A chemical plant explosion early Wednesday in Luoyang, China, killed a factory worker and hospitalized 108 others, seven of them seriously, state-run media said. The U.S. Navy tailed a North Korean ship that was believed to have been carrying weapons bound for Myanmar.
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Report: Kim Jong Il has pancreatic cancer
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.
U.S. seeks amnesty for two held in North Korea
The United States has dropped its request that two American journalists imprisoned in North Korea be released on humanitarian grounds, and is seeking amnesty instead, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said.
Is North Korea Behind the Cyberattacks?
If North Korea is really behind the cyberattacks on U.S. and South Korean websites over the past few days, as South Korea has claimed, why hasn’t it taken responsibility
Sister hears from journalist held in N. Korea
After weeks of silence, the sister of one of the two American journalists imprisoned in North Korea finally got a phone call. “It was only the first time I had heard her voice in weeks
U.S. government sites among those hit by cyberattack
U.S. government Web sites — including those of the White House and the State Department — have been under attack since the Fourth of July, along with financial and commercial sites like Yahoo Finance and the New York Stock Exchange, cybersecurity experts said Wednesday. The Department of Homeland Security, which is one of the targets, according to a security expert, confirmed that the attacks were taking place
Kim Jong Il appears frail at father’s memorial service
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.
The Two Koreas Plan to Meet Again
Relations between North Korea and the rest of the world — including its neighbor to the South — are beginning to look like a feedback loop.
North Korea test-fires more missiles, says Seoul
North Korea fired several short-range missiles toward the Sea of Japan on Saturday, an act that the U.S. watched closely and South Korea called provocative.
The Other North Korean Crisis: An Economy in Tatters
I had the rare opportunity in 2002 to take a road trip through North Korea.