US government needs 'to make sure that there is an official channel to assist in the reunification of Korean Americans' with relatives, Illinois Senator Mark Kirk says
Experts estimate that North Korea currently has between 10 and 16 nuclear weapons and it could possess as many as 100 by 2020
The UN Security Council passed a resolution expanding sanctions against Pyongyang in response to the country’s recent nuclear test and long-range missile launch
Facility not expected to reopen, say experts, who estimate move could cost firms $1.6 billion; Seoul announced plan Friday to provide financial assistance
Following a nuclear test last month, Pyongyang launched a long-range missile on Sunday
Pyongyang earns about $100 million a year from project, making it an important source of hard currency
The size of the rocket appears to be the same as the Unha-3, fired in 2012
South Korean official's comments mark first time country has indicated willingness to shutter inter-Korean industrial complex, which employs 54,000 North Koreans
North Korea’s latest long-range rocket launch is raising concerns in the United States and its allies that the communist country is moving forward with its ballistic missile program
Japan will press North Korea to provide an account of the whereabouts of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea between the1970s and 1980s, a senior Japanese official said Thursday.
China, North Korea’s sole ally, will be implementing the recently adopted U.N. sanction on the North in a “robust fashion” because of its concern over the North Korean nuclear threat, a senior U.S. official said Friday.
A representative of South Korean companies operating in the Kaesong Industrial Complex, who were denied access to the site, for a second day, called on the North to lift a ban on South Korean workers’ entry to the complex.
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