A South Korean activist said Thursday he plans to launch a series of balloons across the border into North Korea carrying copies of a film which has enraged its leadership.    Former defector Park Sang-hak said the balloons would carry a total of 100,000 copies on DVDs and USB memory sticks of "The Interview," a comedy about a fictional plot to kill North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.   The giant balloons, which are used by private groups in the South to float anti-regime material across the hea

BEIJING (AFP) - The US diplomat responsible for North Korea said Friday that Pyongyang is proceeding with its nuclear program and showing no clear sign of steps that would permit international talks on ending it to resume. The negotiations, known as the six-party talks, began in 2003 and consist of five countries - China, Japan, Russia, South Korea and the United States - trying to convince North Korea to drop its atomic development in exchange for aid and incentives. Pyongyang walked out of the