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UN blames both Koreas for violating armistice in latest border firefight
May 26, 2020 08:20The US-led United Nations Command (UNC) has blamed North and South Korea for violating the armistice agreement that ended the 1950-53 Korean War when the two countries exchanged gunfire earlier this month.
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North Korean leader pledges to increase 'nuclear deterrence’ capabilities
May 24, 2020 13:58North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has outlined his policies for further boosting his country’s nuclear “deterrence” capabilities amid stalled denuclearization talks with the United States.
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Inter-Korean tensions: Cross-border fire exchanged a day after Kim’s reemergence
May 03, 2020 04:29North and South Korea have exchanged gunfire on the border in a new wave of tensions that broke out shortly after North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un showed up, ending a much-discussed weeks-long absence from the public eye.
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N Korea’s Kim makes first public appearance in weeks: KCNA
May 02, 2020 03:20North Korea’s official news agency says the country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, has made his first public appearance in more than 20 days, something that had prompted Western media outlets to wildly speculate about his health condition.
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North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un ‘alive and well:’ South Korea
Apr 27, 2020 03:58North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un is “alive and well,” according to a top security adviser to South Korean President Moon Jae-in.
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North Korean leader’s train seen at resort town amid speculation about death
Apr 26, 2020 04:37Satellite images released by a US think tank have shown a special train probably belonging to North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un parked at a coastal resort town in the east of the country, as speculation rises about his whereabouts, poor health, and even death.
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China sent medical team to advise on North Korea’s Kim: Reuters
Apr 25, 2020 08:10China has sent a team of medical experts to North Korea to advise on the country's leader Kim Jong-un amid conflicting reports about his health, Reuters reports.
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Pyongyang says no letter recently sent by North's Leader Kim Jong-un to Trump
Apr 20, 2020 03:09North Korea has denied that its Leader, Kim Jong-un, has recently sent a letter to US President Donald Trump.
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North Korea test-fires multiple cruise missiles: South
Apr 14, 2020 06:38South Korea says the North has fired multiple short-range cruise missiles into waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan.
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With a quarter of the world’s population under US sanctions, countries appeal to UN to intervene
Apr 01, 2020 03:38The governments of China, Cuba, Iran, Nicaragua, North Korea, Russia, Syria, and Venezuela – all under sanctions from the United States – sent a joint statement to the United Nations Secretary-General, the UN’s High Commissioner on Human Rights and the Director-General of the World Health Organization calling for an end to the unilateral American economic blockade, as they are, “illegal and blatantly violate international law and the charter of the United Nations.”