North Korea

US, South Korea could scale back joint drills: Esper

Nov 14, 2019 04:50

US military exercises with South Korea could be scaled back to aid diplomacy with the nuclear-armed North, Defense Secretary Mark Esper signaled on his way to Seoul, as Pyongyang said it was running out of patience.
North Korea warns of reprisal against US-South Korea military exercises

Nov 13, 2019 16:47

North Korea has threatened to retaliate amid planned military drills between the United States and South Korea that comes at a time of Pyongyang's stalled denuclearization talks with Washington.
Russian FM calls for diplomacy to resolve US-North Korea nuclear issue

Nov 08, 2019 15:45

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has called for dialogue between the United States and North Korea and “all the countries concerned” to resolve the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula.
North Korea censures planned US-South military drills

Nov 06, 2019 14:25

North Korea has strongly denounced Washington for plans to conduct a joint military exercise with Seoul next month, as efforts to resume denuclearization negotiations hit numerous impasses.
N Korea raps US' terrorism accusations, warns it makes talks difficult

Nov 05, 2019 02:35

North Korea has hit back at a US State Department report released last week, saying the report's description of Pyongyang as a sponsor of terrorism is an example of a "hostile policy" that may prevent denuclearization talks from progressing.
North Korea tests missile launchers as denuclearization talks with US stall

Nov 01, 2019 05:03

North Korea has conducted a test of what it calls "super-large multiple rocket launchers" as efforts by Washington and Pyongyang to resume denuclearization negotiations hit another impasse.
North Korea fires two unidentified projectiles towards East Sea: South military

Oct 31, 2019 11:30

North Korea has launched two “unidentified projectiles” toward the Sea of Japan, the South Korean military says, an apparent resumption of weapons tests amid stalled nuclear talks with the United States.
N Korea: Continued US hostility could lead to conflict

Oct 27, 2019 05:23

North Korea has renewed a warning for the United States against a deadlock in the diplomatic process between the two sides, saying continuous hostilities could lead to a conflict.
North Korea calls on South to rebuild 'capitalist' Mt Kumgang resort

Oct 25, 2019 05:01

North Korea has proposed that Seoul discuss the removal of its facilities from the North's resort of Mount Kumgang, a key symbol of cooperation that Pyongyang recently criticized as "shabby" and "capitalist," the South's officials said on Friday.
North Korea's leader orders South-built resort demolished

Oct 23, 2019 07:33

In what might be viewed as the latest sign of the frosty inter-Korean relations, North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un has ordered a tourist complex built by a Southern company on the North's Mount Kumgang to be razed and replaced with modern facilities.