Hwanghae-Bukto, North Korea News

In this Sunday, April 15, 2012 file photo, a North Korean vehicle carrying a missile passes by during a mass military parade in Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square to celebrate the centenary of the birth of the late North Korean founder Kim Il Sung.

On display at the International Friendship Exhibition House in the DPRK is a gem sculpture "Chollima Statue", a gift presented to leader Kim Jong Il by a Chinese international tourist agency in August Juche 85 .

DPRK's student Paek Sun Mi took first place at the 3rd International Art Olympics held in Moscow on May 9 and 10.

SEOUL: North Korea is now thought to have around twice as many mobile missile launchers as previously estimated by Seoul, a report said yesterday, quoting a state-run military analysis unit.

What appears to be a new missile is carried during a mass military parade at the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, April 15, 2012.

The Bangladesh Group for the Study of the Songun Policy in its bulletin on May 8 elaborated on the park, saying it vividly shows the 5,000 year-long history, culture and traditions of the Korean nation.

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Mockery of Press ," it targets the U.S. media, arguing that they are too tightly restricted, thus belying U.S. calls for press freedom, and, simultaneously, that they are too free.

AS a comic book fan, my desire to escape into these fantastical worlds of wonder sometimes leads me to forget that I already live in a world full of wonders.

SEOUL: South Korea yesterday criticised an "unhelpful" visit to North Korea by a senior aide to Japan's prime minister, saying it weakened the united front needed to deal with Pyongyang.

Following North Korea's February 12 nuclear weapons test, the UN Security Council adopted tough penalties on Pyongyang.

The 29-year-old Abad, son of Budget Secretary Butch Abad and Batanes Rep. Dina Abad, secured one of only seven spots in the gallery's Invites Series, an annual special project showcasing promising new talents in the UK art scene.

It's claimed he fathered a girl in 2010 with an unknown woman, two years before his wife gave birth to the couple's first child.

I arrived this morning in Beijing, having come from Seoul, South Korea where I had a couple of things to say yesterday that I think have been reported.

Japanese nationalist politicians' recent remarks and behavior underlining their unwillingness to atone for the country's wartime crimes are raising the ire of South Korea and China, and posing hurdles to the U.S.' strategic refocus on the Asia-Pacific. Experts said Japan's rightward shift could hamper efforts to ease the confrontational mood ... (more)

TOKYO: Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said yesterday he might meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un to help resolve the issue of Pyongyang's kidnapping of Japanese citizens.

This 1988 file photo provided by Bobby Lee shows Kenneth Bae, right, and Lee together when they were freshmen students at the University of Oregon.

No other details were immediately available Wednesday about Kenneth Bae. Pyongyang said earlier this week that Bae informed his family on Friday that he couldn't appeal his April 30 sentence and that he asked his family to urge Washington to push for his amnesty.

Increasingly tough financial sanctions, an arms embargo and other international restrictions on trade with North Korea have significantly delayed expansion of Pyongyang's illicit nuclear arms program, according to a confidential report by a UN panel of experts seen by Reuters on Tuesday.

Increasingly tough financial sanctions, an arms embargo and other international restrictions on trade with North Korea have significantly delayed Pyongyang's illicit nuclear arms program, according to a confidential report by a U.N. panel of experts seen by Reuters on Tuesday.