Pyongyang
PYONGYANG - North Korea has accused Japan of illegally hunting whales, the official KCNA news agency reported.
WASHINGTON - The United States and South Korea should be prepared for a crisis in North Korea when dictator Kim Jong Il leaves power, South Korea's defense chief said Friday.
SEOUL, South Korea - The threat posed by North Korea's nuclear program has reached an "extremely dangerous level," an adviser to South Korea's president said in comments published Wednesday.
SEOUL, South Korea - North Koreans celebrated "peerlessly brilliant" leader Kim Jong Il's 68th birthday Tuesday as questions persist abroad about his health and the future of the impoverished, nuclear-armed nation.
