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North Korea to showcase military in anniversary parade

Jul 25, 2013 (AFP)

North Korea is preparing to put its military hardware on show in a huge parade through Pyongyang on Saturday, the 60th anniversary of the Korean War ceasefire d...

Koreas resume Kaesong talks amid fading hopes

Jul 25, 2013 (AFP)

North and South Korea held fresh talks Thursday on reopening a joint industrial zone amid growing concern that their last symbol of peace might be heading for a...

Inter-Korean talks break down amid recriminations

Jul 25, 2013 (AFP)

Talks between North and South Korea about reopening their jointly-run industrial zone collapsed Thursday, with both sides failing to set a date for another meet...

Putin to visit Iran for nuclear talks: report

Jul 24, 2013 (AFP)

President Vladimir Putin is to visit Iran in August to try to restart talks on Tehran's controversial nuclear drive, a Russian newspaper reported Wednesday. Put...

Israel's Netanyahu urges greater pressure on Iran

Jul 24, 2013 (AFP)

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday urged greater pressure on Iran over its nuclear programme as he met Japan's Foreign Minister Fumio Kishi...

Red Cross visits crew of seized N. Korea ship in Panama

Jul 23, 2013 (AFP)

A delegation from the Panamanian Red Cross Tuesday visited the 35 crew members from a North Korea ship being held for carrying undeclared Cuban weapons. The cre...

New era for China-North Korea ties sealed in blood

Jul 23, 2013 (AFP)

Six decades after treating traumatised Chinese soldiers from the battlefields of Korea, psychiatrist Xue Chongcheng remains convinced their sacrifices -- which ...

S. Korea's new film heroes: N. Korean spies

Jul 23, 2013 (AFP)

They are handsome, daring, patriotic and multi-lingual elite fighters who dodge bullets while remaining loyal to their women and families. Meet the new heroes o...

Koreas fail to agree on reopening Kaesong complex

Jul 22, 2013 (AFP)

North and South Korea Monday failed to agree on a framework for resuming operations at a joint industrial complex, as they wrangled over who was to blame for it...

Jail or Olympic glory: No easy exit from S.Korea draft

Jul 22, 2013 (AFP)

When the South Korean men's football team won the third-place playoff at the 2012 Olympics, their ecstatic celebrations reflected a victory that had secured som...

Iran's Khamenei says US can not be trusted

Jul 21, 2013 (AFP)

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned Sunday that Washington was "not trustworthy", after former US officials and lawmakers urged diplomacy with t...

Laying bitter memories to rest in a Cold War graveyard

Jul 21, 2013 (AFP)

Just south of the minefields, fences and watchposts of the world's last Cold War frontier, a monk pours rice wine on the grave of an unknown North Korean soldie...

World powers hope for 'change in tone' in Iran nuclear talks

Jul 19, 2013 (AFP)

World powers hope Hassan Rowhani's election as president of Iran will provide fresh impetus and "a change in tone" in ongoing talks on the country's controversi...

Iran, Iraq have 'exceptional' security role: Ahmadinejad

Jul 18, 2013 (AFP)

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in Iraq on Thursday that Tehran and Baghdad have an "exceptional" role to play in the region's security. "The role of...

Atomic Town now heaven for cyclists

Jul 18, 2013 (XNA)

Once known as "Atomic Town" in China, Xihai has been transformed into a heaven for cyclists from home and abroad. Xihai Town, where the country's first atomic a...

Sanctions-busting N. Korea runs barter trade: analysts

Jul 18, 2013 (AFP)

The seizure of a North Korean cargo ship loaded with undeclared weapons near the Panama Canal highlights a secretive barter trade by the isolated state aimed at...

N. Korea demands return of vessel seized by Panama

Jul 18, 2013 (AFP)

North Korea has broken its silence over a ship's cargo of arms seized in a dramatic raid by Panama, demanding the vessel's release, as its mutinous crew members...

Seoul hails seizure of North Korean weapons ship

Jul 17, 2013 (AFP)

South Korea on Wednesday welcomed the seizure off Panama of a North Korean ship suspected of carrying weapons and urged the United Nations to take up the case. ...

Iran says to resume nuclear talks after forming new govt

Jul 17, 2013 (AFP)

Iran said Wednesday it would resume talks with world powers on its controversial nuclear programme once president-elect Hassan Rowhani has been sworn in and a n...

N. Korea says seized Cuba arms part of legitimate deal

Jul 17, 2013 (AFP)

North Korea said Wednesday that Cuban arms seized from a Pyongyang-flagged ship near the Panama Canal were part of a legitimate deal, amid concerns UN sanctions...