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Tue, January 19, 2021 | 07:37

North Korea publishes picture album featuring weapons under leader Kim Jong-un

North Korea publishes picture album featuring weapons under leader Kim Jong-un

North Korea on Tuesday published a picture album showing off an intercontinental ballistic missile and other weapons, amid its unusually long silence on the U.S. election results.

2020-11-24 21:37

New US security team unlikely to adopt hardline stance against North Korea

New US security team unlikely to adopt hardline stance against North Korea

Given his past hardline stance against North Korea, many predict that nominee for U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, may favor putting more pressure and sanctions on Pyongyang to drive the country toward denuclearization under the upcoming Joe Biden administration. But diplomatic experts believe that Blinken is unlikely to just pursue an approach of isolating the reclus...

2020-11-24 16:02

Blinken likely to seek stronger alliance, multilateral approach toward North Korea: experts

Blinken likely to seek stronger alliance, multilateral approach toward North Korea: experts

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's pick for secretary of state will likely seek to improve South Korea's relations with Japan as he pushes for multilateral efforts to denuclearize North Korea, U.S. experts said Monday. The U.S. president-elect selected Antony Blinken, former deputy secretary of state, to be the first Cabinet member of the Biden administration, set to be inaugur...

2020-11-24 10:36

Biden signals sharp shift from Trump with Cabinet picks

South Korea seeks to reignite inter-Korean projects

South Korea seeks to reignite inter-Korean projects

The government is seeking to revive deadlocked inter-Korean economic projects, including the reopening of a joint factory park, expecting that cross-border cooperation could resume earlier than some forecast. Unification Minister Lee In-young held a meeting with business leaders in Seoul, Monday, to gauge their opinions on the plan as part of the government's re-launching of ...

2020-11-23 16:28

US blacklists North Korea-Russia 'forced labor' groups

US blacklists North Korea-Russia 'forced labor' groups

The US Treasury placed two entities that either send or help send North Korean workers to Russia on its sanctions blacklist Thursday for involvement in what it called "forced labor." The Treasury placed sanctions on Korea Cholsan General Trading Corporation, a North Korean company operating in Russia, and Russian construction company Mokran LLC.

2020-11-20 09:23

UN committee adopts resolution on North Korea human rights violation

UN committee adopts resolution on North Korea human rights violation

A U.N. committee on Wednesday adopted a resolution calling for improved human rights conditions in North Korea that will soon be submitted to the U.N. General Assembly for consideration. The resolution, if adopted, will mark the 16th of its kind since 2005 that has prompted strong objections from the communist North.

2020-11-19 09:38

China's policy on denuclearization of North Korea consistent regardless of US election: Amb. Xing

China's policy on denuclearization of North Korea consistent regardless of US election: Amb. Xing

China's commitment to peace and denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula will remain consistent regardless of the leadership change in the United States, Chinese Ambassador Xing Haiming said Wednesday. Xing also said during a forum hosted by his embassy that Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit South Korea first ahead of any other country once the coronavirus pandemic situ...

2020-11-18 14:37

Biden-Kim summit possible, but only when both see 'substantive' outcome: expert

Biden-Kim summit possible, but only when both see 'substantive' outcome: expert

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un could hold a summit but only if both see such a meeting would produce a "substantive" outcome, former U.S. Ambassador to Seoul Kathleen Stephens said Tuesday. Stephens, currently president of the Korea Economic Institute, made the remark in a written interview with Yonhap News Agency, noting that the North's l...

2020-11-18 14:02

North Korean leader presides over politburo meeting in 1st public appearance in 25 days

North Korean leader presides over politburo meeting in 1st public appearance in 25 days

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un presided over a politburo meeting of the Workers' Party in his first public appearance in 25 days and discussed nationwide anti-coronavirus measures, state media said Monday. During the enlarged politburo meeting held Sunday, Kim discussed "COVID-19 and the state anti-epidemic situation and clarified the tasks for the Party, military and econom...

2020-11-16 09:24

Moon seeks to rekindle nuclear talks at Tokyo Olympics

Moon seeks to rekindle nuclear talks at Tokyo Olympics

President Moon Jae-in hinted Saturday that South Korea will seek to revive stalled denuclearization talks between the United States and North Korea at next year's Tokyo Olympics. The negotiations on North Korea's nuclear disarmament have been deadlocked since the February 2019 Hanoi summit between Washington and Pyongyang failed to reach a deal. Seoul has recently been floati...

2020-11-15 16:00

Resolution at US House to facilitate defense cost-sharing deal

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