N. Korea sends more trash balloons toward S. Korea North Korea sent more balloons likely carrying trash toward South Korea on Sunday, the South's military said, just four days after a similar launch.Sep 22, 2024By Yonhap
N. Korea's top diplomat says will not overlook any hostile acts North Korea's foreign minister has warned that Pyongyang will not overlook any hostile acts on the Korean Peninsula, claiming that the peninsula's security situation is heading for a "more dangerous threshold," the North's state media reported Sunday.Sep 22, 2024By Yonhap
N. Korea's Kim vows to develop friendly ties with China North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has expressed his intention to develop friendly relations with Beijing in his reply letter to Chinese President Xi Jinping, the North's state media said Sunday.Sep 22, 2024By Yonhap
What's behind Kim Jong-un's diversified provocations? North Korea continued its provocations targeting South Korea and the United States this month, diversifying its tactics beyond missile tests to include trash balloons and disruptive broadcasts.Sep 21, 2024By Kwak Yeon-soo
Ex-presidential chief of staff faces backlash over remarks on Korean unification Im Jong-seok, chief of staff to former President Moon Jae-in, is facing criticism over his remarks regarding the peaceful coexistence of the two Koreas.Sep 20, 2024By Kwak Yeon-soo
NK trash balloon lands inside Seoul gov't complex A North Korean trash-carrying balloon landed inside the Seoul government complex for the second time Friday, authorities said.Sep 20, 2024By Yonhap
Unification minister urges N. Korea to immediately return detained S. Koreans home Unification Minister Kim Yung-ho on Friday called on North Korea to "immediately and unconditionally" send a detained South Korean missionary and five other nationals back home, condemning the North's yearslong arbitrary detention as grave human rights violations.Sep 20, 2024By Yonhap
North Korea's top envoy to Cuba begins duties, vows to further strengthen ties North Korea's new ambassador to Cuba has vowed to further strengthen ties with Havana, seven months after South Korea established diplomatic ties with Cuba in a significant diplomatic setback for Pyongyang.Sep 20, 2024By Yonhap
US imposes sanctions targeting covert financial cooperation between N. Korea, Russia The United States on Thursday announced sanctions against five entities and one individual — based in Russia and a Russian-occupied Georgian region — for their alleged involvement in illicit financial schemes between Pyongyang and Moscow.Sep 20, 2024By Yonhap
Vietnam's deputy defense minister visits N. Korea to discuss cooperation Vietnam's deputy defense minister has visited North Korea to discuss ways to bolster bilateral defense cooperation, the Southeast Asian country's defense ministry said on its website Friday.Sep 20, 2024By Yonhap