Report: North Korea may fire missile toward Hawaii in early July

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea may fire a long-range ballistic missile toward Hawaii in early July, a Japanese news report said Thursday, as Russia and China urged the regime to return to international disarmament talks on its rogue nuclear program.

Report: NKorean leader’s son, heir apparent secretly visits China, warned for nuclear program

TOKYO — The youngest son — and reportedly heir apparent — of North Korea’s ailing leader Kim Jong Il secretly visited China last week and was urged by President Hu Jintao to have the North halt additional nuclear tests, a top Japanese newspaper said Tuesday.

Report: Designated heir of NKorean leader visited China, was warned about nuclear program

TOKYO — The youngest son — and reportedly heir apparent — of North Korea’s ailing leader Kim Jong Il secretly visited China last week and was urged by President Hu Jintao to have the North halt additional nuclear tests, a top Japanese newspaper said Tuesday.

Report: Man believed to be NKorean leader’s son thinks succession reports ‘true’

TOKYO — A man believed to be the eldest son of North Korean ruler Kim Jong Il said in an interview aired Tuesday he thinks reports that his youngest brother will become the communist country’s next leader are true.