NORTH KOREA
US missile defense shield to counter North Korea threat 
The Pentagon said Wednesday it was deploying a missile defense shield to Guam to protect the U.S. and its allies in the region in response to increasingly hostile rhetoric from North Korea. The North renewed its threat to launch a nuclear attack on the United States.
By LOLITA C. BALDOR , April 03, 2013
North Korea warns military cleared to wage nuke attack
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Ratcheting up the rhetoric, North Korea warned early Thursday that its military has been cleared to wage an attack on the U.S. using "smaller, lighter and diversified nuclear" weapons.
By JEAN H. LEE , April 03, 2013
North Korea cuts last military hotline with South
Raising tensions with South Korea yet again, North Korea said it cut the last military hotline with Seoul because there was no need for communications between the countries in a situation "where a war may break out at any moment."
By Hyung-Jin Kim , March 27, 2013
North Korea puts artillery forces at top combat posture
North Korea's military warned Tuesday that its artillery and rocket forces are at their highest-level combat posture in the latest in a string of bellicose threats aimed at South Korea and the United States.
By Hyung-Jin Kim , March 26, 2013
Rodman plans to vacation with North Korean leader
Former professional basketball star Dennis Rodman says he plans to return to North Korea to vacation with Kim Jong Un.
By Associated Press , March 12, 2013
US Officials: North Korea poses serious threat
An unpredictable North Korea, with its nuclear weapons and missile programs, stands as a serious threat to the United States and East Asia nations, the director of National Intelligence warned Tuesday in a sober assessment of worldwide threats.
By Donna Cassata and Lara Jakes , March 12, 2013
SKorea, US begin drills as NKorea threatens war
North Korean state media said Monday that Pyongyang had carried through with a threat to cancel the 60-year-old armistice that ended the Korean War, as it and South Korea staged dueling war games amid threatening rhetoric that has risen to the highest level since North Korea rained artillery shells on a South Korean island in 2010.
By Foster Klug and Hyung-Jin Kim , March 11, 2013
UN hits North Korea with new sanctions as nation threatens nuclear strike
The U.N. Security Council responded swiftly to North Korea's latest nuclear test by punishing the reclusive regime Thursday with tough, new sanctions targeting its economy and leadership, despite Pyongyang's threat of a pre-emptive nuclear strike on the United States.
By Edith M. Lederer and Hyung-Jin Kim , March 07, 2013
Kerry: Response to North Korea will send Iran a message
The world must show its resolve in the face of North Korea's nuclear provocations or risk emboldening Iran, which is under scrutiny over its uranium enrichment program, Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday.
By Matthew Pennigton , February 13, 2013
Obama pledges swift reaction to North Korea nuclear test
President Barack Obama reacted sharply to North Korea's nuclear test Tuesday, promising swift international action to bring the rogue communist regime in line. The detonation came hours before the American leader's State of the Union address, where he was expected to address U.S. denuclearization plans.
By Lou Kesten , February 12, 2013
North Korea says it has conducted third nuke test
North Korea successfully detonated a miniaturized nuclear device at a northeastern test site Tuesday, state media said, defying U.N. Security Council orders to shut down atomic activity or face more sanctions and international isolation.
By Associated Press , February 11, 2013
Kerry warns of punishment for North Korea nuclear test
New U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his South Korean counterpart have agreed to make sure North Korea is punished if it carries out its threat to conduct a nuclear test. Amid signs that such a test is coming, South Korea's president also speculated that Pyongyang may detonate multiple atomic devices simultaneously.
By Hyun-Jin Kim , February 04, 2013
NKorea warns that nuke test may be imminent
North Korea is warning that it is prepared to conduct a nuclear test and carry out more long-range rocket launches.
By Associated Press , January 23, 2013
Google executive chairman Schmidt going to North Korea
The executive chairman of U.S.-based Google, one of the world's largest Internet companies, was traveling Monday to North Korea, a nation with notoriously restrictive online policies.
By Gillian Wong , January 06, 2013
Analysis: US irked by Google chief's North Korea plans
Google chief Eric Schmidt's plan to visit North Korea has put the Obama administration in the awkward position of opposing a champion of Internet freedom who's decided to engage with one of the most intensely censored countries.
By Matthew Pennigton , January 05, 2013
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