Tens of thousands of North Koreans rallied in their capital to condemn the United States and South Korea on the 60th anniversary of the start of the Korean War, while Seoul told Pyongyang to admit responsibility for a deadly warship sinking.

THE British government hoped North Korea would fail to qualify for the 1966 World Cup finals as they believed the state’s presence in the competition could cause political “headaches”, documents have revealed.

North Korea has agreed to declare and disable all its nuclear facilities by the end of this year, the chief US negotiator said today.

US and North Korean envoys today ended talks failing to reach an agreement on when to resume six-nation talks on dismantling Pyongyang’s atomic weapons programme.

North Korea has said the United States is the “world’s worst violator” of human rights in an angry reaction to new US legislation aimed at improving human rights in the Communist state.