Tag: North Korea
Police find men in northern Japan marina claiming to be from...
TOKYO: Police in northern Japan have found eight men near a boat at a seaside marina who said they were from North Korea, and appear...
Cuba, North Korea reject ‘unilateral, arbitrary demands’ of US
HAVANA: Cuba’s foreign minister and his North Korean counterpart rejected the United States’ “unilateral and arbitrary” demands on Wednesday while expressing concern about escalating tensions...
US President Trump declares North Korea ‘sponsor of terrorism’
President Donald Trump designated North Korea a state sponsor of terrorism on Monday, allowing the United States to impose additional sanctions and penalties against...
North Korea punishes two top military officers: Seoul
SEOUL: South Korea's spy agency says North Korea has punished two top military officers during a highly unusual inspection of the military's powerful political bureau.
The...
Nuclear launch order can be refused: US general
HALIFAX: The top officer at US Strategic Command said Saturday an order from President Donald Trump or any of his successors to launch nuclear...
N Korea, China envoys stress significance of better ties
PYONGYANG: A senior Chinese envoy has met an aide to North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un in Pyongyang, the two sides said on Saturday, stressing...
North Korean defector found to have ‘enormous parasites’
A North Korean soldier who was shot while fleeing across the border has an extremely high level of parasites in his intestines, according to...
North Korea rules out negotiations with US on nuclear weapons
PYONGYANG: North Korea ruled out negotiations with Washington as long as joint US-South Korea military exercises continue and said that Pyongyang’s atomic weapons program...
N Korea pursuing ‘aggressive schedule’ to build ballistic missile submarine
WASHINGTON: Satellite images taken this month of a North Korean naval shipyard indicate Pyongyang is pursuing an “aggressive schedule” to build its first operational ballistic...
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...
Singapore severs trade ties with North Korea
SINGAPORE: Singapore has suspended trade ties with North Korea in the latest move by a country to implement UN sanctions to curb Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons...
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...
N Korean soldier shot while defecting to S Korea
SEOUL: A North Korean soldier was shot and injured by his own side Monday while defecting to South Korea at the truce village of...
Trump claims North Korea’s Kim insulted him by calling him ‘old’
HANOI: US President Donald Trump said in a tweet on Sunday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had insulted him by calling him...
N Korea terms Trump ‘warmonger’ as his Asia tour moves to...
PYONGYANG: United States (US) President Donald Trump was due to land in Hanoi on Saturday, as North Korea slammed his “warmonger” Asia tour, saying...
Trump urges China to obliterate North Korea’s nuclear ‘menace’
Donald Trump has urged President Xi Jinping of China to take fast and effective action to extinguish North Korea’s nuclear “menace” after the US...
