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• NKorean farmers cite grave drought; aid unlikely

  (AP) -- North Korea is mobilizing workers to irrigate farms and repair wells as officials report a serious drought that could worsen already critical food shortages.Help, however, is unlikely to come from the United States and South Korea following Pyong   Read more »

• NKorea's rocket display shows lack of progress

  (AP) -- Analysts sifting through information on North Korea's failed rocket launch say Pyongyang appears to have learned little about spaceflight since its last flubbed attempt three years ago, and that the country is a long way from being able to threat   Read more »

• Cyr: The North Korean diplomacy tightrope

  Arthur I. Cyr is the author of "After the Cold War." This is from Scripps Howard News Service. The spectacular failure of North Korea's latest missile launch last week is cause for puzzlement more than alarm. For nearly two decades, Pyongyang has shifted   Read more »

• Clinton sees risk of further NKorea provocation

  (AP) -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says history shows North Korea may follow a planned long-range rocket launch in violation of a U.N. ban with "additional provocations."Clinton did not elaborate in her comments Tuesday on what that provoc   Read more »

• NKorea's Bethlehem is birthplace of Kim religion

  (AP) -- As the snow drifts through the towering evergreen trees, silence enshrouds this remote pilgrimage site, a place some here consider the Bethlehem of North Korea.It was in a rustic log cabin at the foot of Mt. Paektu where Kim Il Sung , the founder   Read more »

Around the web

• Covert Ops & Washington’s Contingency Plans for North Korea

  the long-standing tensions between Washington and Pyongyang remain enflamed, a media report accusing South Korean and US Special Forces of parachuting into North Korea to spy on underground military facilities has sparked further controversy. Journalist David 5/30/12 from Global Research Read more »

• Storchak in North Korea to discuss debt

  on Home icon in your browser toolbar, then select "yes" in pop-up window Russian Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Storchak is in Pyongyang on a three-day visit to discuss North Korea’s $11-billion debt to Russia on former Soviet loans. The debt talks resumed 2:15 AM from Voice of Russia Read more »

• New N. Korea constitution proclaims nuclear status

  North Korea's new constitution proclaims its status as a nuclear-armed nation, complicating international efforts to persuade Pyongyang to abandon atomic weapons, analysts said Thursday. An official website seen late Wednesday released the text of the constitution 5/30/12 from Channel News Asia Read more »

• Are there U.S. special ops inside North Korea?

  blogger David Axe quoted Brig. Gen. Neil Tolley as saying that U.S. special forces parachute into North Korea in order to spy on Pyongyang's underground military facilities. The U.S. military cannot see North Korea's extensive tunnel infrastructure, which 5/30/12 from Foreign Policy Read more »

• What Kim Jong-un Said During His Trip to the Zoo

  Korean despot Kim Jong-un, inspired by the regal presidential campaign of Newt Gingrich, decided to visit the Pyongyang Central Zoo a few days ago, a visit that was thoroughly documented and broadcast on state TV. Once again, Daily Intel, thanks to technology   from New York Magazine Read more »