SEOUL, South Korea -- Tensions over North Korea's nuclear programs intensified when the communist government expelled U.N. inspectors amid rising concerns the North was resuming nuclear weapons work.

Academic pressure has become so intense that even preschoolers are taking private extracurricular classes, raising worries ...

BEIJING (AP) — China took a step against longtime ally North Korea on Tuesday by voting in favor of a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning Pyongyang’s long-range rocket launch in December.

It’s hard to keep up with the rapid-fire news coming from North Korea these days. Tensions have escalated for months amid North Korean missile tests – including the test of a hydrogen bomb that was ...