Today, North Korea fired artillery into the Yellow Sea for a third day in a sensitive border area with South Korea, announced the South Korean Army.

U.S. President Obama delivered a stern message on Thursday to North Korea and Iran that they risk further sanctions and isolation if they do not rein in their nuclear ambitions. (VIDEO AVAILABLE)

North Korea says it is in the last stage of enriching uranium which could bring it another step closer to building a nuclear bomb.

A high-level delegation from North Korea will meet President Lee Myung-bak of South Korea on Sunday, in the first major political meeting between the two Koreas in nearly two years.

Laura Ling, 32, and Euna Lee, 36, arrived on a chartered jet with Clinton at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, Calif., at about 8:51 a.m. Eastern time (5:51 a.m. Pacific). Twenty minutes later, they walked down a short flight of stairs to embrace their waiting family members. (VIDEO AVAILABLE)

“There is no place to go for North Korea, they have no friends left that will protect them from the international community’s efforts to move toward denuclearization”, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said.

The Independence Day launch was the North’s biggest one-day barrage of test missiles in three years.

Defense chief Robert M. Gates’ remarks about shoring up Hawaii’s defense may be aimed at deterring a test launch and signals that the U.S. is willing to act to prevent a successful test.

President Obama met today at the White House with his South Korean counterpart, Lee Myung-bak, with a new program of U.N. sanctions and threats from the North Korean government serving as the backdrop. Obama declaring during remarks to reporters that North Korea’s bid to become a nuclear power is not inevitable and will not be accepted by his administration.

North Korea finished preparations to launch a new long-range missile in its northwestern coast.

The 15-0 vote on U.N. Resolution 1874 imposes an embargo on the shipment of arms from the communist regime and broadens a ban on the import of weapons.

North Korea convicted two American journalists and sentenced them Monday to 12 years of hard labor, intensifying the reclusive nation’s confrontation with the United States.

South Korean and U.S. troops raised their alert Thursday to the highest level since 2006 after North Korea renounced its truce with the allied forces and threatened to strike any ships trying to intercept its vessels.

All three launches were reported to be short-range missiles which can hit targets up to 80 miles away.

North Korea has fired two more missiles, hours after the UN Security Council unanimously condemned its nuclear test, South Korean reports say.

North Korea has ended co-operation with UN nuclear inspectors and ordered them to leave the country, the International Atomic Energy Agency says.