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November 20, 2015

Chicago man, father accused of attempting to ship weapons parts to North Korea

Hsien Tai Tsai, 67, and his 36-year-old son, Yueh-Hsun Tsai, are charged with one count each of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. in its enforcement of laws prohibiting the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.聽

November 16, 2015

Report claims UN chief plans to visit North Korea this week

The United Nations would neither confirm nor deny a South Korean news report late Sunday that Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon planned to visit North Korea's capital this week.

November 12, 2015

North Korea official's disappearance raises fresh purge suspicions

Speculation about a possible new high-level purge in North Korea grew on Thursday after a close aide to leader Kim Jong Un appeared to miss a gathering of the Pyongyang leadership.

November 12, 2015

Official's disappearance raises suspicion of new North Korea purge

Speculation about a possible new high-level purge in North Korea grew on Thursday after a close aide to leader Kim Jong Un appeared to miss a gathering of the Pyongyang leadership.

November 9, 2015

North Korea is a greater threat to our national security today than it was in 1988

Why isn't North Korea back on the state sponsors of terrorism list?

November 5, 2015

North Korea launches website to lure in foreign tourists

The Hermit Kingdom is trying to lure in foreign tourists.

November 3, 2015

To stay afloat in info age, NKorea creates private web

North Korea thinks Bright -- a self-contained, tightly controlled Intranet -- is the authoritarian answer to the freewheeling Internet.

November 2, 2015

UN in North Korea: Four years after office reopens, auditors warn of old problems

Four years after the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) reopened an office in North Korea that had been closed in the wake of 聽revelations of millions in hard currency transfers and of 鈥渄ual-use鈥� technology handed over to the communist regime, it has been given a top rating by UNDP auditors, despite their concerns about lax oversight, dubious record-keeping and erratic financial controls.

October 21, 2015

Chernobyl 2? Watching the world鈥檚 aging power plants

North Korea鈥檚 aging Yongbyon nuclear power plant probably won't lead to a nuclear catastrophe, despite an alarming report calling it the next Chernobyl -- but the danger posed by the world鈥檚 aging reactors is real nonetheless.

July 22, 2015

North Korea claims it has developed cure for MERS, Ebola, and AIDS

The authoritarian, impoverished nation better known for pursuing a nuclear program despite global criticism announced Friday it has a drug can prevent and cure MERS, Ebola, SARS and AIDS.