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A S. Korean commuter watches Kim Jong Un, son of the N. Korean leader Kim Jong Il, on TV, October 10, 2010. North Korea claimed Tuesday that it is has "thousands of centrifuges" working to create nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. The claim printed in North Korea's state-run KCNA news...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2010/11/29/grant.skorea.lee.talks.cnn Government ministers from the United States, Japan and South Korea will meet in Washington in early December to discuss North Korea, South Korea's foreign affairs ministry said Tuesday. The ministry did not provide...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2010/11/30/yoon.wiki.nkorea.china.document.cnn http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2010/11/29/ctw.anderson.hill.cnn New documents posted on the websites of the Guardian and The New York Times suggest Chinese officials are losing patience with long-time ally...

China is proposing to convene an emergency consultation with members of the six-party talks amid growing tensions on the Korean peninsula, a Chinese official and an American official said Sunday. "The Chinese side, after careful studies, proposes to have emergency consultations among the heads...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2010/11/29/bts.lee.south.korea.ytn http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2010/11/28/nr.vicenzino.china.cnn http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2010/11/26/mcedwards.korea.tensions.cnn Seoul, South Korea -- South Korea has reportedly deployed more long-range...

It was one of the symbols of a supposed new era of co-operation between the two Koreas when it opened two years ago. A championship golf course with a reported $74m price tag, built in North Korea near the infamous Demilitarized Zone, in the picturesque setting of the Mount Kumgang range. It...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- With President Barack Obama's special envoy to North Korea now hitting the three major East Asian capitals (Seoul, Tokyo and Beijing) to try to figure out what, if anything, they can do about North Korea's...

South Korea deploys fighter jets and responds with artillery fire after North Korea shells an inhabited South Korean island in the Yellow Sea, killing at least two soldiers. http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2010/11/23/bpr.korean.tensions.cnn Seoul, South Korea -- North Korea fired...

Seoul, South Korea -- North Korea's latest revelations about its uranium-enrichment program confirm the country's long-term deceit, U.S. and South Korean diplomats said Monday. The country's nuclear program was never an "if"; it was always a "when," North Korean watchers underscored. Calling...

A State Department team is traveling to South Korea Sunday, after a U.S. scientist reported that North Korea has a new uranium enrichment facility. North Korean officials said the facility is operating and producing low-enriched uranium, according to Stanford University professor Siegfried S...

Experts at Jane's Defense Weekly say the tunneling operation seen in the satellite imagery may indicate a test is planned. A nuclear security think tank obtained the satellite pictures. Washington -- The latest satellite imagery taken of North Korea indicates the secretive country might be...

Residents of Hickory, North Carolina, held a candlelight vigil to celebrate the life of Zahra Baker. http://cnn.com/video/?/video/crime/2010/11/15/ng.zarha.dismemberment.hln Hickory, North Carolina -- Residents of Hickory, North Carolina, held a candlelight vigil to celebrate the life of...

Many North Korean children, like these shown with World Food Programme provisions in 2005, battle malnutrition. About 5 million North Koreans will continue to face food shortages because of a grain deficit, two United Nations agencies warned Tuesday. North Korea requires 867,000 metric tons of...

The number of North Koreans who have defected to South Korea has passed 20,000, the Yonhap news agency said Monday. A 41-year-old woman identified only by the last name Kim arrived in South Korea on Thursday, becoming the 20,000th defector, Yonhap said, citing South Korea's Unification...

A visitor takes pictures of replicas of North Korea's Scud-B missile, center green, and South Korean missiles that are displayed at the Korean War Memorial in Seoul on June 28, 2010. United Nations -- A U.N. expert panel alleges that North Korea exported banned nuclear and ballistic missile...

Jo Myong-Rok, second right, during the 60th anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang on October 10, 2005. Jo Myong Rok, a top North Korean military officer, died of heart disease Saturday, the country's official news agency reported. He was 82. Jo, the vice marshal of the...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2009/11/09/jieae.koreas.naval.clash.cnn Seoul, South Korea -- North Korean and South Korean military units exchanged gunfire near their border Friday, the South Korean Yonhap news agency reported. The exchange happened after North Korean forces fired two...

Elderly South Koreans, who were separated from their families during the 1950-53 Korean War, hold a traditional ritual for their deceased relatives at Imjingak peace park in Paju in North Korea, near the inter-Korea border, on September 14. South Korea will push North Korea for monthly...

Washington -- Sudan parties must be ready to compromise in a new round of talks as the country's north and south regions prepare for a vote that could see them split into two, U.S. officials say. "With just 79 days remaining until January 9th ... there is just no more time to waste," said Scott...

Six counties in eastern North Carolina have been declared federal disaster areas after heavy rains from Tropical Storm Nicole earlier this month caused extensive flooding and subsequent damage. Gov. Bev Perdue's office said it received notice Thursday afternoon that the federal agency had...