China Says It Won't Forsake North Korea, Despite Support for UN Sanctions

China Says It Won't Forsake North Korea, Despite Support for UN Sanctions

(CNN) -- Threats of a preemptive nuclear strike. Warnings of ending an armistice. Vows to nullify nonaggression pacts. Even by North Korean standards, the threats this week by leader Kim Jong Un have been incredibly provocative, making the situation on

Former New Mexico governor and U.N. Ambassador Bill Richardson has visited North Korea eight times over the past two decades and become one of the most outspoken American thinkers on the hermit kingdom. In an early visit in 1996, he helped negotiate

Former New Mexico governor and U.N. Ambassador Bill Richardson has visited North Korea eight times over the past two decades and become one of the most outspoken American thinkers on the hermit kingdom. In an early visit in 1996, he helped negotiate

North Korea responded to new UN sanctions on Friday with fresh threats of nuclear war, the scrapping of peace pacts with South Korea and the severing of a hotline with Seoul. The latest measures announced by Pyongyang

By Jamie Crawford North Korea may be expanding one of its notorious prison camps to incorporate control of civilians in adjacent villages. Amnesty International says new satellite imagery of the area surrounding a prison