Pyongyang, North Korea News

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 .

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.

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

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.

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.

The South Korean ambassador to Japan slams Toru Hashimoto for his remarks justifying Japan's wartime sex slave system, saying the Osaka mayor lacks historical knowledge and regard for the rights of women.

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)

Japanese Cabinet Secretariat advisor Isao Iijima on Wednesday met with senior North Korean apparatchik Kim Yong-il, the North's official KCNA news agency said.

An American citizen sentenced to 15 years of hard labour for what Pyongyang has described as hostile acts against the state has started life a "special prison," state media said Wednesday.

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.

Shortly ago, the spokesman for the U.S. Department of State, referring to the pending issue of the Korean Peninsula, asserted that it is fortunate for north Korea to have reduced the level of threat, but it should show its will to fulfill its international commitment and sincerity in honoring its commitment.

AMBASSADOR DAVIES: It is great to be back in Seoul, especially with this spectacular spring weather that you have got.