A former US official who attended the conference told VOA's Korean Service that US and North Korean officials met on the sidelines of the conference even as formal denuclearization talks between them have stalled
Lack of rain followed by flooding is a seasonal cycle in North Korea, but this year the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies finds the situation ‘concerning’
Washington imposed tariffs on more than $250 billion out of total $539 billion worth of Chinese goods the United States imported in 2018
It's a winter wonderland near Washington this holiday season, as it has been for nine years. It's an exhibit called ICE!, and to it took more than 2 million pounds of ice to create sculptures that fill a huge indoor park. VOA's Eunjung Cho reports.
Washington's annual Downtown Holiday Market is open for business. For the last 13 years, this unique seasonal market has provided shopping and entertainment from just after Thanksgving until right before Christmas. VOA's Eunjung Cho reports.
Sanctions will make any business with North Korea risky and intolerable, experts say
Eight senators are sponsoring resolution in case of David Sneddon, US student missing since 2004 who may have been abducted in Yunnan Province, held in North Korea to teach English
More than 400 North Korean laborers in Poland are vulnerable to work injuries as they perform hazardous tasks without necessary security measures and protective gear, labor production watchdog says
Pyongyang has ramped up threats against South Korea, US and fired more missiles following UN adoption of expanded sanctions
US government needs 'to make sure that there is an official channel to assist in the reunification of Korean Americans' with relatives, Illinois Senator Mark Kirk says
Experts estimate that North Korea currently has between 10 and 16 nuclear weapons and it could possess as many as 100 by 2020
Financial sanctions might offer one point of leverage for the US, but the trick is securing support from Beijing
Under Qatar’s kafala system, foreign unskilled laborers employed by local employers must leave the country shortly after their dismissal
Its diplomats stressed this week that Pyongyang is not interested in an Iran-type nuclear deal and won't negotiate away its nuclear weapons
Company notes repeated violations of local laws and regulations by workers and inhumane treatment of workers by their supervisors
Samantha Power accuses Pyongyang delegation of trying to 'drown out' defectors' testimony on human rights
On average, adult consumption was about 2,103 calories per day in 2011, significantly lower than figure suggested by UN food agency
Conditions are harsh, food is bad, and most wages for construction work are taken away by Pyongyang government, recruitment companies
Former head of UN Commission of Inquiry Michael Kirby comments on N. Korean moves to block UN resolution referring country's leadership to ICC for abuses
Advocacy group screens 50-minute documentary at Congressional Auditorium in Washington to promote family reunions with isolated state
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