North Korea fires ballistic missile as South hosts democracy conference

03/18/2024

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the sea on Monday for the first time in two months, at a time when U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was visiting Seoul to attend a…

North Korea scraps all economic cooperation with South Korea

02/08/2024

SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea’s Supreme People’s Assembly has voted to scrap all agreements signed with South Korea on promoting economic cooperation, the North’s official KCNA news agency reported on Thursday, as the two Koreas’ relations continue to…

Kim Jong Un inspects Russian bombers, warship in Russia’s Far East

Associated Press 09/17/2023

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected Russia’s nuclear-capable bombers, hypersonic missiles and an advanced warship from its Pacific fleet on Saturday as he continued a trip in Russia’s Far East that has…

Russian, Chinese officials join Kim Jong Un at North Korea military parade

Reuters 07/29/2023

SEOUL –  Chinese and Russian officials stood shoulder to shoulder with Kim Jong Un as they reviewed North Korea’s latest nuclear-capable missiles and new attack drones at a military parade in Pyongyang, North Korean state media showed on Friday.…

Trump says ‘glad’ Kim Jong Un ‘is back, and well’

Agence France Presse 05/03/2020

WASHINGTON, D.C., United States – US President Donald Trump said Saturday he was “glad” about the reappearance of Kim Jong Un and that the North Korea leader is apparently healthy. “I, for one, am glad to see…

North Korea’s Kim makes first appearance in nearly 3 weeks — KCNA

Agence France Presse 05/02/2020

  SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has made his first public appearance since speculation about his health began last month, cutting the ribbon at the opening of a fertilizer factory, the Korean Central News Agency…

Kim Jong-un rumored to be in ‘vegetative state’—reports

The Korean Herald/Asia News Network via Inquirer.net 04/26/2020

SEOUL — Speculations mounted Sunday that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is dead, amid conflicting accounts about his health being reported since he disappeared from public view two weeks ago. But the exact situation remains unclear with…

Kim warns of ‘serious consequences’ if COVID-19 reaches North Korea

Agence France Presse 02/29/2020

SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned top party officials of the “serious consequences” of failing to prevent an outbreak of the new coronavirus in the country, state media reported Saturday. The impoverished nation, with…

North Korea holds 70th anniv parade

AFP 09/09/2018

Thousands of North Korean troops followed by artillery and tanks paraded through Pyongyang Sunday as the nuclear-armed country celebrated its 70th birthday, but it refrained from displaying the intercontinental ballistic missiles that have seen it hit with…

US: NKorea must stop ‘provocative’ behavior

AFP, AP 08/12/2017

  Washington — The United States demanded that North Korea “must stop its provocative and escalatory behavior” early Saturday after President Donald Trump stepped up his warnings against Pyongyang and spoke with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping…

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