Topic: North Korea

Bill Clinton meets NKorea's Kim on historic trip

Former US president Bill Clinton on Tuesday met North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il for " exhaustive" talks during a surprise mercy mission to Pyongyang to win the release of two jailed female US journalists.North Korean state media said Clinton had delivered a ...

White House denies Obama message to Kim Jong-Il

The White House denied reports on Tuesday that former president Bill Clinton handed over a message from President Barack Obama to hardline North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il. "That's not true," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said when asked about the reports by ...

NORTH KOREA AND NORTH AMERICA

In between Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea lies the twin Koreas as a peninsula consisting of Democratic People?s Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the Republic of Korea (South Korea). Each one is an independent country having lot of problems ...
The US Senate said Wednesday that North Korea poses a " threat" to its neighbors and mandated a review to see whether Washington should return the secretive regime to a US terrorism blacklist.By a vote of 66-31, lawmakers asked President Barack Obama ...
Education chiefs in the US have hailed what they call the " In the months after Barack Obama began dominating the US political scene officials noticed a sharp rise in SAT test scores for black children, significantly reducing the "achievement gap" between ...
Clinton says US, allies working on ways to cut off North Korea nuclear tech, weapons shipmentsThe Obama administration wants help from U.S. allies and possibly China to cut off North Korean shipments that may be carrying nuclear technology or other weapons.Secretary of ...

US considers returning N.Korea to terror list

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Sunday the United States is " going to look at" putting North Korea back on its list of countries that sponsor terrorism following Pyongyang's nuclear and missile tests.In an interview with ABC television, the top US ...

SKorea, US upgrade alert after NKorea threat

South Korean and US troops were put on higher alert after North Korea announced it is scrapping the armistice that has been in force on the peninsula for more than five decades. "As of 7:15 am Thursday, the US-South Korea Combined Forces ...

US vows to defend allies amid NKorea 'bluster'

Washington stressed its resolve to defend Asian allies Wednesday, warning North Korea against " saber-rattling and bluster" in the wake of its nuclear test will only deepen the country's isolation.The US reiterated commitments to defend Japan and South Korea amid threats from ...

Iraq nominee Hill courts US lawmakers

US President Barack Obama's embattled nominee to be ambassador to Iraq, Christopher Hill, courted senators, including some of his chief critics, on Tuesday in a bid to secure his confirmation.Hill, a veteran of North Korea nuclear talks, has faced opposition from lawmakers ...