North Korea said Tuesday it has stopped disabling its nuclear plants and will consider restoring them because the United States has not removed it from a list of states that sponsor terrorism.
North Korea accused the United States on Monday of using human rights to block progress in a six-nation agreement on eliminating nuclear weapons in the communist country
Japan's foreign ministry says it has reached an agreement with North Korea to reinvestigate the kidnappings of Japanese nationals.
North Korea said Sunday it will expel all "unnecessary" South Koreans from a mountain resort in the communist nation where a South Korean tourist was shot dead by a soldier last month.
The first survey on food and nutrition in North Korea since the country granted broad access to aid groups shows millions of people are going hungry, with households reducing their food intake and more children becoming malnourished.
The latest phase of six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear program ended Saturday with agreement on a timetable for North Korea to disable its nuclear facilities, according to South Korea's news agency, Yonhap.
North Korea agreed to disable its main reactor by the end of October and allow international inspections to verify its nuclear disarmament
North Korea has blamed South Korea for the shooting death of a tourist near a mountain resort in the communist nation, according to reports.
Six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear program resumed Thursday afternoon in Beijing, ending a nine-month hiatus.
Negotiators at six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear disarmament on Thursday will lay out a program for what could be a months-long effort to verify the communist state's declaration of its atomic materials
North Korea said Tuesday it has stopped disabling its nuclear plants and will consider restoring them because the United States has not removed it from a list of states that sponsor terrorism.
North Korea accused the United States on Monday of using human rights to block progress in a six-nation agreement on eliminating nuclear weapons in the communist country
Japan's foreign ministry says it has reached an agreement with North Korea to reinvestigate the kidnappings of Japanese nationals.
North Korea said Sunday it will expel all "unnecessary" South Koreans from a mountain resort in the communist nation where a South Korean tourist was shot dead by a soldier last month.
The first survey on food and nutrition in North Korea since the country granted broad access to aid groups shows millions of people are going hungry, with households reducing their food intake and more children becoming malnourished.
The latest phase of six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear program ended Saturday with agreement on a timetable for North Korea to disable its nuclear facilities, according to South Korea's news agency, Yonhap.
North Korea agreed to disable its main reactor by the end of October and allow international inspections to verify its nuclear disarmament
North Korea has blamed South Korea for the shooting death of a tourist near a mountain resort in the communist nation, according to reports.
Six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear program resumed Thursday afternoon in Beijing, ending a nine-month hiatus.
Negotiators at six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear disarmament on Thursday will lay out a program for what could be a months-long effort to verify the communist state's declaration of its atomic materials
Negotiations on North Korea's nuclear program will resume this week for the first time in nine months, South Korea's nuclear envoy said Tuesday
Six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear program will resume this week in Beijing, South Korea's chief nuclear envoy said Tuesday, according to the Yonhap news agency.
When U.S. officials spoke in the past of the need for North Korea to declare the extent of its nuclear program, everyone from President Bush down said it must be "complete" and "verifiable."
It may not end the nuclear threat, but the U.S. gave away very little to secure the disabling of Pyongyang's plutonium plant
North Korea blew up part of its Yongbyon nuclear plant Friday, in full view of CNN and a handful of international broadcasters invited to witness this dramatic and symbolic event.
North Korea's apparent cooperation with nations seeking to end its nuclear weapons ambitions -- six years after a deal collapsed and two years after testing a bomb -- may lead to questions about why it would play ball now.
North Korea on Friday destroyed a water cooling tower at a facility where officials acknowledge they extracted plutonium to build nuclear weapons, CNN's Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour reported from the scene.
The Bush administration hailed North Korea's declaration of its nuclear program as a success for the multilateral diplomacy it engaged in through the Six Party Talks with South Korea, China, Japan and Russia.
North Korea handed over its long-awaited nuclear program declaration to officials from China on Thursday.
President Bush on Thursday ordered the lifting of some sanctions against North Korea, a move the administration called "symbolic" and one that leaves many restrictions in place.
President Bush said Thursday the U.S. plans to drop North Korea from its list of states that sponsor terrorism after that nation made a long-awaited declaration of its nuclear program.
Kim Jong Il gets removed from "the ultimate bad guy list." But will he really come clean on the North's nuclear program?
South Korea's foreign minister says North Korea has submitted its long-awaited nuclear declaration
North Korea is to blow up a key part of its controversial Yongbyon nuclear reactor on Friday.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice defended U.S. diplomacy toward North Korea on Wednesday, saying a deal with Pyongyang to scrap its nuclear ambitions made Asia and the United States safer.
Below is a chronology of the development of North Korea's nuclear weapons program.
I thought I was prepared for North Korea. After all, I'd spent more than half my life studying, traveling to and living in the former Soviet Union as well as other Communist and post-Communist countries.
Japan decided to partially lift its sanctions against North Korea after the communist nation promised a new probe into its kidnappings of Japanese citizens in the 1970s and 80s
For most journalists, traveling into North Korea is like the holy grail of assignments.
