South Korea

North Korea launches new ballistic missile after US-S Korea talks: Seoul

Oct 19, 2021 09:36

Seoul says North Korea has fired at least one ballistic missile off its east coast, shortly after the US and South Korean envoys met in Washington to discuss Pyongyang’s nuclear program.
Only way South Korea can repair image is to return funds: Iran

Oct 14, 2021 03:41

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani says that the only way South Korea can repair its tainted image in Iran is by quickly returning billions of dollars in funds frozen in the country because of US pressure.
North, South Korea talk on hotline after Pyongyang’s missile tests

Oct 04, 2021 05:07

North and South Korea have restored their direct communication lines in a show of readiness to resume inter-Korean talks after Pyongyang conducted a series of missile tests in the span of a few weeks.
Iran to let Central Bank sue S Korea if it fails to act on frozen funds, Amir-Abdollahian warns

Oct 03, 2021 08:59

Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has warned that Tehran will not stop the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) from filing a lawsuit against South Korea over the freezing of Iranian assets in its banks under US pressure if Seoul fails to take practical strides to unblock the funds.
Iran urges ‘quick access’ to its South Korea-held assets

Oct 01, 2021 04:52

Iran’s foreign minister urges that South Korea provide the Islamic Republic with “quick access” to the funds that it has been withholding from the country under the banner of abiding by US sanctions.
N Korea warns US it will enhance weapons development

Sep 30, 2021 07:11

North Korea warns the United States that amid the absence of all change in Washington’s hostile policy towards Pyongyang, it is sure to power through with its weapons development programs.
North Korea calls for US drill ban as path to end war

Sep 29, 2021 09:28

At the United Nations this week, North Korea outlined the defensive nature of its nuclear weapons, which has been subject to US-led Security Council sanctions for more than a decade. Pyongyang also held out hope for dialogue with the US and South Korea. The remarks from North Korea follow the proposal made by South Korean President Moon Jae-in for a formal declaration to end the Korean War.
North Korea says test-fired new hypersonic missile

Sep 29, 2021 05:34

North Korea says it has successfully test-fired a newly-developed hypersonic missile, in a move it said is strategically significant in the development of the domestic nuclear weapons technology.
North Korea says willing to resume inter-Korean talks based on mutual respect

Sep 26, 2021 10:20

North Korea has expressed its readiness to resume inter-Korean talks on officially ending the 1950-53 Korean War based on mutual respect.
North Korea rejects call to declare end of Korean War over persisting ‘US hostile policy’

Sep 24, 2021 06:01

North Korea has rejected as premature a call by the South to declare a formal end to the decades-long Korean War as long as the "US hostile policy" toward Pyongyang persists.