WASHINGTON (AP) ― A U.S.-based institute said Wednesday new satellite imagery shows that North Korea has resumed building work on a reactor after months of inactivity.That indicates the North is pressing on with efforts to expand its nuclear program, the institute says, despite international criticism. North Korea says the reactor is intended to generate electricity but its active pursuit of nuclear weapons raises doubts over its intentions.The image from a commercial satellite dated April 30 sh

PYONGYANG (AP) ― From across the city, they are summoned to pay reverence.So on a chilly April evening, tens of thousands of people come to honor their new ruler, as towering statues of his father and grandfather are unveiled on a Pyongyang hilltop. The crowds bow before the statues in practiced unison and shake bright, fake flowers in choreographed praise. Some weep with joy to be in the presence of the baby-faced Kim Jong Un, who is now their Illustrious General, their Leader, their Supreme Co

A handful of North Korean sources brave arrest, imprisonment and maybe worse, all to produce the content seen on the Daily NK, a Seoul-based online news outlet.Why do they do it? “For 60 years the North Korean people had no opportunity to tell their story,” said Christopher Green, its manager of international affairs. “Ultimately, they want to tell their stories because that’s what human beings want to do.”  Since its founding in late 2004, the Daily NK has published news from inside the isolate

The South Korean government will step up the efforts to verify the death of Shin Sook-ja and have her daughters released from North Korea, officials said Wednesday. “Through the Red Cross channel between the South and the North, and through international cooperation, the efforts for verifying her death and to facilitate the return will be increased,” a Ministry of Unification official said Wednesday.Shin is a South Korean held in North Korea against her will since 1987. Shin defected to North Ko

Pyongyang remains isolated whereas Myanmar moves toward democracyUntil recently, both North Korea and Myanmar were labeled pariahs by the international community for their autocratic rule, human rights abuses and closed-door policy. But they are now on completely different paths.Pyongyang remains isolated and sanctioned while sticking to its military adventurism despite criticism for undermining peace and security here and beyond, and failing to take due steps for its crumbling economy and starv

A recent bout of electronic jamming signals from North Korea highlighted the growing risks of cyber warfare, which experts fear could be among its pledged “special actions” against South Korea. Hundreds of aircraft and ships have been affected by global positioning system disruptions traced to the North for the past week.The attack caused no major disasters but triggered jitters in the South over its vulnerability to Pyongyang’s increasingly sophisticated cyber capabilities. The incident comes l