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Thu, July 18, 2019 | 12:56

US-North Korea working-level talks likely to be delayed

Working-level denuclearization talks between the United States and North Korea are likely to be delayed. U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday (local time) during a meeting that he is in no hurry to make progress in the denuclearization talks and time is “not of the essence.”

Jung Da-min | 2019-07-17 17:12

Pentagon: Seoul, Washington preparing joint exercise despite Pyongyang's warning

South Korea and the United States are preparing to stage a joint military exercise this fall, the Pentagon said Tuesday, after North Korea warned the drill will affect the prospects of working-level nuclear talks between the two countries.

2019-07-17 11:06

Pompeo hopes US, North Korea can be 'more creative' in nuclear talks

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday he hoped both North Korea and the United States could "be a little more creative" as the two sides push to restart talks aimed at ending Pyongyang's nuclear program. Pompeo did not say when the negotiations would begin.

2019-07-16 09:23

North Korea to launch tour program to Mt. Geumgang

North Korea will launch a tour program to Mount Geumgang this month in an apparent effort to bolster its sagging economy amid international sanctions.

Park Si-soo | 2019-07-15 13:23

North Korea presses South to overlook US on cross-border relations

North Korea pressed the South over the weekend to pursue cross-border agreements regardless of relations between Washington and Pyongyang. The North's propaganda websites Uriminzokkiri and Meari said Pyongyang was disappointed at Seoul's attempt to resume inter-Korean talks in accordance with possible U.S.-North Korea denuclearization negotiations.

Yi Whan-woo | 2019-07-14 16:54

N. Korean newspaper slams Japan for export curbs on S. Korea

North Korea's official newspaper on Sunday denounced Japan's export restrictions against South Korea as an "unacceptable political provocation," as Tokyo raised accusations the South leaked sensitive industrial materials to the communist nation to justify the export curbs. "What we cannot put up with is that the Japanese reactionary forces are trying to justify the economic r...

2019-07-14 16:06

Japan exported prohibited items to North Korea: UN reports

Japan exported some strategic items and luxury goods to North Korea over the past several years in violation of international sanctions, U.N. reports have shown. According to 10 reports that the U.N. panel of experts wrote between 2010 and 2019, there have been multiple cases where restricted items, including sensitive equipment and luxury goods, have been shipped to North Ko...

2019-07-14 11:14

Korea faces growing trade uncertainties on Japan's further export curbs

Trump says NK leader was 'so happy' to see him

U.S. President Donald Trump claimed Friday that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was so happy to see him that the man of few expressions smiled. Trump was apparently referring to his latest meeting with Kim at the inter-Korean border on June 30, during which the young leader could be seen beaming.

2019-07-14 04:03

South Korean defects to North Korea

A South Korean son of Ryu Mi-yong, the late chairwoman of a North Korean minor political party, has arrived in Pyongyang to live in the communist country for good, a North Korean propaganda media outlet said Sunday. Ryu and her husband, Choe Tok-sin, who served as foreign minister in South Korea during the 1960s, emigrated to the United States in 1976 and defected to the Nort...

2019-07-07 14:20

N. Korea accuses expelled Australian student of spying: KCNA

Siely admitted "his spying acts of systematically collecting and offering data about the domestic situation of the DPRK" and repeatedly asked for pardon, KCNA said.

2019-07-06 23:11

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