China, North Korea hold strategic talks in Beijing North Korea angered China, its most important ally, with a long-range rocket launch and nuclear test over recent months, leading Beijing to back tightened U.N. sanctions and crack down on illicit North Korean banking activity. Choe's visit was followed by renewed outreach to South Korea, and on Sunday, Pyongyang surprised many by ...

Not guilty plea in case alleging North Korea ties CHICAGO (AP) — A Taiwanese businessman's son has pleaded not guilty to charges he sought to help bypass a U.S. ban on the export of weapons machinery to North Korea. The 36-year-old Glenview man and his father are both charged with conspiracy to defraud U.S. laws on the proliferation of weapons ...

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea rushed to the defense of American civil liberties on Tuesday, saying revelations of mass surveillance operations showed the United States was the "kingpin" of rights abuse.    

After months of threatening to wage a nuclear war, North Korea did an about-face Sunday and issued a surprise proposal to the United States, its No. 1 enemy: Let's talk.

UN: US-NKorea talks must include nuclear issues Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 11:23 am, Monday, June 17, 2013 The proposal followed months of rising tensions and anti-American rhetoric by North Korea and last week's collapse of proposed high-level talks between North and South Korea amid bickering ...