North Korea's state-run new agency quoted top officials today as saying the nation was "on the brink of war" with neighboring South Korea, and the government has also announced that it will be abandoning the nonagression pact between the two nations. Experts say the...
Just one month after North Korea finally came to an agreement with the west about resuming the dismantlement of its nuclear facilities at Yongbyon, tensions with the reclusive state are once again worsening. While last month's tensions focused around naval operations...
In a stunning 180 degree turn after weeks of increasing tensions between North Korea and the US and reports that North Korea was preparing to restart its Yongbyon nuclear facility, the source of the plutonium for its 2006 nuclear test explosion, North Korea has...
With South Korean General Kim Tae-Young accusing the North Koreans of working on a new nuclear warhead, the reported North Korean missile test firings earlier in the week, and the announcement that the North is barring IAEA inspectors from all portions of its Yongbyon...
North Korea has barred IAEA inspectors from all portions of the Yongbyon nuclear facility. They had previously expelled monitors from only a small portion of the overall facility. North Korea has had the UN remove all seals and surveillance equipment from the reactor....
South Korean Joint Chiefs chairman General Kim Tae-Young says he believes North Korea is attempting to develop, or may have already developed a nuclear warhead small enough to be carried by its missiles. He said it was not clear if they already had the warheads or...
North Korea has expelled IAEA monitors from its deactivated Yongbyon reactor today, as part of a reported plan to reactivate the facility. This follows a Monday announcement that North Korea had asked the agency to remove seals and surveillance equipment from the...
The US State Department cautioned against getting "overly excited" about the recent increase in tensions with North Korea. Yesterday, North Korea announced that it had suspended disabling its nuclear program two weeks ago, and threatened to renew its nuclear weapons...
