World North Korea's Kim Vows To Be Ready For Confrontation With The U.S. Earlier this week, the U.S. and other leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy nations issued a statement calling for North Korea to abandon its nuclear program and return to talks. The Associated Press
Politics North Korea Warns U.S. Over Biden's 'Big Blunder' Citing President Biden's speech to Congress, North Korea says the United States will face a grave situation if it continues to pursue its "hostile policy" toward the country's nuclear program. Jackie Northam
Politics Intelligence Chiefs Say China, Russia Are Biggest Threats To U.S. The top U.S. intelligence officials detailed concerns to the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday, with many questions raised about cyberthreats and espionage targeting U.S. technology. Scott Neuman
World North Korea's Kim Alludes To 1990s Famine, Warns Of 'Difficulties Ahead Of Us' Kim Jong Un calls for the country to prepare for another "arduous march" — using a phrase that has come to describe the disastrous and prolonged food shortages of the '90s. Scott Neuman
Politics Citing Pandemic Fears, North Korea Says It Won't Attend Tokyo Olympics Pyongyang will skip the games, shattering South Korea's hopes that the games might revive stalled peace talks between the bitter rivals. Scott Neuman
World North Korea's Network Of Prison Camps Funds Weapons Programs, Rights Group Says A South Korean human rights group sheds light on how North Korean prison camps help the country support its military operations through "mafia-type" tactics. Jaclyn Diaz
World North Korea Defector Swims To South, Evading Border Guards For 6 Hours The man's daring escape, and the failure of South Korean guards to detect him, is the second embarrassing breach of the heavily fortified DMZ in recent months. Scott Neuman
World North Korea's Kim Talks Of New Weapons, But Leaves Door Open For Biden Kim Jong Un calls for beefing up his country's nuclear and military capabilities, but appears to be leaving open the possibility for negotiation with the incoming Biden administration. Anthony Kuhn
World In Rare Display Of Contrition, North Korean Leader Admits Failures At a party congress gathering in Pyongyang, Kim Jong Un acknowledged that policies of the past five years had been an abject failure. Anthony Kuhn
World 'God ... Let Us Survive': Remembering Korean War's Chosin Battle And Evacuation Seventy years on, war participants are drawing starkly differing conclusions from the Battle of Chosin Reservoir. The decisive conflict's lasting legacy is still visible on the Korean Peninsula. Anthony Kuhn
