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

North Korea says attempts to shoot down its rocket will be an act of war, and that any additional U.N.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

North Korea has shut-down and partly dismantled its nuclear reactor complex under terms of the accord.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

The vessel has the technological potential to shoot down a North Korean ballistic missile, something neither the United States nor Japan have ruled out doing.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

Mr.Obama,due to chaira special U.N.Security Council session Wednesday on nuclear disarmament, said nuclear actions by Iran and North Korea threaten to take the world down a "dangerous slope" toward uncontrolled proliferation.

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

In an extraordinary move that sent Toyota stock prices plummeting, the world's largest automaker has suspended sales of eight of its most popular models and shut down five North American plants.

VOA: standard.2010.01.28

"It's because we have the prevailing wind at the moment coming from the north, pulling the material down towards Western Europe that we're seeing the impact on the travel of so many people."

VOA: standard.2010.04.16

(Recording) Yoon says the North Korean leader is trying to "lower his son down safely from the back of a tiger, without getting eaten" a metaphor referring to Kim Jong Il's apparent plans for his youngest son to take over one day.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

A senior official here said the administration had anticipated a sharp response by Pyongyang to Monday's Security Council statement and that the United States did not intend to "get bogged down" by responding to every statement carried by the official North Korean media.

VOA: standard.2009.04.14