World - North Korea

SEOUL (AFP) - US envoy Stephen Bosworth voiced concerns during his visit to North Korea last week about the country's uranium enrichment programme, a South Korean ruling party official said Tuesday. Full Story »

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea raised the amount of old currency that citizens can turn in for new bills after merchants rioted against the rules, a news report said Tuesday. Full Story »

BANGKOK - Thai authorities focused Tuesday on the mammoth task of inspecting 35 tons of weapons seized from a cargo plane loaded in North Korea, as details of the aircraft's alleged shady past emerged but its ultimate destination remained a mystery. Full Story »

SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea has backtracked on details of its shock currency revaluation following a riot by market traders that led to 12 executions, a report said Tuesday. Full Story »

BANGKOK (AFP) - A Thai court on Monday extended the detention of the crew of a plane that flew a cache of heavy weapons out of North Korea, as Washington hailed the seizure as proof sanctions were effective. Full Story »

Washington, DC - The seizure at Bangkok’s airport of 35 tons of North Korean arms being shipped by plane raises a disturbing question: How many weapons is North Korea managing to ship undetected to Iran and other clients worldwide? Full Story »

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday the United States is "very pleased" with Thailand's seizure of weapons from North Korea, adding it shows the effectiveness of international sanctions. Full Story »

MOSCOW (AFP) - The United States has set no timetable with North Korea on its return to nuclear arms talks, a senior US envoy said Monday in Moscow after ice-breaking meetings in Pyongyang. Full Story »

MOSCOW - The special U.S. envoy to North Korea says he has been encouraged by his meetings with North Korean officials. Full Story »

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The U.S. envoy for North Korea said on Monday no timetable had been set for talks on nuclear disarmament with the isolated state to resume. Full Story »

ASTANA (AFP) - A cargo plane seized in Thailand suspected of smuggling arms from North Korea was owned by a Kazakh airline before being sold to a Georgian firm two months ago, officials said Monday. Full Story »

Key points in the U.N. Security Council resolution adopted in June imposing additional sanctions on North Korea for its second nuclear test in defiance of an earlier ban. Full Story »

SEOUL (AFP) - The United States and North Korea agreed to discuss a peace treaty on the Korean peninsula at four-nation talks involving the two nations, China and South Korea, a news report said Sunday. Full Story »

A 2009 timeline of Iran's and North Korea's nuclear programs and related events: Full Story »

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand will press charges against the crew of a plane forced to land in Bangkok and found to be carrying arms from North Korea, officials said on Sunday, adding it was unclear where the plane had been going. Full Story »

BANGKOK (AFP) - Thailand Saturday detained five men after they made an emergency landing in Bangkok with a cargo plane from North Korea full of heavy weapons, ministers and officials said. Full Story »

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea and the United States have agreed to resume suspended four-way talks to replace the tattered Korean War armistice with a permanent peace accord, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said on Sunday. Full Story »

TOKYO (AFP) - North Korea is "open" to the idea of talks with Japan, but gave no indication of when it would re-join a six-nation forum aimed at scrapping its nuclear programme, a US envoy said Sunday. Full Story »