Tag: North Korea
Japan says N Korea nuclear test more powerful than estimated
Japan's defence minister on Tuesday said North Korea's latest nuclear test was more powerful than initially estimated, with a yield that was around eight...
Putin says tougher North Korea sanctions will be global ‘catastrophe’
Putin, speaking after a BRICs summit in China, also warned against further ramping up military hysteria around North Korea, saying that could lead to “global catastrophe.”
AQ Khan says N Korea’s nuclear technology ‘much better than Pakistan’s’
According to Dr Khan, North Korea’s hydrogen bomb has the capacity to destroy any city within minutes.
US says North Korea aiding nuclear intentions, ‘begging for war’
UNITED NATIONS: The United States on Monday said countries trading with North Korea were aiding its “dangerous nuclear intentions” as the United Nations Security Council...
South Korea says North Korea preparing another missile launch
Pyongyang on Sunday triggered global alarm with by far its most powerful test to date, after it claimed it had successfully tested a hydrogen bomb that could be mounted onto a long-range missile, which analysts say is a major advancement in its nuclear programme.
UNSC meets in wake of North Korea’s nuclear test
The United Nations Security Council meets in New York on Monday to discuss consequences in the wake of North Korea's nuclear detonation.
The meeting is...
US vows ‘massive’ response if attacked after N Korea tests hydrogen...
North Korea on Sunday conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test, which it said was of an advanced hydrogen bomb for a long-range missile, prompting the threat of a “massive” military response from the United States if it or its allies are threatened.
BRICS leaders meet in shadow of China-India tensions
MUMBAI: The future of the BRICS looks toxic. China and India stepped back from a border dispute just in time for a summit of the...
US ban on North Korea travel comes into effect
The measure was imposed following the death of student Otto Warmbier in June, a few days after the 22-year-old was sent home in a mysterious coma following more than a year in prison in the North.
Pyongyang ‘sentences’ four South Korean journalists to death
It is not the first time Pyongyang has declared a death sentence on South Korean citizens.
North Korea says more missiles to come as UN condemns launch
WASHINGTON: A frustrated US President Donald Trump hit out at the slow pace of diplomacy Wednesday as nuclear-armed North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un threatened ever more...
UN slams ‘outrageous’ North Korea missile launch, Pyongyang says more to...
North Korea said the launch of an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) was to counter US and South Korean military drills and was a first step in military action in the Pacific to "contain" the US territory of Guam.
Trump considering all options to counter North Korea
North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan’s northern Hokkaido island into the sea on Tuesday, prompting a warning from U.S. President Donald Trump...
North Korea fires ballistic missile over Japan
The "unidentified ballistic missile" was launched at around 2057 GMT Monday from Sunan, near Pyongyang, the South's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement, saying it travelled east "and over Japan".
N. Korea tests short-range missiles as South Korea, US conduct drills
The U.S. military’s Pacific Command said it had detected three short-range ballistic missiles, fired over a 20 minute period. All of the missiles failed, with one blowing up almost immediately after launch, while two others failed in flight.
Talks between US and North Korea possible
North Korea has said it will hold talks with the US "if the conditions were right", South Korean media reports.
A dialogue was possible with...
Military action against North Korea an ‘option’, says top US diplomat
Military action by the United States against nuclear-armed North Korea is an “option on the table” if the threat from the rogue regime escalates,...
