U.s.-north Korea Relations | featured news

The East Sea off the coast of the Korean peninsula roiled with U.S. and South Korean military hardware — high-profile maneuvers intended to show North Korea that it is being watched.

The United States announced new sanctions against North Korea on Wednesday including on the purchase and sale of arms and an asset freeze on individuals.

North Korea's army said Monday it is ready to "blow up" South Korea and the U.S., hours after the allies kicked off annual military drills that Pyongyang has slammed as a rehearsal for attack.

North Korea says it has decided to free a detained American missionary who crossed its border to raise human rights issues.

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....

President Obama's envoy on North Korea said Thursday that officials in Pyongyang agreed on the need to resume nuclear disarmament ...

Washington hopes to coax the nuclear-armed nation back into six-party disarmament negotiations, but Pyongyang wants one-on-one talks with the U.S.

The North Korean government was the source of high-profile cyberattacks in July that caused Web outages in South Korea and the United States, news reports said Friday.

North Korea said on Tuesday it was ready to return to international talks on ending its nuclear weapons program, but demanded negotiations first with the United States.

A high-level delegation of North Korean officials paid their respects Friday to late South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, shaking ...