BEIJING (Reuters) - An envoy of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un told a senior Chinese leader on Thursday that North Korea is willing to take China's advice to start talks to resolve tension on the Korean peninsula, China's state television reported. Full story
BEIJING (Reuters) - European aid groups said their banks in Europe had stopped sending money to North Korea in the wake of U.S. sanctions on Pyongyang's main foreign exchange bank, leaving them scrambling for a solution short of hand-carrying cash into the impoverished country. Full story
The U.S. Air Force launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile from a California base on Wednesday, a month after the test flight was postponed because of tensions with North Korea. Full story
A high-ranking North Korean party and military official travel from Pyongyang to Beijing marking the country's first official visit to China this year. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
South Korea's Supreme Court has upheld a ruling sentencing a man to a year and half in prison for exchanging emails with an alleged North Korean spy and praising Pyongyang on his website. Full story
(Reuters) - Just open your Twitter feed and listen to the Washington press corps howl about the Obama administration's latest intrusion into their business. Full story
Information has emerged in the Justice Department seizure of Associated Press phone records as well as the news that reporter for Fox News is now a target of a leak investigation concerning North Korea. NBC’s Michael Isikoff reports.
American tour operator Kenneth Bae has started his sentence of 15 years of hard labor in North Korea after being accused of anti-government activities in the reclusive state. The U.S. State Department has demanded his immediate release.
North Korea shakes up their military leadership by appointing a little-known army general, Jang Jong Nam, as minister of the People's Armed Forces. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
As the South Korean president visits the White House, and Secretary of State Kerry visits Russia, President Obama addresses escalating tensions in Syria and North Korea. NBC's Steve Handelsman reports.
The Supreme Court of North Korea sentenced American Kenneth Bae to 15 years of hard labor for “crimes against the country.” Bae arrived with a tourist group on Nov. 3 and has been held ever since.
A woman walks past a sign of Bank of China at its branch in Beijing in this March 26, 2013 file photo. European aid groups said their banks in Europe had stopped sending money to North Korea in the wake of U.S. sanctions on Pyongyang's main foreign exchange bank, leaving them scrambling for a soluti
North Koreans work on a field at the propaganda village of Gijungdong in North Korea, in this picture taken near the truce village of Panmunjom, just south of the demilitarized zone dividing the two Koreas, in Paju, about 55 km north of Seoul May 22, 2013. North Korea sent one of its top military o
A North Korean soldier looks at a North Korean man carrying his tools at the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone dividing the two Koreas, in Paju, about 55 km north of Seoul May 22, 2013. North Korea sent one of its top military officials to Beijing on Wednesday as a "special envo
