N. Korea claims it tested long-range rocket engine
If true, engine's ground test would be a big step forward for the North's nuclear weapons program
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If true, engine's ground test would be a big step forward for the North's nuclear weapons program
Showing more frustration with Kim Jong Un, Beijing is restricting imports of minerals from the North per U.N. sanctions
American monitoring organization says exhaust plumes seen at The Hermit Kingdom's known nuclear facility
Refugees from Kim Jong Un's dictatorship find themselves out of their element in capitalist society where education and plastic surgery rule
Day after U.S., China show rare solidarity on Pyongyang's belligerence, Kim regime shows it's utterly undeterred in a "semi-war" stance
More than 50 governments and international organizations are attending the two-day summit on preventing nuclear terrorism
The risk posed by ISIS tops this year's agenda at the Nuclear Security Summit, but concerns about North Korea are also commanding focus
9 days after U.S. student tourist sentenced to 15 years hard labor, another U.S. national appears on TV begging for forgiveness
Kim regime lashes out after new sanctions and as U.S. and South Korean militaries continue war games off peninsula
Launch comes days after Kim Jong Un ordered tests likely aimed at developing technology for missile capable of reaching the U.S. mainland
The University of Virginia undergrad was sentenced overnight for allegedly trying to steal a propaganda banner
The sanctions come after North Korea's recent "illicit" nuclear and ballistic missile tests
UVA undergrad Otto Warmbier charged with "subversion" after attempting to do a favor for his friend's mother
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says country will soon conduct nuclear warhead explosion test and test-launch rockets capable of carrying atomic warheads
Reports suggest U.S. and South Korean militaries have been monitoring futile efforts by isolated nation to find missing vessel
Firings come a day after North Korea caused a new stir by publicizing a purported mock-up of a key part of a nuclear warhead
But the shiny silver ball he's showing off in new photos almost certainly isn't one
Feeling the squeeze of new sanctions, Pyongyang is taking plethora of "decapitation strike" reports from South Korean media very seriously
Pyongyang issues usual angry reaction to annual large-scale U.S.-South Korean military exercises; western analysts doubt North's nuclear capabilities
Despite move by Kim Jong-un, there's plenty of skepticism in West about military capabilites of Pyongyang's nuclear program
Launch comes hours after U.N. Security Council imposes toughest sanctions on Pyongyang in two decades for recent nuclear test and long-range rocket launch
Security Council unanimously approves U.S. and China brokered package of punishments over Pyongyang's latest nuke and rocket tests
North Korea announced late last month it had arrested Otto Warmbier, a 21-year-old University of Virginia undergraduate student
Nuke test aims to send message amid growing worry about North Korea's pursuit of nuclear weapons capable of reaching U.S. soil
Draft U.N. resolution will increase pressure on North Korea in response to its latest nuclear test and missile launch, U.S. says