North Korea

Latest Stories

FILE - In this April 29, 2009, file photo, a South Korean farmer sprays disinfectant against a possible swine flu outbreak at a port farm in Paju, South Korea. South Korea is scrambling to prevent the spread of the highly contagious African swine fever on its pig herds after North Korea confirmed an outbreak at a farm near its border with China. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Lee Jung-hoon, File)

Seoul: North Korea confirms African swine fever outbreak

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 1, 2018, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, right, talks with Kim Yong Chol, former North Korean military intelligence chief and one of leader Kim Jong Un's closest aides, as they walk from their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. A South Korean newspaper is reporting that North Korea executed a senior envoy involved in nuclear negotiations with the U.S. as well as four other high-level officials. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Amid report of N. Korea purge, there are reasons for caution

By FOSTER KLUG and KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

Acting U.S. Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan, left, meets with China's Minister of National Defense Wei Fenghe during a meeting on the sidelines of the 18th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-la Dialogue, an annual defense and security forum in Asia, in Singapore, Friday, May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Lolita Baldor)

Defense chief calls out China on tech theft, South China Sea

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

U.S. President Donald Trump, center, gets off from the Marine One while departing from Japan at the Haneda International airport in Tokyo Tuesday, May 28, 2019. (Toshifumi Kitamura/Pool Photo via AP)

Donald Trump cools Iran, North Korea rhetoric amid war fears, Democrats’ criticism

By Dave Boyer and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Human rights officer Daniel Collinge, right, speaks as representative of OHCHR in Seoul or Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Seoul, Signe Poulsen, left, listens during a press conference in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, May 28, 2019. North Koreans working in hundreds of thriving markets that sprung up with the failure of the country's public system for distributing basic goods are often abused and forced to resort to bribery to survive, according to a U.N. report released Tuesday. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

UN reveals rights abuse at thriving markets in North Korea

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

More remains identified as US troops killed in Korean War

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

U.S. President Donald Trump, right, listens to Sakie Yokota, second from left, mother of Megumi Yokota who was kidnapped by North Korean agents at the age of 13-year-old in 1977, as Trump meets families of Japanese abductees by North Korea with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, second from right, at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, May 27, 2019. Megumi's brother Takuya Yokota, left, holds a picture of his sister Megumi Yokota.(Kimimasa Mayama/Pool Photo via AP)

Trump meets with families of Japanese abducted by N. Korea

Associated Press

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, speaks as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe listens during a news conference at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo Monday, May 27, 2019. (Kiyoshi Ota/Pool Photo via AP)

Donald Trump says North Korean missile launches could be bid for attention

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, speaks as he dines with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Inakaya restaurant in the Roppongi district of Tokyo, Sunday, May 26, 2019. (Kiyoshi Ota/Pool Photo via AP)

Trump in Japan: Pomp and tense circumstance

By JILL COLVIN and DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press

President Donald Trump meets with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Akasake Palace, Monday, May 27, 2019, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Shinzo Abe, Donald Trump hold talks on North Korea, trade

Associated Press

President Donald Trump meets with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Akasake Palace, Monday, May 27, 2019, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Latest: North Korea worries linger as Trump leaves Japan

Associated Press

In this Friday, May 24, 2019, file photo, U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton is surrounded by reporters at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan. North Korea on Monday, May 27, 2019, has called U.S. National Security Adviser Bolton a &quot;war monger&quot; and &quot;defective human product&quot; after he called the North's recent tests of short-range missile a violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions. (Yohei Kanasashi/Kyodo News via AP, File)

North Korea calls John Bolton ‘war monger’ over missile comment

By Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2019, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un take a walk after their first meeting at the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam. North Korea says nuclear negotiations with the United States will never resume unless Washington changes its negotiating tactics. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

On North Korea, Trump seems to undermine a senior adviser

By JILL COLVIN - Associated Press

U.S. President Donald Trump waves as he arrives at the Haneda International Airport Saturday, May 25, 2019, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, Pool)

The Latest: Trump to meet Japan’s emperor, talk with Abe

Associated Press

In this Friday, May 24, 2019, photo, U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton is surrounded by reporters at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo. Bolton called a series of short-range missiles launched by North Korea last month were violations to U.N. Security Council resolutions, stressing the need to keep sanctions in place. Bolton said Saturday, May 25, 2019, in Tokyo the U.S. position on the North’s denuclearization is consistent and that a repeated pattern of failures should be stopped. (Yohei Kanasashi/Kyodo News via AP)

Bolton says N. Korea missile tests violated UN resolutions

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

In this Feb. 28, 2019, file photo, President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un take a walk after their first meeting at the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi hotel, in Hanoi. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

NKorea says talks won’t resume unless US changes position

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

In this Nov. 6, 2017, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, second from left, reviews an honor guard during a welcome ceremony, escorted by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo. Trump’s Japan visit starting on Saturday, May 25, 2019, is to focus on personal ties with Abe rather than substantive results on trade, security or North Korea. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, Pool, File) **FILE**

Trump-Abe summit sparks fears of new North Korean provocation

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Saturday, May 18, 2019, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign rally at Eakins Oval in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Joe Biden camp reacts to North Korea calling him a ‘fool’: ‘No surprise’ regime favors Trump

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 15, 2010, file photo, a miner stands in front of the drill machine "Sissi" after it broke through the rock at the final section Faido-Sedrun, at the construction site of the NEAT Gotthard Base Tunnel. With a length of 57 km (35 miles) crossing the Alps, the world's longest train tunnel should become operational at the end of 2017. (AP Photo/Christian Hartmann, Pool, File)

Jim Rogers presses for Korea-Japan tunnel pending nuclear crisis end

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Saturday, May 18, 2019, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign rally at Eakins Oval in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

North Korea calls Biden ‘fool of low IQ’ over Kim criticism

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press