North Korea turned over key nuclear weapons documents to a visiting U.S. diplomat Thursday, a senior State Department official said
North Korea on Monday played host for the first time ever to the Olympic torch, as large crowds in Pyongyang waved red and white flags and cheered the runners.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday that proving North Korea's claims of its past nuclear activities is likely to take a long time, but establishing a process to do so could advance a long-stalled nuclear agreement.
North Korea may be on the brink of another famine as a result of last year's devastating floods, the worldwide increase in food prices, and a malnourished population, the United Nations warned on Thursday.
North Korea faces a looming food crisis due to floods last year, the U.N. food agency said.
The United States is close to finalizing a deal with North Korea over its nuclear program, senior State Department officials tell CNN.
The South Korean government urged North Korea to tone down the rhetoric Wednesday after days of escalating tension between the two nations.
North Korea fired short-range missiles off its western coast Friday, a move the United States said was not illegal but a diversion from the work North Korea needs to do to finish a complete declaration of its nuclear program.
North Korea's Foreign Ministry blamed the United States Friday for the stalemate in nuclear talks, saying America's "unjust" demands would have a "serious impact" on denuclearization.
Eleven South Korean diplomats left an industrial park their country runs with North Korea on Thursday after North Korea "demanded their withdrawal," a spokesman for South Korea's government said.
An American orchestra performed a historic concert Tuesday in the communist state of North Korea -- one of the most secretive societies in the world. A group of 105 musicians made the journey to Pyongyang, but for one of them this trip was not just about music. It was about family history.
The New York Philharmonic Orchestra is preparing to play a historic concert in North Korea on Tuesday -- but there is no word yet on whether leader Kim Jong Il will attend.
The New York Philharmonic Orchestra is preparing to play a historic concert in North Korea on Tuesday -- but no word yet on whether leader Kim Jong Il will attend.
The New York Philharmonic's historic visit to isolated North Korea may signal a new era -- but only in the arts, not politics
North Korea is unlikely to give up its nuclear weapons before President Bush leaves office, a U.S. official said Thursday.
In a last-minute nudge to North Korea, the U.S. State Department said Sunday it was "unfortunate" that Pyongyang had not supplied a complete declaration of its nuclear programs before a Monday deadline but signaled it would continue disarmament talks with its allies.
The New York Philharmonic will step up its role in cultural diplomacy next year by becoming the first U.S. orchestra to play in North Korea.
North Korea is rushing toward an end-of-year deadline to disable a key nuclear facility that produced materials to make nuclear bombs, the United States said Wednesday.
The following are the eight points of an agreement signed Thursday by North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun at the end of the Pyongyang summit, according the South Korean press corps covering it from North Korea:
A U.S. team, including technical experts, will head to North Korea next week after the communist country agreed to begin disabling its nuclear weapons facilities, Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill said Wednesday.
CHENGDU, China -- "I hope you enjoyed the game as I did."
CHENGDU, China -- The last time the U.S. played North Korea, in the group stage of the 2003 World Cup, the Yanks won handily, 3-0. So why is Tuesday's rematch -- the Cup opener for each side -- likely to be the most interesting game in the entire tournament?
Some of the worst flooding to hit North Korea in decades has killed at least 600 people, double the previous known toll, the official news agency said at the weekend.
The United States has denied claims from Pyongyang that North Korea has been taken off the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism.
North Korea agreed Sunday to declare and disable all its nuclear programs by the end of the year, the chief U.S. negotiator said -- the first time the communist country has offered a timeline to end its secretive atomic program.
The top U.S. nuclear negotiator said Friday that he will use weekend talks with North Korea to resolve issues that could impede progress in broader international talks over its nuclear program.
The bodies of 11 North Koreans, victims of floods that have killed hundreds in the reclusive state, floated into the South on the Imjin River, which crosses the heavily armed border, South Korean officials said Tuesday.
North and South Korea agreed Saturday to postpone the second-ever summit between leaders on the divided peninsula to early October due to recent floods that devastated the impoverished communist North.
North Korea's neighbors and international aid agencies sought Thursday to help the impoverished country cope with floods that have decimated large swaths of farmland, endangering citizens already struggling with food shortages.
A unusual openness about the extent of damage wrought by torrential rains has some wondering whether Pyongyang is shedding its secretiveness
If North Korea makes good on its promise to disable a nuclear reactor, Korean peninsula peace talks could be under way by the end of the year, said U.S. envoy to North Korea Christopher Hill.
North Korea has invited inspectors from the U.N. nuclear watchdog back into the country to monitor the shut down of its main nuclear reactor, state media reports.
North Korea test-fired several short-range missiles Thursday off its west coast, South Korea's defense ministry officials told CNN.
Hiking on North Korea's Mount Kumgang gives you the uneasy feeling that despite the majesty of the natural scenery, even nature cannot escape politics in one of the most closed-off countries in the world.
