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Pyongyang, North Korea -- North Korea's reclusive leader, Kim Jong Il, made another rare public appearance Sunday with his youngest son at a massive military parade billed as one of the largest in the nation. Dignitaries from around the world, including China, Russia, Nepal, Poland, Austria and...

Obama declares emergency in N.C. WASHINGTON, -- President Barack Obama Wednesday declared an emergency exists in North Carolina because of the approach of Hurricane Earl, the White House said. The president ordered federal aid to supplement state and local responses to the coming storm...

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N. Korea threatens 'physical response' HANOI, Vietnam, A joint military drill by U.S. and South Korean forces "is against the sovereignty" of North Korea, a Pyongyang spokesman said at a meeting of Asian leaders. "It is a threat to the Korean peninsula and the region of Asia as a whole, and...

Ex-North Korean spy visits Japan TOKYO, A former North Korean spy and airline bomber met in Japan Tuesday with relatives of Japanese abducted by the North's agents, Japan's prime minister said. Kyodo News reported it is the first trip outside South Korea for Kim Hyon Hui since she was...

S Korea allows more workers in N. Korea SEOUL, The number of South Korean employees at a joint factory complex with North Korea will be allowed to increase from 500 to 600, the government said Friday. Lee Jong-joo, a spokeswoman for the ministry overseeing reconciliation with North Korea, said...

Report: N. Koreans starving on 'wild' food NEW YORK, Thousands of North Koreans are estimated to have starved to death during crippling food shortages in North Korea, a human rights group says. Shortages of food, made worse by government policies, have left some North Koreans eating barely...

Talks on S. Korean warship sinking start PYONGYANG, North Korea, (UPI) -- Military talks with North Korea about the sinking of a South Korean warship began Thursday morning, the United Nations Command said. The colonel-level talks between members of the North Korean People's Army and the...

Security Council condemns N. Korea NEW YORK, (UPI) -- The U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution Friday condemning North Korea's sinking of a South Korean naval vessel. North Korea has continued to deny it was responsible for the loss of the Cheonan and 46 members of its crew. The vessel...

S. Korean FM says no six-nation talks yet SEOUL, (UPI) -- South Korea wants a resolution of the sinking of its warship before resuming talks on North Korea's nuclear disarmament, its foreign minister said Tuesday. The six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear disarmament remain stalled since...

S. Korea says North incalcitrant SEOUL, (UPI) -- South Korea said Monday North Korea has violated the declaration they reached a decade ago by pursuing its nuclear weapons and testing program. Unification Ministry spokesman Chun Hae-sung said while Seoul remains willing to try to resolve...

Newport festival director killed in crash NORTH BRANCH, Minn., (UPI) -- The popular Newport (R.I.) Music Festival's artistic director died when his car sped off a highway, rolled and crashed in a ditch in Minnesota, authorities say. Mark P. Malkovich III, 79, of Portsmouth, R.I., was driving...

Military retaliation not seen as an option SEOUL, May 20 (UPI) -- Despite the anger in South Korea over the sinking of its navy ship, any retaliation against North Korea, blamed for the tragedy, is unlikely now, analysts say. The concern is that any such strike could escalate into a bigger...

Finding says N. Korean torpedo sank ship SEOUL, (UPI) -- A North Korean torpedo, as suspected by Seoul, sank a South Korean navy ship March 26, killing 46 sailors, international investigators said Thursday. North Korea, as it has from the time of the incident near the sea borders of the two...

SEOUL, South Korea – A North Korean mine may have caused the explosion that sank a South Korean naval ship three days ago near a disputed maritime border, the defense minister told lawmakers Monday. Defense Minister Kim Tae-young said military authorities have not ruled out North Korean...

A Seoul-based rights group said Monday it has supplied contacts in North Korea with satellite phones to expand news coverage of the secretive communist state and minimise the use of riskier cellphones. Free North Korea Radio, run by North Korean defectors, said it gave satphones to...

Kings of Leon begin North America tour in June NEW YORK – Kings of Leon will begin a North American amphitheater tour in Atlantic City on June 5, the rock band said Monday. The trek includes a previously announced headlining stint at the Bonnaroo festival in the band's home state of Tennessee...

Sunset at the North Pole Photographed during the week of May 11, 2009 This is the sunset at the North Pole with the moon at its closest point last week. A scene you will probably never get to see in person, so take a moment and enjoy God at work at the North Pole. And, you also...

North Korea may have shot mid-range missile By Jon Herskovitz and Seo Eun-kyung SEOUL - The U.S. pointman for sanctions on North Korea begins talks in Malaysia on Sunday, possibly on links banks have to the North's finances, while a report said Pyongyang may have shot mid-range missiles in a...

SEOUL, South Korea – A North Korean ship suspected of carrying illicit weapons cruised through waters off Shanghai on Tuesday en route to Myanmar, a news report said, as regional military officials and a U.S. destroyer kept a close eye on the vessel. Washington's top military commander in South...