Tag: North Korea
North Korea will preserve know-how despite denuclearisation: FM
TEHRAN: North Korea will preserve its nuclear know-how despite its promise of denuclearisation to the United States, Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho said during...
North Korea urges US not to adhere to ‘old scenarios’ after...
SEOUL: North Korea's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday progress on denuclearization promises made in a historic US-N Korea summit in June cannot be expected...
US can’t be trusted, Iran’s Rouhani tells North Korea
SEOUL/BEIRUT: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told North Korea's foreign minister that the United States cannot be trusted, Tehran's state media said, as the United...
Russia allows entry of thousands of North Korean workers
MOSCOW: Russia is allowing thousands of fresh North Korean laborers into the country and granting new work permits in potential violation of UN sanctions,...
US remains returned by North Korea could take days or decades...
WASHINGTON: When the remains of Americans handed over by North Korea arrive in Hawaii on Wednesday, the US military will begin a painstaking identification...
North Korea confirms new military chief of staff
SEOUL: North Korea's state media confirmed on Friday that Ri Yong Gil has become the new chief of the military's general staff, the latest...
North Korea marks war anniversary as US remains flown out
PYONGYANG: In mist-covered hills, North Korean soldiers, sailors and civilians gathered Friday at a heroes' cemetery to commemorate their brothers in arms on the...
Trump thanks Kim as North Korea transfers remains of Korean War...
WASHINGTON: North Korea transferred 55 small, flag-draped cases carrying the suspected remains of US soldiers killed in the Korean War on Friday, officials said,...
When to end the war? North Korea, US at odds over...
SEOUL: Washington’s reluctance to declare an end to the Korean War until after North Korea abandons its nuclear arsenal may put it at odds...
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un says soldiers’ diets should be improved
SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the country should feed its soldiers better, according to state media KCNA on Wednesday, after a...
Recovery of US troops’ remains in North Korea complicated by cash,...
SEOUL: When North Korean leader Kim Jong Un agreed in June to help return the remains of American troops killed in the 1950-53 Korean...
South Korean defence ministry to reduce guard posts along North Korean...
SEOUL: South Korea’s defence ministry said on Tuesday it plans to reduce guard posts and equipment along the demilitarized zone on its border with...
South Korea says sanctions shrank North Korean economy at sharpest rate...
SEOUL: North Korea’s economy contracted at the sharpest rate in two decades in 2017, South Korea’s central bank estimated on Friday, as international sanctions...
South Korea scraps annual government war drill as talks with North...
SEOUL: South Korea said on Tuesday it has decided to scrap an annual government mobilisation drill this year as part of a suspended joint...
North Korea says Pompeo talks ‘regrettable’
PYONGYANG: North Korea says high-level talks with a US delegation led by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo were "regrettable" and has accused Washington of...
Pompeo hopes to ‘fill in’ details on denuclearisation on North Korea...
SEOUL/WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met North Korean officials in Pyongyang on Friday, hoping to "fill in" details on how to dismantle...
US intelligence believes North Korea making more nuclear bomb fuel despite...
WASHINGTON: US intelligence agencies believe North Korea has increased production of fuel for nuclear weapons at multiple secret sites in recent months and may...
