Tag: Kim Jong Un

North Korea to close nuclear sites, stop tests and pursue economic...

SEOUL: North Korea will immediately suspend nuclear and missile tests and scrap its nuclear test site and instead pursue economic growth and peace, the...

North Korea commemorates birth of its founder

PYONGYANG: Thousands of North Korean devotees laid flowers before statues of the country's founder Kim Il Sung Sunday on the anniversary of his birth. A...

Kim Jong Un ‘deeply moved’ by K-pop concert, says North’s KCNA

PYONGYANG: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un smiled, clapped and said he was "deeply moved" by a rare performance by South Korean K-pop stars...

Kim says N. Korea to take part in 2020, 2022 Olympics:...

PYONGYANG: Kim Jong Un is committed to sending North Korean teams to the Tokyo and Beijing Olympics, IOC Chief Thomas Bach said Saturday after...

North Korea leader Kim Jong Un on China visit, reports Bloomberg

BEIJING:  North Korea leader Kim Jong Un has visited China, Bloomberg reported on Monday citing three unnamed sources, in what would be his first...

Japan leaves door open for PM Abe-Kim Jung Un summit

TOKYO: Japan’s top government spokesman left the door open on Wednesday to a possible summit between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and North Korean leader...

North Korea talks could bring ‘greatest deal’ or fail, says Trump

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Saturday his planned meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un could fizzle without an agreement or it could...

US, China agree to keep pressure on North Korea

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump enlisted Friday the help of China's Xi Jinping to keep sanctions pressure on North Korea, amid fears that an audacious diplomatic...

North Korea ‘sentences Trump to death’ for insulting leader Kim Jong-un

  North Korea’s state media has criticized Donald Trump for insulting leader Kim Jong-Un, saying the US president deserved the death penalty and calling him...

Trump should be sentenced to death over insulting Kim Jong Un...

PYONGYANG: The ever-escalating war of words between the United States and North Korea got dialled up to 11 on Wednesday when an editorial in a state-run newspaper...

Kim Jong Un trades missiles for tractors during testing lull

SEOUL: After a summer filled with flaming rockets and an earth-shaking nuclear blast, North Korea’s state media is portraying Kim Jong Un as a...

World ‘running out of time’ on North Korea, Trump to tell...

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump will tell leaders on a five-nation Asia tour the world is “running out of time” on North Korea’s nuclear...

North Korean leader Kim wishes Xi ‘great success’

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un wished Xi Jinping “great success” in a congratulatory but comparatively restrained message after the Chinese president cemented his grip...

Warning of atmospheric nuclear test threat should be taken ‘literally’: N...

WASHINGTON: The recent warning from North Korea’s foreign minister of a possible atmospheric nuclear test over the Pacific Ocean should be taken literally, a...

Former US president Jimmy Carter says would travel to North Korea

NEW YORK: Former US president Jimmy Carter said he would be willing to travel to North Korea on behalf of the Trump administration to...

Trump admits his ‘calm before storm’ remark was for North Korea

WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday appeared to confirm he had North Korea in mind last week when he described a gathering of...

Kim Jong-Nam murder trial visits lab to view tainted clothes

Petaling Jaya (Malaysia): The trial of two women accused of murdering the North Korean leader's half-brother moved Monday to a high-security Malaysian laboratory to...