The defense chiefs of North Korea and China reaffirmed pledges to strengthen their nations' 60-year-old alliance, North Korean state media reported Monday, amid renewed attempts to draw the country back to disarmament talks.

The United States appeared to be busy raising the stakes for North Korea to earnestly recommit to its own denuclearisation, with top officials advertising what enticing incentives are in store for the impoverished communist regime.

The United States appeared to be busy raising the stakes for North Korea to earnestly recommit to its own denuclearisation, with top officials advertising what enticing incentives are in store for the .....

Zambia beat World-Cup-bound North Korea 4-1 in an international friendly in Lusaka

Nov. 22 (Bloomberg) -- North Korea has proposed an inter- Korean dialogue that may lead to Seoul officials being allowed to visit the site where a South Korean tourist was shot to death in July 2008, Yonhap New reported.

Striker James Chamanga scored a hat-trick to help Zambia beat World Cup-bound North Korea 4-1 in a friendly international on Saturday.

Lord Alton of Liverpool writes for ePolitix.com ahead of his oral question in the House of Lords on the situation in North Korea.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nuclear impasses with Iran and North Korea are the dominant issues for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on her trip to Europe and Asia, which begins with a stopover in Germany to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall’s fall.

China-based striker James Chamanga helped himself to a hat-trick as Zambia trounced 2010 World Cup-bound North Korea 4-1 at the Nkoloma Stadium in Lusaka in a friendly on Saturday.

CHINESE and North Korean defence chiefs have pledged to strengthen their military alliance, which dates back to the Korean War, during talks in Pyongyang, state media said today.