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Sun, December 15, 2019 | 14:07
UN Security Council to meet this week to discuss North Korea's provocation report
UN Security Council to meet this week to discuss North Korea's provocation report
The United Nations Security Council will meet this week to discuss North Korea's recent missile launches and the possibility of an escalatory provocation by the regime, Reuters reported Monday, citing diplomats and a request from the United States. The meeting will be held publicly Wednesday, according to Reuters, just days after North Korea announced it conducted an unspecif...
2019-12-10 09:12
Trump warns N. Korea not to interfere with his reelection bid
Trump warns N. Korea not to interfere with his reelection bid
"I'd be surprised if North Korea acted hostilely," Trump was quoted as telling reporters at the White House. "He knows I have an election coming up. I don't think he wants to interfere with that. But we'll have to see."
2019-12-08 11:05
  • Despite Trump's warning, Kim Jong-un poised to leverage US election for concession
  • New NK test escalates tension on peninsula
North Korea says denuclearization 'gone out of negotiation table' with US
North Korea says denuclearization 'gone out of negotiation table' with US
``We do not need to have lengthy talks with the U.S. now and the denuclearization is already gone out of the negotiation table,'' he said.
2019-12-08 10:59
  • N. Korea says it carried out 'very important test' at satellite launch site
N. Korea says it carried out 'very important test' at satellite launch site
N. Korea says it carried out 'very important test' at satellite launch site
In a statement released by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), the Academy of National Defense Science said the result of the successful test from Saturday at the Sohae launching site has been reported to the Central Committee of the Workers' Party."The result will play a significant role in once again altering the strategic position of the Democratic People's Republic of ...
2019-12-08 10:48
  • New NK test escalates tension on peninsula
Moon, Trump agree on need to maintain dialogue momentum over North Korea
Moon, Trump agree on need to maintain dialogue momentum over North Korea
President Moon Jae-in and President Donald Trump agreed Saturday that it was necessary to maintain dialogue momentum between Washington and Pyongyang, according to Cheong Wa Dae, amid growing worries about the future of Moon's Korea Peace Process. During a half-hour phone talk, they also agreed that the current situation on the Korean Peninsula is "severe" and "dialogue momen...
2019-12-07 14:30
  • New NK test escalates tension on peninsula
US has not yet decided whether to hold UN meeting on North Korea rights abuses
US has not yet decided whether to hold UN meeting on North Korea rights abuses
The United States is still undecided on whether to agree to the holding of a United Nations Security Council meeting, Tuesday, to discuss human rights abuses in North Korea. This message was delivered by U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Kelly Craft, even as the prospect of such a meeting has angered Pyongyang. At least eight members of the 15-member council support the request for...
2019-12-07 09:20
North Korea threatens to resume calling Trump 'dotard'
North Korea threatens to resume calling Trump 'dotard'
North Korea threatened Thursday to resume insults of U.S. President Donald Trump and consider him a ``dotard'' if he keeps using provocative language, such as referring to its leader as ``rocket man.'' Choe Son Hui, the first vice foreign minister, issued the warning via state media days after Trump spoke of possible military action toward the North and revived his ``rocket m...
2019-12-06 09:01
Destination Pyongyang: 50-year search for father after North Korean hijack
Destination Pyongyang: 50-year search for father after North Korean hijack
Half a century ago a North Korean agent hijacked the flight carrying Hwang In-cheol's father. Pyongyang never returned him, and the search has defined his son's life. Hwang was just two when he last saw his father and knows him only through photographs, but he has spent much of his adult life campaigning for him. A producer for South Korean broadcaster MBC, Hwang Won was star...
2019-12-05 14:54
North Korea warns US against meeting on its human rights
North Korea warns US against meeting on its human rights
North Korea warned Wednesday that tensions on the Korean peninsula will increase and the situation ``take a turn for the worse again'' if the United States goes ahead with a U.N. Security Council meeting on the country's human rights situation. North Korea's U.N. ambassador, Kim Song, said in a letter to the 14 other council members obtained by The Associated Press that Pyong...
2019-12-05 10:38
Kim Jong-un says 'Christmas gift' is up to US
Kim Jong-un says 'Christmas gift' is up to US
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's appearance in footage released recently by his country's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) has left watchers wondering about his latest wardrobe change.
Jung Da-min | 2019-12-03 18:04
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