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Activist No Su-hui (center) shouts, "Long live reunification!" in front of North Korean officials and soldiers before crossing the demarcation line between North and South Korea where South Korean officials (in background) were waiting for him, at the Demilitarized Zone at Panmunjom, Korea, on Thursday, July 5, 2012. South Korean officials immediately detained the activist for making an extended trip to Pyongyang without South Korean government approval, as required by law. (Associated Press)

South Korean arrested for unapproved trip to North

Associated Press

Defected NKorea poet writes of hunger, desperation

By SYLVIA HUI - Associated Press

North Korean Pak Jong-suk speaks to reporters at the People’s Palace of Culture in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Thursday, June 28, 2012. Ms. Pak said she was tricked into defecting to South Korea by agents who offered to arrange a reunion with her long-lost father, but she returned home after being disillusioned with life in the South. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang-hyon)

N. Korean claims South’s agents tricked her into defecting

Associated Press

** FILE ** A North Korean soldier stands in front of the country's Unha-3 rocket, which was launched unsuccessfully on Friday, April 13, 2012. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

S. Korean official: No talks in sight with the North

By Ben Birnbaum - The Washington Times

Syria joins 16 others as human-trafficking worst

By Chuck Neubauer - The Washington Times

SKorea teens flock online, snitch pro-North posts

By YOUKYUNG LEE - Associated Press

N. Korean drought likely to threaten food supply

Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Obama, Clinton ignoring North Korea threat

The Washington Times

**FILE** Officers of the urban management bureau, known as chengguan in Chinese, demand Nov. 20, 2011, a beggar and his child leave a street in Guiyang, in southwestern China's Guizhou province. (Associated Press)

Rights report hails Arab Spring, scolds North Korea, Syria

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Embassy Row: Mixed messages from N. Korea

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

An Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Staff Sgt. Israel P. Nuanes after arrival at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Nuanes died in Afghanistan supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. (Associated Press)

Military diligent in quest to locate its missing

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

Glyn Davies, U.S. envoy to North Korea, answers reporters' questions after meeting with South Korea's chief nuclear envoy, Lim Sung-nam, and Mr. Lim's Japanese counterpart, Shinsuke Sugiyama, at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul on Monday, May 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Images show more work at N. Korean nuclear test site

By Foster Klug - Associated Press

Burst of activity detected at N. Korean nuclear test site

By Foster Klug - Associated Press

A-ha’s best cover band is in… North Korea

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Illustration: Pentagon cuts

LYONS: Budget crisis drives defense strategy

By Adm. James A. Lyons - The Washington Times

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak (left), Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (center) and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda pose for photographs ahead of the fifth trilateral summit among the three nations in Beijing on Sunday, May 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Petar Kujundzic, Pool)

China, S. Korea, Japan try to ease N. Korea tensions

By Didi Tang - Associated Press

An announcer for North Korean state broadcaster KRT speaks on Friday, April 13, 2012, about the failure of the country's rocket launch. (AP Photo/KRT via AP video)

Study: Outside media changing N. Korean worldview

By Matthew Pennington - Associated Press

North Korea watched for nuke test, but not bomb

By Eric Talmadge - Associated Press

President Obama (right) and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Monday, April 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama, Japanese PM denounce N. Korean aggressiveness

By Matthew Pennington - Associated Press

Blind Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng is pictured in a video posted to YouTube on Friday, April 27, 2012, by the overseas Chinese news site Boxun.com. (AP Photo/Boxun.com)

Invisible dissident dominates U.S.-China talks

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press