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Defectors have countered a report carried by Yonhap News on Tuesday and re-reported worldwide which suggested that North Korea had imported “tear gas, helmets and shields through Chinese

HSBC Bank and several other European companies in South Korea plan to offer a rare internship program to dozens of North Korean defectors in a move

BERLIN, -- A South Korean activist asked Germany on Thursday to show interest in improving North Korea's dismal human rights record and called for increased radio broadcasts to

WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Barack Obama issued a public notice Thursday to extend the national emergency in relation to North Korea that provides a legal and administrative basis

South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan on Wednesday accused North Korea of attempting to sidestep demands that it engage with Seoul before talks are held with the United

SEOUL, June 23 (Yonhap) -- North Korea said Thursday a delegation of its state news agency left for the United States at the invitation of the Associated Press. The

SEOUL -- North Korea has drastically stepped up its smear campaign against South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, Seoul's Unification Ministry said Thursday, in an apparent sign of growing

SEOUL -- North Korea said Thursday a delegation of its state news agency left for the United States at the invitation of the Associated Press. The Korean Central News

SEOUL -- North Korea is showing a growing interest in developing rare earth minerals, in an apparent bid to earn much-needed cash from selling the materials abroad. Rare earth