On Wednesday, December 28, North Korea holds the funeral service for its leader Kim Jong-il, who died on December 17. The first stage of the funeral will be held in Kymsusan memorial complex in Pyongyang – the official residence of Kim Jong-Il’s father, Kim Il Sung. According to North Korean media, Kim Jong-Il died from a heart attack as he was traveling by train across the country. His... 

A huge portrait of late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il carried during his funeral procession in a snowy Pyongyang. North Korea has started two days of funeral services for its late leader Kim Jong-il as tens of thousands of mourners gather on the capital’s streets to bid farewell to the country’s deceased leader. Footage broadcast Wednesday on North Korea’s state television showed... 

Dictator’s death could have been result of internal power struggle with country’s military. A prominent North Korean defector and a South Korean politician are contradicting reports that North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il died of a heart attack, pointing to rumors that he was assassinated as result of an internal power struggle between the ruling Communist Workers’ Party and the country’s military. “A... 

North Korea, Pyongyang : North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il returns a salute to Korean People's Army soldiers marching in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang to mark the 60th anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea, 10 October 2005. North Korea’s veteran leader Kim Jong-il has died at the age of 69. A tearful announcer at North Korea’s state television, dressed in black, said on Monday... 

North Korea said the U.S. and South Korea are “inviting a nuclear war” by conducting military drills, even as a Seoul-based think tank predicted that Kim Jong Il’s regime may hold another atomic test next year. South Korea’s Dec. 20 artillery drill on Yeonpyeong Island near the disputed sea border was an intentional provocation, and North Korea is closely watching “the reckless behavior... 

An estimated 600 former soldiers and police officers turned out on the streets of Seoul in this latest rally to demand revenge against the North for last week’s artillery attack. The North Korean shelling of a small island that killed four people has prompted outrage among South Koreans, many of whom see their own government’s response as weak. [Jung Jung-Ho, Secretary General, Korea Disabled... 

North Korea bombarded a South Korean island near their disputed western border Tuesday, setting buildings ablaze and killing at least two marines after warning the South to halt military drills in the area, South Korean officials said. South Korea said it returned fire and scrambled fighter jets in response, and said the “inhumane” attack on civilian areas violated the 1953 armistice halting... 

North Korean president Kim Jong-il The threat posed by North Korea’s nuclear programme has reached an “extremely dangerous level”, an adviser to South Korea’s president has said. It was not clear whether the comments by Kim Tae-hyo, President Lee Myung-bak’s deputy national security adviser, followed new intelligence. A recent report by the Washington-based Institute for... 

This is a satellite image of construction at the Yongbyon Nuclear Site, North Korea-September 29, 2010. North Korea continues to keep the experts guessing. Last week, it promoted the third son of its current leader, Kim Jong Il, prompting speculation that he is on track to succeed his father. And now, apparently, it has commissioned construction activity at the site where it used to produce plutonium... 

North Korea has offered South Korea a new round of reunions for families separated by the Korean War, state media said Saturday. Reunions last happened in September and October 2009, and their potential renewal could signal an easing of tensions after the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship in March. The North proposed that the two Koreas’ Red Cross societies meet soon to discuss the gatherings....