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Thu, August 16, 2018 | 17:55

North Korea also struggling with heatwave

"Extreme high temperatures and droughts have begun affecting farming crops, including rice and corn in Hwanghae provinces and other areas," the newspaper said. "We should muster all our power and capacity to fight high temperatures and droughts."

North Korea | 2018-08-02 11:31

Lack of fertilizers adds to North Korea agriculture crisis

Remains of Korean War dead arrive in Hawaii [PHOTOS]

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence spoke at a ceremony before the flag-draped containers carrying the remains were brought off airplanes in sets of four as solemn music played. ``Whosoever emerges from these aircraft today begins a new season of hope for the families of our missing fallen,'' Pence said. ``Hope that those who are lost will yet be found. Hope that after so many yea...

North Korea | 2018-08-02 09:35

Trump, Kim to meet again soon?

US sends recovered war remains back home

The remains of U.S. troops killed in the 1950-53 Korean War that were recovered from North Korea were sent back to the U.S., Wednesday. The United Nations Command (UNC) and the defense ministry held a repatriation ceremony at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, for 55 sets of remains that North Korea handed over last week.

North Korea | 2018-08-01 18:32

[INTERVIEW] 'North Korea will soon open commercial bank, mobile banking'

North Korea seems to be ready to establish its first commercial bank, Korea Development Bank (KDB) researcher Kim Young-hui told The Korea Times, Tuesday. “I think it could happen in the near future, within a year at most,” said Kim, Senior Research Fellow at KDB's Korean Peninsula New Economy Center. Kim's forecast is based on the latest edition of the North Korean quarterly...

North Korea | 2018-08-01 13:21

North Korea provided just 1 dog tag with 55 sets of war remains

When North Korea handed over 55 boxes of bones that it said are remains of American war dead, it provided a single military dog tag but no other information that could help U.S. forensics experts determine their individual identities, a U.S. defense official said Tuesday. The official, who discussed previously undisclosed aspects of the remains issue on condition of anonymity...

North Korea | 2018-08-01 09:23

N. Korea urges South to resume Gaeseong, Geumgang projects

A North Korean newspaper urged South Korea, Tuesday, to take substantive measures to revive the now-dormant Gaeseong Industrial Complex and tours to Mount Geumgang in North Korea. The Rodong Sinmun, the newspaper of the Central Committee of North Korea's Workers' Party, released a commentary titled “What Hinders New Journey of North-South Relations,” blaming the South's slow ...

North Korea | 2018-07-31 17:09

Infant death rate in North Korea 8 times higher than South

North Korea's infant mortality rate is eight times higher than that of the South, according to the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KIHASA), Tuesday. The institute's report, based on the World Health Organization, showed 24 out of every 1,000 North Korean newborns died in 2017. In South Korea, only three out of every 1,000 died last year.

North Korea | 2018-07-31 17:07

Indonesia invites Kim Jong-un to Asian Games

A team of Indonesian officials visited North Korea this week to extend an invitation from President Joko Widodo to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to attend the Asian Games opening ceremony in Jakarta in August, Indonesia's National Police said. Coordinating Human Development and Cultural Affairs Minister Puan Maharani was accompanied by several other Indonesian government an...

North Korea | 2018-07-31 15:42

North Korea resumes production of intercontinental ballistic missiles: report

Photos and infrared imaging indicate vehicles moving in and out of the facility at Sanumdong, but do not show how advanced any missile construction might be, the official told Reuters on condition of anonymity because the intelligence is classified.

North Korea | 2018-07-31 13:39

Two Koreas hold general-level military talks on reducing tension

The two Koreas held general-grade military talks Tuesday at the border truce village of Panmunjom to discuss measures to enforce the military part of their April summit agreement. The meeting, the first one since June 14, took place at the Peace House, a South Korea-controlled building at the village inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas. "We will make...

North Korea | 2018-07-31 10:42

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