Tag: North Korea

TALLINN: Japan’s prime minister on Friday landed in Estonia, his first stop on a tour of the Baltic states and other European nations as he...

BEIJING: China on Thursday rejected a media report that it plans to fund the construction of an anti-terror base in Afghanistan. “I have not heard what...

BEIJING: North Korea's International Olympic Committee representative says his country is likely to compete in figure skating in next month's Winter Olympics in South...

CAMP DAVID: US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would “absolutely” be willing to talk on the phone to North Korean leader Kim...

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump again challenged North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday, boasting that the United States’ nuclear capabilities are “more powerful”...

  PYONGYANG: North Korea has said it will reopen a telephone hotline to South Korea, to facilitate talks on its possible participation in the Winter...

SEOUL: South Korea on Tuesday offered talks with North Korea amid a standoff over its weapons programs, a day after North Korean leader Kim Jong...

SEOUL: South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Tuesday the improvement of inter-Korean relations was linked to resolving North Korea’s nuclear program, a day...

SEOUL: South Korean authorities have seized a Panama-flagged vessel suspected of transferring oil products to North Korea in violation of international sanctions, a customs...

PYONGYANG: North Korea will remain committed to the country's nuclear development in 2018, according to a report released Saturday by state-run news agency KCNA. "Do...

BEIJING: China exported no oil products to North Korea in November, Chinese customs data showed, apparently going above and beyond sanctions imposed earlier this year...

SEOUL: North Korea is preparing to launch a satellite, a Seoul newspaper said Tuesday, as outside observers warn that the nuclear-armed regime´s space programme...

PYONGYANG: North Korea has described the latest UN sanctions imposed on the country as an "act of war". A foreign ministry statement said the measures...

TOKYO: Japan is to boost its ability to counter the “serious and imminent” threat posed by North Korea’s ballistic missiles with the deployment of...

WASHINGTON: The US administration has said North Korea was "directly responsible" for the WannaCry malware attack affecting hospitals, businesses and banks across the world...

CANBERRA: A man has been arrested in Sydney for allegedly acting as an economic agent for North Korea, Australian Federal Police (AFP) have said. Chan...

WASHINGTON: Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump discussed the crisis over North Korea’s nuclear program in a phone call Thursday, in which the US president...