North Korea Nuclear Disablement, Nuclear Weapon | featured news

North Korea said it was open to new discussions over its nuclear weapons program, but emphasized that it was not interested in resuming six-nation talks.

U.S. monitors of North Korea's nuclear program left the communist nation Friday after the regime ordered them out and vowed to restart its reactor in anger over U.N. criticism of its rocket launch.

The U.S. military is prepared to shoot down a North Korean missile or rocket if President Obama should give the order, the head of the U.S. Pacific Command said Thursday.

North Korea has built an underground fueling facility near a key launch pad, a news report said Thursday, making it harder for spy satellites to detect signs that a missile is being prepared for firing.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made her strongest comments yet about North Korea Tuesday during her tour of Asia.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday offered North Korea a peace treaty, normal ties and aid if it eliminates its nuclear arms program and stressed her desire to work more cooperatively with China.