Date: Wed, 26. August 2009 00:49:47

AP - South Korea's first rocket launch Tuesday failed to push a satellite into its orbit but the flawed mission may still anger rival North Korea, coming just months after the communist nation's own launch drew international condemnation.

Date: Mon, 25. May 2009 03:35:14

Reuters - North Korea said it successfully conducted a nuclear test on Monday, a move certain to further isolate the impoverished state which argues it has no choice but to build an atomic arsenal to protect itself in a hostile world.

Date: Sun, 1. June 2008 00:51:56

A magnitude-4.2 earthquake struck South Korea's southern resort island of Jeju on Saturday, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported.

Date: Fri, 17. December 2010 22:54:02

The Atlantic Wire - North Korea has responded to South Korea's planned live-fire drills by threatening that they would consider the exercises, which are to take place near the border, as a military provocation and would possibly respond with another artillery barrage. South Korea says it will still hold the drills, which U.S. Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General James Cartwright warned could "start potentially a chain reaction of firing and counter-firing." How serious is the threat of violence? What can be done?

Date: Sat, 1. January 2011 08:04:00

AP - North Korea welcomed the new year Saturday with a call for better ties with rival South Korea, warning that war "will bring nothing but a nuclear holocaust."

Date: Thu, 28. January 2010 03:17:24

AP - North Korea fired more artillery near its disputed western sea border with South Korea on Thursday, a day after it lobbed dozens of shells during military exercises that prompted the South to respond with warning shots.

Date: Thu, 28. January 2010 03:17:24

AP - North Korea fired more artillery near its disputed western sea border with South Korea on Thursday, a day after it lobbed dozens of shells during military exercises that prompted the South to respond with warning shots.

Date: Tue, 26. May 2009 02:54:55

Reuters - North Korea, condemned by the international community for its latest nuclear test, on Tuesday accused the United States of being hostile and was reportedly ready to test-fire more short-range missiles.

Date: Wed, 8. June 2011 07:18:45

North Korea fired a short-range missile into waters off its west coast last week in what was likely a test of modifications to its arsenal, South Korea's Yonhap news agency quoted an intelligence source as saying on Wednesday.

Date: Wed, 8. October 2008 02:01:41

SEOUL - North Korea fired two short-range missiles into the Yellow Sea on Tuesday in an operation considered part of regular military training, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported on Wednesday."We ...