North Korea

S Korea's Moon pushes for 4th summit with N Korea's Kim

Apr 15, 2019 13:55

South Korean President Moon Jae-in has called for a fourth summit with North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un with the aim of helping salvage faltering denuclearization negotiations between Pyongyang and Seoul’s ally the US.
North’s Kim says US must stop ‘way of calculation’, gives deadline

Apr 13, 2019 05:51

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un says the United States has raised the risk of returning to past tensions after the collapse of his second summit with President Donald Trump, stressing that yet another meeting between the two leaders is only possible if Washington comes with the right attitude.
North Korea appoints man under US sanctions as new head of state

Apr 12, 2019 11:07

North Korea has named a new head of state, replacing a senior leader charged with representing Pyongyang in international engagements.
Trump says he is considering third North Korea summit

Apr 12, 2019 06:08

US President Donald Trump has said he is considering a potential third nuclear summit with North Korea's Leader Kim Jong-un, and added that he does not want to increase sanction on Pyongyang.
North Korea must deal blow to countries imposing sanctions: Kim

Apr 11, 2019 12:29

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un says his country must deal a “serious blow” to those countries that seek to break Pyongyang with sanctions by reaching self-reliance.
Life in North Korea: Seen, less seen and unseen

Apr 11, 2019 06:31

Missiles, nuclear weapons tests and sanctions; those are probably the first things that jump to mind when somebody mentions North Korea. But there is just so much more to this Southeast Asian nation.
Seoul impounds South Korean ship for violation of sanctions on North

Apr 03, 2019 11:30

Seoul has reportedly impounded a South Korean vessel for the first time on the suspicion that it violated United Nations economic sanctions on North Korea.
Malaysia drops murder charge against second woman in Kim Jong-nam’s case

Apr 01, 2019 11:42

Malaysian prosecutors have dropped a murder charge against a Vietnamese woman accused of killing the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in 2017, sentencing her, instead, to over three years in jail for a lesser charge.
North Korea about to finish missile site reconstruction: Seoul

Mar 29, 2019 12:14

North Korea has almost completed rebuilding a long-range rocket site it had promised to close, Seoul lawmakers told reporters Friday after a closed-door meeting with South Korean intelligence officials.
US has no early warning capability vis-à-vis North Korea: Senior US commander

Mar 28, 2019 11:43

The commander of US forces in South Korea claims that his country does not have sufficient intelligence and surveillance capabilities on the Korean Peninsula to see a potential North Korean attack coming in case of a failure in denuclearization talks between Washington and Pyongyang.