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Tue, October 22, 2019 | 13:32

Trump says 'lot of things going on' regarding North Korea

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that "a lot of things are going on" regarding North Korea, as doubts over the regime's will to denuclearize rose after the breakdown of nuclear talks with Pyongyang earlier this month.

2019-10-22 10:25

Trump calls new free trade deal with South Korea 'fantastic'

North Korea continues to face tightest sanctions for money laundering

North Korea will continue to remain under the “tightest” targeted sanctions over possible money-laundering and terrorism-financing risks, a global standard-setting body said Sunday.

Lee Kyung-min | 2019-10-20 17:06

Kim Jong-un's wife absent from public view for 4 months

The wife of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been absent from public view for four months since June, spurring speculation about what is behind her prolonged disappearance. Ri Sol-ju was last seen in public when Chinese President Xi Jinping made his first visit to Pyongyang on June 20-21. She has since disappeared from state media reports for a total of 122 days, with lead...

2019-10-20 14:40

UN projects North Korea's food situation to worsen this year

The UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) forecast North Korea's food situation will worsen in the fourth quarter due to Typhoon Lingling and the African swine fever outbreak there, a U.S. broadcaster reported Saturday.

2019-10-19 15:58

Denuclearization dialogue leads to more North Korean warheads

As nuclear negotiations between North Korea and the United States remain in a stalemate after no “substantial outcome” from their recent encounter in Sweden, the lack of visible progress in the denuclearization dialogue is raising concerns that the North is “buying time” for its military and nuclear advancement.

Yi Whan-woo | 2019-10-16 16:01

N. Korean leader scales sacred mountain on horseback. Any bold decision in making?

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un rode a white horse to visit Mount Paekdu, the highest peak on the Korean Peninsula considered the birthplace of his late father, slamming U.S. sanctions and calling for greater "self-reliance" efforts to frustrate them, state media reported Wednesday. Kim has visited the mountain, considered one of the peninsula's most sacred places, ahead of b...

2019-10-16 09:59

North Korea promises to give footage of Pyongyang World Cup qualifier to S. Korea

North Korea agreed to provide South Korea with a video of an inter-Korean World Cup qualifier to be held on Tuesday in Pyongyang, a unification ministry official said, after Seoul's push to televise the match live fell through. The North promised to give the video to the South's delegation before it departs from Pyongyang on Wednesday afternoon after the match to be held at 5...

2019-10-15 12:56

Scalpers to hit Pyongyang with WC qualifier tickets

A scalper's ticket at the upcoming inter-Korean FIFA World Cup qualifier, Tuesday (Oct. 15) would be estimated to cost around 50,000 won, or $6, sources familiar with the issue said Sunday. They said the tickets were expected to be sold out and that some North Korean football fans would “willingly purchase” scalper's tickets because North Koreans were excited about key South ...

Yi Whan-woo | 2019-10-13 16:59

South Korea ready for historic World Cup clash in Pyongyang

North Korean citizens not buying rhetoric against Moon

Despite an inter-Korean summit in Pyongyang last year, North Korea has continued to ratchet up harsh rhetoric against the South Korean leader. Many Pyongyang citizens, however, are not buying the propaganda coming from state-controlled outlets.

Yi Whan-woo | 2019-10-11 22:17

North Korea threatens to end freeze in long-range missile testing

North Korea issued a veiled warning on Thursday that it could eventually end a freeze in long-range missile testing as it criticised a call by U.N. Security Council members for it to give up its nuclear weapons and denounced a recent U.S. missile test. Five European members of the U.N. Security Council met on Tuesday to urge North Korea to take "concrete steps" toward giving ...

2019-10-11 09:24

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