Seoul, Oct 13 (DPA) North Korea Tuesday agreed to meet South Korea this week for talks, but was at the same time preparing new missile tests, South Korean media reports said. The two ...

Seoul, Oct 13 (DPA) North Korea appears to be preparing to conduct new missile tests, a South Korean news agency reported Tuesday. After five rocket tests on Monday on North Korea's east coast, ...

Seoul, OCt 6 (DPA) North Korea appears to be in the final stage of restoring a previously disabled nuclear facility, South Korean media reported Tuesday. "There are signs that the restoration of the ...

Washington/Seoul, Aug.26 (ANI): US special envoy Stephen Bosworth is said to have accepted an offer from North Korea for nuclear talks and is expected to visit Pyongyang next month. According to South Korean ...

Seoul, Aug 22 (DPA) North and South Korea held their first high-level talks in almost two years Saturday amid indications of an easing of tensions on the Korean peninsula. South Korea's Minister of ...

Seoul, July 29 (DPA) China seized 70 kg of a strategic missile-making metal bound for North Korea, South Korean media reported Wednesday, quoting a local Chinese newspaper. The seizure took place Friday at ...

Seoul, July 4 (DPA) North Korea fired five more missiles off its east coast Saturday, according to South Korean media reports. The missiles, apparently Scud rockets, were fired over the Sea of Japan, ...

Seoul, July 4 (DPA) North Korea fired three more missiles off its east coast, a day after it fired four short-range missiles, according to South Korean media reports early Saturday. The missiles were ...

Seoul, July 4 (DPA) North Korea fired two more missiles off its east coast, a day after it fired four short-range missiles, according to South Korean media reports early Saturday. The missiles were ...

Seoul, July 4 (DPA) North Korea fired two more missiles off its east coast, according to South Korean media reports early Saturday. The missiles were apparently Scud rockets with a reach of ...

Seoul, June 3 (DPA) An intercontinental missile has been brought to an assembly hall at a new launch site on North Korea's northwest coast, a South Korean newspaper reported Wednesday. The missile appeared ...

Seoul, June 2 (DPA) North Korea appeared to be preparing to test a medium-range missile at the same time as an intercontinental one, a South Korean media report said Tuesday. Evidence of launch ...

Seoul/Tokyo, May 27 (DPA) The North Korean military fired another short-range missile across the Sea of Japan, its third such launch since conducting an internationally condemned nuclear test Monday, South Korean media ...

Seoul, May 26 (DPA) North Korea fired two short-range missiles Tuesday, a day after conducting an internationally condemned nuclear test, South Korean media reported. The launches were carried out on North Korea's east ...

Seoul, May 26 (DPA) North Korea's military fired two short-range missiles Tuesday, a day after conducting an internationally condemned nuclear test, South Korean media reported.

Seoul, April 26 (DPA) North Korea's communist leader Kim Jong-il has promoted his youngest son to a key post, in a possible sign of grooming him as a successor, South Korean media ...

Seoul, April 3 (DPA) North Korea has begun final preparations for its controversial long-range rocket launch and could fire the weapon as early as Saturday, South Korean media reported Friday. "North Korea seems ...

Seoul, March 12 (DPA) North Korea informed an international shipping organisation that it intends to launch a satellite at the beginning of April, South Korean media reported Thursday. The International Maritime Organisation was ...

Seoul, Feb 27 (DPA) North Korea has begun to test radar and other equipment in preparation for launching what it claims to be a satellite, South Korean media reports said Friday. Increased activity ...

Seoul, Feb 3 (DPA) North Korea is preparing to test-fire an intercontinental missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, South Korean media reports said Tuesday.Intelligence agencies in South Korea and the US ...

London, Jan 4 (ANI): North Koreas reclusive leader Kim Jong-il has declared discussion of his succession off limits for three years, despite reports that the women in his life are plotting ...

Moscow, Nov 6 (ANI): Kim Jong Il, top leader of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK), attended a concert of the countrys most prominent performing groups, the official daily paper ...

Seoul, Oct 16 (DPA) Communist North Korea stepped up pressure on its southern neighbour, threatening Thursday to cut all ties with Seoul, South Korean media reported.Pyongyang reiterated its accusations that the conservative ...

Seoul, Oct 10 (DPA) North Korea and the United States are closer to a compromise in a last-ditch effort to salvage a nuclear disarmament deal, South Korean media said Friday.Both sides ...

Seoul, Sep 12 (DPA) North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has reportedly recovered from a stroke and is able to brush his own teeth but is suffering from sporadic spasms, South Korean ...

DPA Seoul, July 13 (DPA) North Korea has rejected an offer by South Korean President Lee Myun Bak to restart reconciliation talks, South Korean media reported Sunday, quoting the official North Korean daily ...

DPA Seoul, June 25 (DPA) North Korea is to present an eagerly-awaited detailed declaration of its nuclear programme Thursday, South Korean media said Wednesday. The country will hand over a formal declaration of ...

DPA Seoul/Pyongyang, April 28 (DPA) The Beijing Olympic torch relay's latest leg kicked off in the North Korean capital Pyongyang Monday morning, Korean media reported. The torch, to be carried by 80 people ...

DPA Seoul, March 28 (DPA) North Korea Friday test-fired a series of short-range missiles over the Yellow Sea, South Korean media reported, citing government officials in Seoul. The tests were believed to be ...