When North Korea���s foreign ministry announced on October 3 that ���it would conduct a nuclear test,��� expectations were high that Pyongyang... [Oct.10,2006 14:28 KST]

Before North Korea���s alleged nuclear test on October 9, the National Intelligence Service (NIS) had first pointed to Mt. Mantap at Punggye-ri, Gilju-gun, as the likely site of any test. Howver, on the.. [Oct.10,2006 14:26 KST]

���A nuclear bomb has been dropped between North Korea and China.��� Asked about China���s response to North Korea���s announcement that it had conducted a nuclear test, a diplomatic source in Beijing ans.. [Oct.10,2006 14:24 KST]

The U.N. Security Council on Monday strongly condemned North Korea's announcement of its first-ever nuclear test as a brazen defiance of a UN resolution and vowed to enact a "strong and swift" respon.. [Oct.10,2006 09:48 KST]

South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun and his U.S. counterpart George W. Bush spoke by telephone on Monday evening (Seoul time) and agreed to deal with North Korea's self-proclaimed nuclear test calmly.. [Oct.10,2006 09:42 KST]

South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon was formally nominated Monday to lead the United Nations. The U.N. Security Council unanimously recommended the 62-year-old veteran diplomat as the suc.. [Oct.10,2006 09:39 KST]

The South Korean government has decided to suspend a scheduled shipment of its emergency relief aid to North Korea due to the communist state's announcement that it conducted a nuclear test, an offi.. [Oct.9,2006 22:23 KST]

South Korea's military is considering upgrading its surveillance alert as North Korea conducted its first-ever nuclear test Monday morning, but the United States is opposed to the idea, Seoul's top d.. [Oct.9,2006 22:15 KST]

Colin McAskill, 65, chairman of the London-based Koryo Asia Ltd, which in August agreed to purchase 70 percent of shares in North Korea���s Daedong Credit Bank (DCB), has reportedly urged the U.S. State.. [Oct.9,2006 15:30 KST]

Pyongyang���s October 3 declaration that a nuclear test is imminent has become a touchstone for China���s diplomatic ability, as China has found it cannot avoid mounting pressure from the international co.. [Oct.9,2006 14:59 KST]