament talks.
The lineup for the knockout stages of the East Asian Games football tournament bears a striking resemblance to Asia's World Cup 2010 competitors, at least on the surface. Japan and South Korea, which have both qualified for the finals in South Africa next year, face off in the semifinals on Thursday while North Korea -- which next year will make its first appearance at the World Cup since 1966...
President Barack Obama's envoy began a rare trip to North Korea Tuesday for the highest-level talks with the communist...
A non-governmental delegation led by Nobel Laureate Peter C. Agre, the president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), arrives in Pyongyang today for five days of talks with scientists and officials in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's president offered Tuesday to send swine flu medication to North Korea amid reports that the virus killed dozens of people and is spreading fast in its impoverished communist neighbor.
The United States pushed Monday for more scrutiny of human rights conditions in North Korea, telling the U.N. Human Rights Council that it is now impossible to verify claims of abuses in the isolated communist state.
President Obama -- fighting wars in two countries -- will arrive in Norway on Thursday to accept the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009.
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