2012-04-13 (China Military News cited from AP and by JEAN H. LEE) -- North Korea's much-anticipated rocket launch ended quickly in failure early Friday, splintering into pieces over the Yellow Sea soon after takeoff.
North Korea acknowledged in a noon announcement broadcast on state TV that a satellite launched hours earlier ... READ MORE

2012-03-26 (China Military News cited from bbc.co.uk) -- China and the US have agreed to co-ordinate their response to any "potential provocation" if North Korea goes ahead with a planned rocket launch, the White House says.
North Korea says the long-range rocket will carry a satellite. The US says any launch ... READ MORE

2012-03-20 (China Military News cited from Reuters and by Ben Blanchard and Michael Martina) --  China's envoy on North Korea has expressed concern about the North's planned rocket launch, a Foreign Ministry official said on Tuesday, in China's latest bid to coax the North to abandon the launch that could ... READ MORE

2012-03-20 (China Military News cited from AFP) -- China said Tuesday it had held "frank" talks with North Korea's chief nuclear negotiator, after Pyongyang announced it had invited UN inspectors to monitor a nuclear deal with the United States.
A government statement said Wu Dawei, China's envoy for the Korean nuclear ... READ MORE

2012-03-13 (China Military News cited from koreaherald.com) -- China’s renewed claim to jurisdiction over Ieodo, a submerged rock south of Jeju Island, has sparked concerns here over whether South Korea is sufficiently prepared to handle any contingencies threatening its maritime security.
In a diplomatic step, Seoul’s Foreign Ministry called in an ... READ MORE

2012-02-29 (China Military News cited from AP and by ERIC TALMADGE) -- As a sleek black U-2 roared back from a mission, Pontiac muscle cars zoomed along the runway to help it touch down using a low-tech method dating back more than half a century to when this Cold War-era aircraft ... READ MORE

2012-02-28 (China Military News cited from UPI) -- North Korea, condemning joint U.S.-South Korea military drills in the region, Monday strongly warned that its army and people are ready for a war with the two.
The Communist country opposes the drills, saying they are "an unpardonable infringement upon the sovereignty and ... READ MORE

2012-02-27 (China Military News cited from Reuters) -- China said on Monday it held talks with North Korea last week about providing food aid to the chronically hungry North, and urged other countries to help while Pyongyang weighs returning to six-party nuclear disarmament negotiations.
Beijing rarely acknowledges talks about aid with ... READ MORE

2012-02-02 (China Military News cited from China Daily) -- The United States is open to diplomacy with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) new leaders but they must improve frosty ties with Seoul and show seriousness about nuclear disarmament, a senior US diplomat said on Wednesday.
Kurt Campbell, the US ... READ MORE