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US, South Korea to hold joint naval drills
Oct 13, 2017 08:50The United States and South Korea are set to hold naval drills next week despite international calls for the de-escalation of tensions with North Korea.
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North Korea’s missile program non-negotiable: FM
Oct 11, 2017 16:54North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho says his country’s nuclear program guarantees peace and safety in the region, stressing Pyongyang’s missile activities will not be up for negotiations.
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Russia, China repeat calls for restraint over North Korea following Trump's remarks
Oct 09, 2017 16:14Russia and China have repeated their calls for restraint over North Korea amid fears that hawkish stances adopted by US President Donald Trump could spark a military conflict on the Korean Peninsula.
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US tried to kill Kim Jong-un with chemical agents: Report
Oct 07, 2017 08:53Pyongyang has reportedly foiled a plot by the US government and its main ally, South Korea, earlier this year to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-un using biological and chemical agents.
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North Korea to test new missile capable of hitting US: Russian lawmaker
Oct 07, 2017 03:24A Russian lawmaker says North Korea is preparing for a long-range missile launch that Pyongyang believes could hit the west coast of the United States.
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Why peace is alien to the US
Oct 05, 2017 16:51You'd have to laugh – if it were not so grave. The Trump administration says that it is running out of patience for a diplomatic solution to the Korea crisis. This pseudo piousness comes from a US government that continually refuses to enter into direct negotiations with Kim Jong-un, the leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).
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North Korea’s standoff: The emperor has no clothes
Oct 04, 2017 08:11In Hans Christian Andersen’s folktale, The Emperor’s New Clothes, an audience of sycophants is intimidated into accepting a naked emperor’s declaration that he is dressed in the richest imperial finery. The charade ends when a child cries out, “But he isn’t wearing anything at all!”
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Two women plead not guilty to killing Kim’s half-brother at Malaysia court
Oct 02, 2017 03:52Two women charged with fatally poisoning the half-brother of North Korea’s Leader Kim Jong-un have pleaded not guilty during the first hearing session in a high-profile murder trial that kicked off in Malaysia.
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N Korea detected moving missiles out of Pyongyang facility: Report
Sep 30, 2017 07:54South Korean media say the North has been detected transferring several missiles out of a research facility in its capital amid speculations of a new test launch by Pyongyang.
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Moscow says ready to cooperate with Pyongyang to resolve missile crisis
Sep 30, 2017 01:45Russia says it is ready to work with North Korea to try to find a peaceful resolution to the missile crisis on the Korean Peninsula.