Posters are aimed at helping ‘splendidly spruce up Pyongyang and hasten the harvest this year’
North Korea detains American citizen - CNN
The State Department is working with the Swedish Embassy in North Korea to release an American man who has been detained there
Kim Jong-il isn't crazy
The North Korean leader knows exactly what he is doing: outsmarting the US.
Military drills persist as S. Korea vows firm response to future hits - CNN
Joint military exercises between South Korea and the United States continued in the Yellow Sea on Monday, as tensions with nearby North Korea continue to brew
North Korean weather report: the sky is falling
North Korea is fond of making outlandish, though empty, threats against the US and its allies. Here’s a look at some of the North’s biggest hits.
Kim Jong Il spent day touring soy sauce factory - AOL News
With his country on the brink of war, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il spent today reinforcing stereotypes about his own eccentricity
President Carter frees American from North Korea - BBC
Carter’s visit comes at a time of heightened tension between North Korea and the outside world, in the wake of the sinking of a South Korean warship
Jimmy Carter arrives in North Korea to secure release of American prisoner - Bloomberg
Aijalon Mahli Gomes was captured on Jan. 25 for illegally crossing the border from China
North Korea threatening 'physical response' - AP
Secretary Clinton and North Korea discuss ship sinking, U.S. sanctions
Gates travels to South Korea for talks on future - Reuters
Defense chief to discuss future strategy for North Korea
North Korea and the nuclear trump card
Kim can wield this leverage over his more powerful neighbors simply because they fear the repercussions of provocation more than they fear the underlying acts of aggression itself
Confronting North Korea: Who’s in charge?
We see through a glass darkly, said the Apostle Paul, and that is certainly the case when it comes to North Korea. Power appears to be shifting as the Supreme People’s Assembly meets in Pyongyang
China and Japan back North Korea financial sanctions - BBC
In a BBC interview, South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan speculated that the sinking of the Cheonan might have been the result of internal Pyongyang politics
SKorea: China will 'defend no one' on ship sinking - AP
China told South Korea on Friday that it will not defend whoever it determines was responsible for the sinking of a South Korean warship that killed 46 sailors, the South Korean government said
AP sources: China to join in on criticism of N. Korea - AP
Senior American officials say China will carefully move closer to South Korea’s position that the North must be held accountable for the torpedo attack in March
Tensions mount as North Korea reportedly to cut ties with South Korea - FOX News
The news came as South Korea blared propaganda broadcasts into North Korea after a six-year halt
Engaging China to maintain peace in East Asia
While the U.S. remains involved in wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, East Asia contains the seeds of potentially bigger conflicts. China holds the key to maintaining regional peace
South Korea plans to take North Korea to U.N. - AP
South Korea’s president said Monday his nation will no longer tolerate North Korea’s ‘brutality’
