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Mon, November 19, 2018 | 03:35

UN panel adopts resolution condemning North Korea's human rights abuses

A United Nations committee on Thursday adopted a resolution calling for accountability for gross human rights violations in North Korea.

North Korea | 2018-11-16 10:28

Seoul backs UN resolution on N.Korea human rights

Kim Jong-un orders distribution of South Korean tangerines to students, workers

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has instructed the tangerines that South Korea recently sent as a gift be distributed to students and workers in Pyongyang, the country's state media said Friday.

North Korea | 2018-11-16 10:23

[INTERVIEW] 'North Korea's Sakkanmol missile base still of great threat'

North Korea's missile bases may look rudimentary but the missiles in them are well maintained and therefore pose a serious threat, a U.S. expert told The Korea Times.

North Korea | 2018-11-15 17:28

Ruling party head to meet North Korean official handling inter-Korean ties

The ruling Democratic Party (DP) chief plans to meet with a visiting North Korean official in charge of inter-Korean ties on Thursday, party officials said. Lee Hae-chan, the DP's chairman, plans to have dinner with Ri Jong-hyok, vice chairman of the Korean Asia-Pacific Peace Committee (KAPPC), party officials said. Details about their planned meeting have yet to be revealed,...

North Korea | 2018-11-15 13:51

NK delegates to visit Pangyo Techno Valley

A group of senior North Korean envoys will visit Pangyo Techno Valley, Thursday, a Seongnam City spokesman said Wednesday.

North Korea | 2018-11-14 17:00

Bolton speaks of second summit with NK

U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton, Tuesday, reaffirmed Washington's willingness to have a second summit with North Korea. This raised speculation that North Korea and the United States are preparing to hold their second summit sometime early next year, seeking a breakthrough in their stalled discussions on complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

North Korea | 2018-11-14 16:43

Trump calls report on NK missile base 'fake news'

Two Koreas to hold meeting to discuss aviation cooperation

The two Koreas will hold a meeting later this week to discuss cooperation in the aviation sector, the unification ministry said Wednesday. The meeting will be held on Friday at the joint liaison office in the North's border town of Kaesong, according to the ministry.

North Korea | 2018-11-14 13:24

North Korea condemns Japan for rejecting Seoul's compensation ruling over forced labor

North Korea's official news agency has denounced Japan's rejection of a recent South Korean court ruling ordering a Japanese firm to compensate forced labor victims as "impudent and shameless." The North's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said in a commentary sent Tuesday that Japan has again showed its impudence and shamelessness by vowing to take a tough countermeasure aga...

North Korea | 2018-11-14 13:20

Trump says North Korean missile sites are 'nothing new'

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday criticized what he called inaccurate media reports that said North Korea had not declared more than a dozen missile bases. "We fully know about the sites being discussed, nothing new - and nothing happening out of the normal," Trump wrote in a post on Twitter, referring to a report on Monday in the New York Times. "I will be the first to...

North Korea | 2018-11-14 09:36

Secret missile sites? US report on suspicious facilities in North Korea raises dispute

Signs of rebellion? North Korea urges officials to closely monitor public sentiment

The Rodong Sinmun said in a front-page editorial that the ruling party's officials should respect their subordinates and ordinary people, particularly in times of adversity and hardship. "(Officials) should always fulfill the ethics of mixing with the people and sharing both joy and sorrow with them. There should never be a specialization of oneself, formality, influence pedd...

North Korea | 2018-11-13 11:31

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