The announcement of a massive five-month crackdown on North Korean defectors by security forces in China's Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture has triggered a rush of speculation. >> Full Text
Up to 200,000 prisoners are being held "in horrific conditions" in six concentration camps in North Korea, Amnesty International said at a press conference in Seoul Thursday to publicize its annual report. >> Full Text
Korea's goal of developing its own space rocket by 2018 looks ever more likely to come true. Now experts are questioning whether even that deadline can be met. It all depends on who makes the rocket. >> Full Text