The United States will assess on Saturday whether North Korea has taken action to shut down its Yongbyon nuclear reactor, now that the communist nation has gained access to unfrozen funds, said U.S. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack.
Talks to resolve the crisis over North Korea's nuclear ambitions stalled again Tuesday as Pyongyang walked out of the six-party negotiations after demanding immediate delivery of $25 million in frozen bank funds.
Christopher Hill, the chief U.S. negotiator with North Korea, said on Tuesday there is a "sense of optimism on both sides" after the first of several planned working groups talks in the wake of last month's agreement by the six countries involved in negotiating North Korea's nuclear program.
After six days of marathon talks in Beijing, the impasse on the North Korea nuclear issue is finally broken -- at least for now.
North Korea has tentatively agreed to close down its nuclear weapons program in exchange for energy aid, U.S. and Chinese officials said Tuesday.
North Korea on Saturday expressed outrage at a British newspaper's report that Pyongyang was sharing its nuclear weapons technology with Iran, dismissing it as a "bid to mislead public opinion."
Six party talks aimed at persuading North Korea to end its nuclear weapons program will resume on December 18, White House spokesman Tony Snow announced Monday.
Six-party talks aimed at persuading North Korea to end its nuclear weapons program will take place December 16 in Beijing, senior administration officials told CNN Friday.
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After walking away from the negotiating table nearly a year ago, North Korea has agreed to return to six-party talks on its nuclear weapons program.
China's Foreign Ministry Tuesday confirmed earlier reports that North Korea does not have another nuclear test in the works.
Mixed messages are emerging from North Korea over its nuclear test program.
North Korea may be preparing to conduct a second nuclear test, a U.S. official with access to intelligence information said Tuesday.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the U.N. resolution imposing sanctions on North Korea was a "clear message" that Pyongyang must "make a new set of calculations" about its nuclear endeavors.
The United States is maintaining diplomatic pressure on China to help enforce U.N. sanctions on North Korea for its claimed nuclear test.
A preliminary analysis of air samples from North Korea shows "radioactive debris consistent with a North Korea nuclear test," according to a statement from the office of the top U.S. intelligence official.
The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Saturday to slap North Korea with trade, travel and other sanctions as punishment for its claimed nuclear weapons test.
North Korea's purported test of a nuclear device has set off alarms around the world, sparking intense diplomatic efforts and concerns of a regional arms race and terrorism repercussions.
The U.N. Security Council has agreed to vote Saturday on whether to slap sanctions on North Korea over its purported nuclear test, said John Bolton, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
Despite concerns from China and Russia for more diplomacy, the United States is pushing the U.N. Security Council to pass a strong resolution against North Korea this week after Pyongyang's reported nuclear test Monday.
North Korea has claimed a successful nuclear test despite pressure from the international community for the country to abandon its nuclear program. CNN asked readers how they thought the world should respond. Here is a selection of their responses, some of which have been edited:
President Bush held a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House on Wednesday, addressing topics including North Korea, Iraq and the Foley scandal. Here is a full transcript of his opening comments and a question-and-answer session.
Concern of a second nuclear test by North Korea fueled growing tensions across the Asia Pacific region Wednesday.
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is expected on Thursday to propose to the organization's security council a resolution that would punish North Korea for its reported nuclear test, an action bound to draw strong opposition from China.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Tuesday defended the Bush administration's refusal to hold bilateral talks with North Korea in the face of Pyongyang's claim of a successful nuclear test.
The United States believes North Korea attempted to detonate a nuclear device but that "something went wrong," and the blast was relatively small, a U.S. government official said Tuesday.
Stocks struggled to near the breakeven point Monday afternoon after reports of a North Korea nuclear test and higher oil prices unnerved investors, despite several key corporate deals in the works.
Stocks struggled midday Monday after North Korea nuclear tests and higher oil prices unnerved investors, despite several key corporate deals in the works.
The text of President Bush's statement Monday morning on North Korea's reported nuclear test:
North Korea has claimed a successful nuclear test despite pressure from the international community for the country to abandon its nuclear program.
Stocks struggled early Monday after North Korea nuclear tests unnerved investors, despite several key corporate deals in the works.
Stocks struggled at the open Monday after North Korea jolted the international community by saying it tested a nuclear weapon.
North Korea's claim to have tested a nuclear weapon drew widespread condemnation Monday, with U.S. President George W. Bush calling it "a provocative act" and even close ally China strongly opposing it.
North Korea claimed it conducted a successful underground nuclear test Monday, according to the country's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
North Korea's official news agency reported that the United States is conducting a "reorganization" of its forces in South Korea in preparation for a "war of aggression" just days after North Korea announced that it would test a nuclear weapon.
Japan's top government spokesman says Tokyo is stepping up monitoring of North Korea amid speculation that the communist nation could carry out a nuclear test as early as this weekend.
United Nations Security Council members have reached a tentative agreement on a Japanese-drafted statement that warns North Korea of unspecified consequences if it conducts a nuclear test.
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