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North Korea envoy ties food aid to human rights

As North Korea faces ongoing food shortages, the US appears closer to providing food aid amid hopes for movement on six-party nuclear talks.
Portrait of a North Korean propagandist turned protest artist

Before fleeing North Korea, Song Byeok was a propaganda artist, creating portraits of 'Dear Leader' Kim Jong-il. Now he uses his art to criticize the regime from South Korea.
North Korea rebuffs South Korea's evidence on Cheonan attack

South Korean defense officials presented evidence Thursday that a North Korean submarine torpedoed the Cheonan, a South Korean Navy ship, in March, killing 46 sailors.
North Korea: Will winter shortages intensify rights abuses?

North Korea rights advocates in South Korea turned to international courts for aid in challenging abuses. They are trying to keep the issue in the public eye as a tough winter and a drastic currency revaluation raise the prospect of more crackdowns.
Stateless children: North Korean refugees in China

Thousands of children exist in legal limbo, missing out on school and other state services because their mothers fear deportation.
US weighs options to free journalists in North Korea

A tougher stance toward Pyongyang may complicate efforts to negotiate the release of the two women, who were sentenced Monday to 12 years of hard labor.
American journalists could be bargaining chips for North Korea

A documentary critical of the North, filmed by a family member of one of the journalists, could complicate their case.
U.S. to mine N. Korean papers for answers, progress

A US diplomat returns from talks in Pyongyang Monday with 18,000 pages supplied by North Korea on its nuclear facilities.
South Korea's Chinese unfurl pride as Olympic torch passes

Flag-waving youths flooded Seoul Sunday, outnumbering North Korea and Tibet protesters.
South Korea's Chinese unfurl pride as Olympic torch passes

Flag-waving youths flooded Seoul Sunday, outnumbering North Korea and Tibet protesters.