Historic meetings later this month between North and South Korean leaders may focus more on economic development than nuclear concerns.

UN inspectors confirmed the shutdown of North Korea’s main nuclear reactor. Does this represent genuine progress or just another feint by the North Korean regime?

The Bush administration flipped its long-standing policy toward North Korea as Washington envoy Christopher Hill arrived for talks in Pyongyang.

After delays hampered the release of North Korean funds from a Macao bank, Pyongyang failed to meet a deadline to close a nuclear facility.

Six-Party Talks stall, despite a U.S. policy shift involving the release of frozen North Korean funds from a bank in Macao.

Efforts to normalize U.S.-North Korea relations are underway as questions surround 2002 intelligence on Pyongyang’s uranium enrichment program.

After years of holding "pariahs" at arm's length, in the last month the Bush administration has relented and opened new channels to Iran, North Korea, and Syria.

Officials at the Six-Party Talks in Beijing announced a tentative deal to curb North Korea’s nuclear program. But experts warn the history of such "breakthroughs" warrants caution.

Washington recently sat down for talks with Pyongyang in Berlin and Six-Party Talks are set to resume in early February.

Pyongyang agreed to rejoin Six-Party Talks on its nuclear program a year after walking away from negotiations. But the meetings, which resumed in Beijing this week, hold little hope of stopping a now-nuclear North Korea.

China played the lead role in bringing North Korea back to nuclear weapons talks. But where do negotiations go from here? 

China, whose relations with North Korea have grown strained in recent weeks, is putting pressure on Pyongyang to return to the Six-Party Talks.

Pressure on North Korea to cease its nuclear proliferation and cancel any future nuclear testing continues to build even though Pyongyang shows no sign of changing its behavior.

Pyongyang is defiant in the face of Security Council sanctions imposed against the new nuclear power, even as the UN resolution’s effectiveness continues to be questioned.

The UN Security Council agreed to a resolution sanctioning North Korea but countries like South Korea and China will likely continue economic activity with Pyongyang.

North Korea’s nuclear test poses challenges for the nonproliferation regime. Worries range from regional arms races to nuclear material falling into the hands of terrorists.

As a UN resolution drafted by the United States makes the rounds in the Security Council, world leaders differ about how to mete out a punishment for North Korea.

North Korea’s nuclear test has set off a diplomatic scramble and caused worries that Pyongyang’s nuclear material could fall into the wrong hands or start an East Asian arms race.

North Korea's decision to test a nuclear weapon undermines years of diplomacy and raises huge questions for the United States, Pyongyang's Asian neighbors, and the international nonproliferation regime.

Washington has responded sternly to Pyongyang's nuclear test threat as Six-Party Talk members debate how to handle the latest twist in the North Korean nuclear standoff.