North Korea

Otto Warmbier has died, University of Cincinnati Medical Center announced Monday. Warmbier, 22, died at 2:20 p.m. local time Monday, days after he was released from captivity in North Korea. He was surrounded by family members at the time of his death, hospital officials said. In a statement released by the hospital, family members said Warmbier […]

If true, the testing of the bomb -- hundreds of times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945 -- is the first for the country who has thrice tested plutonium weapons in underground nuclear experiments.

SONY PICTURES(EEW MAGAZINE) Sony Pictures is pulling its planned release of controversial comedy, “The Interview,” from U.S. theaters following a hack attack. U.S. investigators say North Korea’s hackers work for the Pyongyang regime according to CNN. Unlike the U.S., the North Korean regime keeps tight control of the Internet and U.S. officials believe the hack […]

An Ohio man detained for nearly half a year in North Korea has landed back home. Officials say a plane carrying Jeffrey Fowle landed Wednesday morning at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton. The State Department announced Tuesday that the 56-year-old Miamisburg resident had been released. The news came about six months after he was […]

North Korea’s supreme leader Kim Jong-un has reportedly ordered 33 Christians to be executed for contact with a missionary. The Christians were believed to be…

AJU, South Korea (AP) — North Korea warned early Thursday that its military has been cleared to attack the U.S. using “smaller, lighter and diversified…

  North Korea – North Korea said it successfully detonated a miniaturized nuclear device at a northeastern test site Tuesday, defying U.N. Security Council orders to shut down atomic activity or face more sanctions and international isolation. The underground explosion could take North Korea a big step closer to its goal of building a nuclear […]

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea fired a long-range rocket early Friday, South Korean and U.S. officials said, defying international warnings against moving forward…

SEOUL (Politico)– In a Veterans Day speech delivered just miles from the demilitarized zone, President Obama sharply criticized North Korea for its pursuit of nuclear weapons and said Pyongyang still has the opportunity to fulfill its international obligations.

SEOUL (Politico)– In a Veterans Day speech delivered just miles from the demilitarized zone, President Obama sharply criticized North Korea for its pursuit of nuclear weapons and said Pyongyang still has the opportunity to fulfill its international obligations.