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NKorean soldiers put down arms to help plant crops

The North Korean side of the Demilitarized Zone is a hive of activity — not of fighting, but of farming. Beyond the barbed wire, ruddy-faced North Korean soldiers put down their rifles Wednesday and stood shoulder to shoulder with farmers as they turned their focus to another battle: the spring ...

Today In History

Today is Thursday, May 2, the 122nd day of 2013. There are 243 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1519 - Artist Leonardo da Vinci dies at Cloux, France. 1526 - Protestant League of Germany is formed. 1536 - England's Queen Anne Boleyn is sent ...

A giant North Korean flag atop a 160-meter (533-foot) tower flutters in the wind in North Korea near the border village of Panmunjom, which has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, April 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

NKorea vows to bolster nuclear arms over US report

North Korea is vowing to bolster its nuclear program in response to a U.S. State Department report accusing Pyongyang of human rights abuses. Pyongyang's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday called the annual U.S. report proof of a hostile policy by Washington that's aimed at toppling North Korea's leadership. The State Department ...

Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, left, and Chinese counterpart Gen. Fang Fenghui salute during a welcoming ceremony at the Bayi Building in Beijing, China Monday, April 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, Pool)

China says new North Korea nuclear test possible

China's top general said a fourth North Korean nuclear weapons test is a possibility that underscores the need for fresh talks between Pyongyang and other regional parties. Chief of the General Staff Gen. Fang Fenghui said Beijing firmly opposes the North's nuclear weapons program and wants to work with others ...

US to press China over repatriation of NKoreans

The United States will press China over its forcible repatriation of refugees to North Korea, a U.S. human rights envoy said Monday. He likened the North's vast gulag to that operated by the Soviet Union in the 1930s. Robert King is among U.S. officials meeting in Washington this week with ...

Iran seeks to export oil to North Korea

Iran's oil ministry says the country is considering exporting oil to North Korea as a way to improve its battered economy. The official IRNA news agency quoted on Saturday Oil Minister Rostam Ghasemi as saying talks are underway between Tehran and Pyongyang on oil exports. An oil deal would bring ...

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