President Obama announced Sunday the U.S. will host summit on nuclear security within the next year. April 5, 2009

North Korea has announced it has carried out an underground nuclear explosion, and there are reports it test-fired a short-range missile just hours later. /nThe United States and the European Union have sharply criticised the move, while Russia has expressed concern./nJapan's prime minister...

President Barack Obama says North Korea's latest nuclear tests should be a matter of grave concern to all nations. He says the international community must stand up to North Korea. (May 25, 2009)

North Korea has successfully carried out an underground nuclear test, officials in the country have confirmed.

North Korea followed up its nuclear test with war-like threats. The U.S. is unaware what the North Koreans want, but chances are, they are trying to test the Obama administration. David Martin reports.

Ongoing nuclear tests by North Korea have been rejected by countries all over the globe. Harry Smith speaks to U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice about how the U.S. may respond.

North Korea's communist regime is warning of a nuclear war on the Korean peninsula while vowing to step up its atomic bomb-making program in defiance of new U.N. sanctions. (June 14, 2009)

The Defense Department says it is prepared if North Korea test fires another ballistic missile. Reports from Asia say this missile test might take place on July 4th and head towards Hawaii. (June 19, 2009)

The US is positioning defenses near Hawaii to protect against a possible attack by North Korea.

Barack Obama has embarked on his first visit to Asia since taking office as US president in January. The four-nation tour, taking him to Japan, China, South Korea and a regional summit in Singapore, is intended to strengthen some important alliances and may also bring him into contact with...

President Obama declared that an era of American disengagement in Asia is over. He also warned that the U.S. and its Asian partners 'will not be cowed' by North Korea's continued defiance over its nuclear weapons program. (Nov. 13, 2009)

Police in Thailand have seized a cargo plane carrying 35 tonnes of battlefield weapons, including missile launchers, made in North Korea. The seizure is one of the biggest ever busts in the international arms embargo against North Korea. The aircraft landed in Bangkok on Sunday on route...

Military divers are scouring the waters near South Korea's tense maritime border with North Korea, searching for 46 missing marines from a naval ship that exploded and sank.

RT - Military exercises have started between the U.S. and South Korea, despite threats of a nuclear response from Pyongyang. The four-day drills involve around eight thousand troops, 200 aircraft and 20 ships. America currently has 28 thousand troops based in South Korea and 50-thousand more in...

AP - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and his son, heir apparent Kim Jong Un, appeared together at a massive military parade on Sunday held amid celebrations marking the foundation of the country's ruling party.

AP - President Barack Obama was "outraged" following North Korea's artillery attack against the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong.

Tensions between North and South Korea remain high after Tuesday's artillery barrage killed four South Koreans. Backing the United State's commitment, Obama called for U.S. troops to stage military exercises with South Korea.