The Daily Caller

The Daily Caller

North Korea releases new propaganda posters! Expert suggests 'they are worried' - TheDC

| Jamie Weinstein
Poster 1

Posters are aimed at helping ‘splendidly spruce up Pyongyang and hasten the harvest this year’

North Korea detains American citizen - CNN

| interns

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

| JM Arcano

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

| Vince Coglianese

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

| Patrick Cronin

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

| wrahn

With his country on the brink of war, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il spent today reinforcing stereotypes about his own eccentricity

Kim Jong may be ill - ABC News

| interns

What Ails North Korea’s Kim Jong Il

President Carter frees American from North Korea - BBC

| Chad Brady (admin)

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

Kim snubs Carter - The Washington Times

| interns

Kim visits China as Carter waits in Pyongyang

Jimmy Carter arrives in North Korea to secure release of American prisoner - Bloomberg

| Chad Brady (admin)

Aijalon Mahli Gomes was captured on Jan. 25 for illegally crossing the border from China

North Korea threatening 'physical response' - AP

| interns

Secretary Clinton and North Korea discuss ship sinking, U.S. sanctions

Gates travels to South Korea for talks on future - Reuters

| interns

Defense chief to discuss future strategy for North Korea

North Korea and the nuclear trump card

| Scott Erickson

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?

| Doug Bandow

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

| interns

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

| admin

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

| admin

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

| Julia McClatchy (admin)

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

| Doug Bandow

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

| interns

South Korea’s president said Monday his nation will no longer tolerate North Korea’s ‘brutality’