Hamhung, North Korea News

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il could be avoiding talking to Chinese envoy Wang Jiarui, who arrived in Pyongyang for a three-day visit Saturday.

This nighttime satellite image of northeast Asia shows North Korea cloaked in darkness while its neighbors are brightly lit.

North Korea raised the amount of old currency that citizens can turn in for new bills after merchants rioted against the rules, a news report said Tuesday.

As President Barack Obama is looking to thrust the United States ever more into global affairs, from Afghanistan to climate change, the American public is turning more isolationist and unilateralist than it has at any time in decades.

It said the order could be an attempt by the communist government to stop members of North Korea's middle class who are angry over suddenly being deprived of their money from leaving the country.

Hamhung City, South Hamgyong Province, an east coastal area of the country has turned into a fascinating world of bright lights.

North Korean organizations in charge of raising foreign currency are bringing in and burying industrial waste from China for money, a report released yesterday said.

The hacking unit of the North Korean military is drawing attention as major South Korean Web sites, including those of defense and other government agencies and think tanks, have been recently hacked.

With the international community tightening economic sanctions on North Korean entities for their alleged involvement in nuclear and weapons activities, Pyongyang is ever more eager to earn hard currency.

The world, on the brink of war, awaits America's decision. Confronted with an apparent no-win situation, President Obama has made the decision.

Hyundai Group chairwoman Hyun Jung-eun, who has been in North Korea apparently waiting to meet leader Kim Jong-il, has been out of touch since around 9 a.m. Thursday.

According to the KNCA , KJI was in Hamhung visiting a naval university and watching a plan and no doubt taking in that city's wonderful collection of East German-designed Bauhaus architecture .

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il noted that the Navy was particularly important to ensure security in the republic during a visit to the major Military Maritime University in Hamhung, eastern North Korea, the KCNA news agency reported on Wednesday without specifying the date of the visit.

North Korea on Monday celebrated the completion of what it has hailed as a "world-class" hotel in the Majon resort area in Hamhung, South Hamgyong Province, North Korean Central Broadcasting reported Tuesday.

North Korea on Monday celebrated the completion of what it has hailed as a "world-class" hotel in the Majon resort area in Hamhung, South Hamgyong Province, North Korean Central Broadcasting reported Tuesday.

Dancing parties of youth and students were held in various parts of the country on Monday to celebrate the 56th anniversary of the victory in the Fatherland Liberation War.