North Korea

North Korea spurns Seoul's disarmament-for-aid offer, asks Yoon to 'shut up'

Aug 19, 2022 01:39

North Korea has bluntly spurned Seoul's offer of economic support in exchange for denuclearization, calling South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yeol "simple" and "childish".
North Korea fires two cruise missiles into waters off its west coast: South

Aug 17, 2022 03:30

North Korea has fired two cruise missiles toward the sea off its west coast, South Korea’s military says, as tensions continue on the Korean Peninsula.
South Korea offers major aid package to North to seek its denuclearization

Aug 15, 2022 09:49

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has offered a wide-ranging aid package to North Korea on the condition of its denuclearization, a proposal highly unlikely to be considered by Pyongyang.
Russia commits to expanding ties with North Korea: Report

Aug 15, 2022 02:10

Russian President Vladimir Putin has reportedly committed to expanding the country’s “comprehensive and constructive bilateral relations” with North Korea.
Pyongyang criticizes UN chief's support for denuclearizing North Korea

Aug 14, 2022 03:47

North Korea has criticized UN Secretary-General over his remarks in support of Pyongyang’s complete denuclearization.
North Korean leader’s sister warns Seoul of 'retaliation' over COVID outbreak

Aug 11, 2022 04:08

Tensions have flared between the two Koreas over the source of a COVID-19 contagion in the North, with the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un accusing the South of having caused the outbreak in her country and warning of "deadly retaliation."
North Korea blasts Pelosi’s visit to DMZ, calls her ‘worst destroyer of international peace'

Aug 06, 2022 04:41

North Korea has lambasted US House speaker Nancy Pelosi’s recent visit to the heavily-fortified Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, calling the American official the "worst destroyer of international peace and stability.”
After stirring up controversy with Taiwan trip, Pelosi to visit DMZ on North Korea border

Aug 05, 2022 02:02

US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi is planning to visit the demilitarized zone on South Korea’s border with the North, after raising controversy elsewhere in the region by visiting Chinese Taipei.
Kim says North Korea ready to use nuclear weapons against aggressors

Jul 28, 2022 04:34

North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un says his country is fully ready to use nuclear weapons in any military confrontation with the United States and South Korea, amid escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
North Korea accuses US of manufacturing biological weapons in Ukraine

Jul 24, 2022 03:46

North Korea has accused the United States of manufacturing biological weapons in Ukraine, echoing a Russian claim that the US is using laboratories in Ukraine to develop biological weapons.