The life expectancy of an average North Korean stands at 68.9, placing it 149th among 222 countries checked, a U.S. media report said Saturday.According to Voice of America (VOA), which cited the latest findings by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the typical North Korean male born this y

WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) – The United States said Friday that it is "looking into" the issue of North Korea's recent flood, although the communist nation has not made a related aid request."We remain concerned about the well-being of the North Korean people," the State Department said in a pre

More than 30 North Korean hackers are suspected of having helped a South Korean criminal gang attain money by breaking into online game programs and transferring part of their payments to their home country, police said Thursday. The communist regime is known to have launched several cyber attack

North Korea has signed a deal with a New York-based company for tours to the Mount Kumgang resort, once jointly run with a South Korean conglomerate, a Korean-American businessman said Wednesday.Park Il-woo, also known as Steve Park, who has long conducted business with the communist nation, said hi

Wrapping up a weeklong stay in New York, North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye-gwan Tuesday expressed satisfaction with the results of his talks with U.S. officials and said he expects further dialogue."(I) am satisfied with talks this time," Kim told reporters before his departure. "Dialogue w

More North Koreans are apparently surfing the Web to find out about their country’s ties with South Korea and the U.S., and other issues affecting them, according to the U.S.-funded Radio Free Asia.Questions have been raised over the surfers’ identities as the autocratic communist state has severely

After "good and constructive" talks with North Korea last week, the United States on Monday maintained a guarded stance on next steps.U.S. officials neither confirmed nor denied Pyongyang's announcement that the two sides agreed to further dialogue when North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye-gwa

A North Korean national visited South Korea for a regional conference of the U.N. cultural agency UNESCO, officials said Monday.The North Korean, identified only by his family name Jang, arrived in Seoul last Monday in the capacity of a UNESCO official to attend the annual meeting by education coord

 The recent talks between North Korea and the U.S. in New York may not immediately resolve their differences but represent a positive "first step" toward more discussions, a South Korean official said Sunday.   The official said the meeting between North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye-gwan and Stephen Bosworth, the U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, was "an extension" of an

Parts of North Korean landmines apparently churned up by torrential rains have washed up across the border in South Korea, prompting a search by the military for more mines, the defence ministry said.Two wooden shells of North Korean landmines were found Thursday in a water-harvesting cistern near Hantan River at Cheolwon County, just south of the inter-Korean border, it said."They were just empty

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON -- North Korea and the United States have completed this week's talks in New York, which both sides called "constructive."Speaking to reporters separately, North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye-gwan and Stephen Bosworth, the U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, gave no details on whether substantial progress was made in their two-day discussions."Talks were