The surprise visit came at a time when the United States and other countries have been putting more pressure on North Korea.

VOA: special.2009.08.08

Those objectives are for North Korea to stop developing nuclear weapons and to look for peace and stability on the Korean peninsula.

VOA: special.2010.10.02

He says Mister Clinton's visit could be seen as the United States softening its policy on North Korea.

VOA: special.2009.08.08

South Korea and the United States have been urging China to join them in punishing North Korea in the United Nations Security Council.

VOA: special.2010.05.29

They were sentenced in June to face twelve years of hard labor for illegally entering North Korea.

VOA: special.2009.08.08

But supporters said it was the best way to protect the United States and its European allies from countries like Iran or North Korea.

VOA: special.2009.09.19

One theory is that the military could object if the ruling party looks for friendship with South Korea to help save North Korea's economy.

VOA: special.2010.10.02

They increased economic actions against North Korea after it launched missiles and tested a nuclear device.

VOA: special.2009.08.08

But critics say the United States gave North Korea the two things it demanded.

VOA: special.2009.08.08

In two thousand ten,Brazil,Portugal, Ivory Coast and North Korea share the "group of death."

VOA: special.2010.06.09

Former president Bill Clinton made a surprise visit to North Korea on Tuesday.

VOA: special.2009.08.08

There are no diplomatic relations between North Korea and the United States.

VOA: special.2009.08.08

Other issues included Iran,North Korea and stopping the spread of nuclear weapons.

VOA: special.2009.07.11

The president spoke just hours after North Korea launched a long-range rocket.

VOA: special.2009.04.11

He said that is why North Korea now faces stronger sanctions.

VOA: special.2010.01.30

Subjects included economics, climate change and North Korea's nuclear program.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

The strategy also deals with issues like North Korea.

VOA: special.2010.05.29

North Korea denies any involvement.

VOA: special.2010.05.29

North Korea's deputy U.N.Ambassador Pak Tok Hun categorically rejected the resolution, saying it was a U.S.initiative intended to destroy North Korea.

VOA: standard.2009.11.20

In Pyongyang,Bosworth will try to persuade North Korea to return to nuclear disarmament talks with South Korea, the U.S.,China,Japan and Russia.

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

Since then,North Korea has cooled its hostile rhetoric and offered to engage with the United States and South Korea.

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

North Korea denies responsibility. These war games are a direct response to the sinking of the South Korean vessel.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

But China,Pyongyang's main patron, has not publicly condemned the attack or even acknowledged that North Korea was to blame.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

Still,North Korea, also known as the DPRK, set no date for sitting down to talk about implementing its nuclear disarmament commitments.

VOA: standard.2009.12.11

The current list, issued at the close of the Bush administration, includes Burma,(),Eritrea, Iran,North Korea,Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Uzbekistan.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

"I think that North Korea is attempting to demonstrate an ICBM [i.e.,intercontinental ballistic missile capability through a space launch.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

North Korea says it will launch, what it says is a communications satellite, sometime between April 4 and April 8.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

I don't think so,". Lim Eul-chul is a North Korea scholar at Kyungnam University's Institute for Far Eastern Studies.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11