North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Monday said that the United States did nothing to make him believe that the country is no longer hostile towards North Korea, while blaming it for the tensions in the region, state media reported. Kim in his speech at the opening ceremony of the Defense Development Exhibition titled […]
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US State Department ‘condemns’ North Korea’s missile launch
The US State Department on Monday (local time) condemned North Korea’s (DPRK) missile launch and called on both Pyongyang and Seoul to engage in a dialogue process amid escalating tension. “The United States condemns the DPRK’s missile launch. This launch is in violation of multiple UN Security Council Resolutions and poses a threat to the DPRK’s […]
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North Korea fires 2 ballistic missiles into East Sea
North Korea on Wednesday fired two ballistic missiles into the East Sea, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said. The missiles were fired from central inland areas of North Korea on Wednesday afternoon (local time), South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency said citing the JCS as saying in a statement. The South Korean and the US […]
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North Korea nuclear activity ‘deeply troubling’: UN atomic agency
North Korea appears to have restarted the operation of its main nuclear reactor used to produce weapons fuels, the UN atomic agency said. The 5-megawatt reactor is widely believed to have produced plutonium for nuclear weapons and is at the heart of North Korea’s nuclear programme, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The UN atomic agency said it […]
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North , South Korea agree to restore severed communication links
North and South Korea restored their cross-border communication lines that had been severed for over a year, the South Korean presidential office said on Tuesday. An official statement said that the two Koreas decided to resume their direct communication hotlines as of 10:00 am local time. This comes 13 months after North Korea cut off all communication lines with South […]
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Kim Jong Un warns of ‘grave incident’ in North Korea’s fight against Covid-19
North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un has rebuked ruling party officials for failure in anti-epidemic work, which caused a ‘huge crisis’ in the country, according to the state media. However, health experts said information was too sketchy to draw any immediate conclusions about whether the coronavirus had entered the country. “By neglecting […]
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Tokyo Olympics: IOC looking at redistributing slots held for North Korea
With the Tokyo Olympics round the corner, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is looking at redistributing the slots that were held for North Korea. An IOC official speaking at a press conference explained the need to finalize the allocation of slots to ensure fairness as there are athletes waiting for information about participating in the […]
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US, South Korea willing to reduce tensions by diplomatic steps towards North Korea
The United States and South Korea are deeply concerned about the issue of the denuclearization of North Korea and willing to reduce tensions via diplomatic steps, US President Joe Biden said during a joint press conference with South Korean President Moon Jae-in. “My team consulted closely with President Moon’s team throughout the process of our DPRK [North Korea policy] review, […]
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North Korea to skip Tokyo Games due to coronavirus pandemic
North Korea will not attend this year’s Tokyo Olympics because of the coronavirus pandemic, Pyongyang’s sports ministry said, dashing Seoul’s hopes of using the Games to restart talks with its nuclear-armed neighbour. The isolated North’s participation in the last Winter Games, hosted by the South in Pyeongchang, was a catalyst […]
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North Korea may be trying to extract plutonium to make more nuclear weapons
North Korea may be trying to extract plutonium to make more nuclear weapons at its main atomic complex, recent satellite photos indicated, weeks after leader Kim Jong Un vowed to expand his nuclear arsenal. The 38 North website, which specializes in North Korea studies, cited the imagery as indicating that […]
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North Korea’s Kim appoints new Navy, Air Force Chiefs in ‘generation shift’ in Army
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for tougher discipline within the army and appointed new chiefs of the navy and the air force as he chaired an enlarged meeting of the central military commission, state media reported on Thursday. The gathering took place at the ruling party’s headquarters on Wednesday. […]
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US says North Korea an urgent priority for the United States
North Korea’s nuclear weapon and ballistic missile programmes are an urgent priority for the United States and Washington remains committed to denuclearization of the country, the US State Department said yesterday. The Biden administration’s lack of direct engagement with North Korea should not be seen as an indication that the […]
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North Korea’s Kim calls for increased party role in economic plans
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un called on his ruling Workers’ Party to take a more direct role in his new five-year economic plan and blamed the party for past failures in implementing reform, state media reported today. The remarks come on the third day of the party’s plenary meeting, where […]
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North Korea stole US$300m in crypto to fund nukes, say UN experts
North Korea has stolen more than US$300 million (RM1.21 billion) worth of cryptocurrencies through cyberattacks in recent months to support its banned nuclear and ballistic missile programmes, a confidential UN report said. Compiled by a panel of experts monitoring sanctions on Pyongyang, the report said the country’s “total theft of […]
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North Korea : Kim Jong-un’s wife still missing after more than a year
The 32-year-old wife of North Korea’s supreme leader was last seen in public in January 2020. The wife and mother of Kim Jong-un’s children, called Ri Sol-ju, may have decided to avoid public engagements over the fear of the coronavirus contagion. North Korean experts reporting in NK News think Ri mysteriously vanished […]