A report in South Korean media is fueling the ongoing speculation about the deteriorating health of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. YTN News, citing unidentified intelligence sources in South Korea and China, reported Monday that the 67-year-old leader has pancreatic cancer. South Korea's Unification Ministry flatly denied the report, which comes a week after a frail-looking Kim appeared in public for the first time in months. Doctors told South Korea's state-run Yonhap News Agency that it is impossible to ...

North Korea's reclusive leader appeared in public Wednesday for the first time in months to commemorate the 15th anniversary of his father's death. Kim Jong Il, 67, seemed frail and gaunt as he walked into the service flanked by senior party and military officials. It was his second public appearance since he was widely reported to have suffered a stroke in August. He was seen in April when he was reappointed as chairman of North Korea's ...

North Korea is demonstrating an unwillingness to resume negotiations on its nuclear activities, the British ambassador to the country said Friday. Peter Hughes spoke to reporters from the North Korean capital of Pyongyang a day after the country test-fired four short-range missiles off its coast. A U.S. official described the launches as "provocative acts." "I have seen no willingness on their part to engage in negotiations whatsoever," Hughes said of the North Koreans. The six-party talks on North ...