China's leadership is hitting a rough patch with ally North Korea under its new leader Kim Jong Un, as Beijing finds itself wrong-footed in episodes including Pyongyang's rocket launch and the murky detention of Chinese fishing boats.Full story
North Korea's dictatorship has blocked its people from learning about the outside world for more than 60 years. But the wall of propaganda has begun to crack as North Koreans use real-life social networks to illegally share South Korean TV dramas and pop music on everything from DVDs to USB sticks. Full story
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea vowed on Tuesday to bolster its nuclear deterrent in response to diplomatic pressure from Washington over a recent failed rocket launch. Full story
MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan and the show’s mega panel discuss a new referendum announced by Bank of America and 3M that will allow their investors to restrict the use of corporate money in politics.
Former Ambassador Chris Hill joins Andrea Mitchell Reports to talk about the deal and what it says about the Chinese government.
Richard spent two weeks in North Korea and got a rare and revealing look inside this very closed country.
Richard Engel, NBC’s chief foreign correspondent, shares a rare and revealing look inside the reclusive kingdom of North Korea.
When North Korea's new young leader spoke in public he surprised his own people and the world. Nothing like that had been seen or heard for years. Kim Jong Un's apparent openness was revolutionary, so too was his promise to end hunger. ITN’s Angus Walker reports.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un visits the Kaeson Youth Park Funfair in this undated picture released by the North's official KCNA news agency in Pyongyang May 27, 2012. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS) THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak , Defence Minister Kim Kwan-jin and U.S. Army General James Thurman, the commander of U.S. Forces Korea, attend an honor guard ceremony to greet the remains of twelve South Korean soldiers killed in North Korea during the 1950-53 Korean War, at Seoul military ai
South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak (C, back row) attends an honor guard ceremony to greet the remains of twelve South Korean soldiers killed in North Korea during the 1950-53 Korean War, at Seoul military airport in Seongnam, south of Seoul May 25, 2012. The remains were transferred by the U.S. go
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un poses with service personnel of the Korean People's Army Unit 6556 in Pyongyang in this undated picture released by North Korea's KCNA news agency May 25, 2012. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY) THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.
