North Korea
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's death - Implications
December 19, 2011Stratfor/ Austin, Texas -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Il died the morning of Dec. 17, according to an official North Korean News broadcast at noon Dec. 19. Initial reports say Kim died of a heart attack brought on by fatigue while on board a train....
N Korea 'to release US citizen Eddie Jun Yong-su'
May 27, 2011North Korea says it is releasing an American citizen it has been holding for six months on unspecified charges. Eddie Jun Yong-su would be freed on humanitarian grounds following repeated requests by visiting US officials, the KCNA state news agency...
North Korea: Jimmy Carter arrives for nuclear talks
April 26, 2011Former US President Jimmy Carter has arrived in the North Korean capital Pyongyang as part of a push to resolve the stand-off over the country's nuclear programme. Mr Carter is taking part in a three-day visit by former world leaders from a group known...
South Korea agrees to high-level military talks with North
January 20, 2011South Korean officials say they have tentatively accepted a North Korean proposal to hold high-level military talks. The meetings would be the first known talks between the two countries since tensions flared over a deadly North Korean military attack...
US urges North Korea to get 'serious' on talks
January 13, 2011It is time for North Korea to get "serious" about negotiations for peace, the US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has said. Mr Gates was speaking in Japan, after a four-day visit to China. He said the risk of provocation leading to war between...
South Korean president vows stern response to aggression
January 03, 2011Both Koreas are starting off 2011 expressing a desire for dialogue to ease tensions. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak says his country needs to strengthen security in the wake of last year’s aggression by North Korea. But, in his New Year...
South Korea again describes North Korea as 'enemy'
December 30, 2010North Korea is again the "enemy" of South Korea, a designation that has not been used for six years. The designation is given to the North in South Korea's latest defense white paper. But the document does not revive the designation of the...
South Korean military prepares for largest-ever live-fire drill
December 23, 2010South Korea's army and air force are preparing to hold their largest-ever live-fire exercise on Thursday near the inter-Korean border, as Seoul remains on high alert for any attacks by North Korea. A South Korean officer says the drill at the Pocheon...
North Korea offers concessions as South Korean artillery drill begins
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December 20, 2010Reports say North Korea is offering concessions on its nuclear program as South Korea began an artillery drill that threatens to spark renewed hostilities between the two Koreas. Hours earlier, the United Nations Security Council ended emergency talks...
South Korea Stages Air Raid Drill
December 15, 2010South Korea has staged its largest-ever air raid drill. The 15-minute nationwide exercise took place Wednesday afternoon, amid a period of heightened tensions with North Korea. An air raid siren sounding near Namsan Mountain in central Seoul, that...