N. Korea slams US nuclear strategy, vows to build up nuclear arms North Korea strongly lashed out at a revised U.S. nuclear strategy plan Saturday, vowing to further strengthen its nuclear capability.Aug 24, 2024By Yonhap
Russian students return to N. Korea after 4-year hiatus over COVID-19 Five Russian university students have arrived in North Korea for a language program, marking Russian students' first entry to Pyongyang after a four-year hiatus since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russian Embassy in Pyongyang said Friday.Aug 23, 2024By Yonhap
N. Korea slams US approval of sale of Apache attack helicopters to S. Korea North Korea on Friday denounced the United States' approval of a potential sale of Apache attack helicopters to South Korea as a provocative act that deliberately aims to increase security instability in the region.Aug 23, 2024By Yonhap
Unification minister urges NK to respond to proposal of forming inter-Korean working group On Thursday, Unification Minister Kim Yung-ho urged North Korea once again to respond to South Korea’s request for working-level consultations to initiate dialogue between the two Koreas.Aug 22, 2024By Kwak Yeon-soo
N. Korean children not vaccinated against polio for 3rd straight year in 2023: WHO North Korean children were not vaccinated against polio for the third straight year in 2023, with key inoculations for its infants also not being properly administered, a report by the World Health Organization (WHO) showed Thursday.Aug 22, 2024By Yonhap
Spate of defections show Kim Jong-un regime is crumbling: refugees, experts A North Korean soldier defected to South Korea, Tuesday, by walking across the Military Demarcation Line (MDL) on the heavily fortified inter-Korean border. The defection occurred about two weeks after a North Korean resident crossed the maritime border in the Han River estuary on the west coast.Aug 21, 2024By Kwak Yeon-soo
Biden approved strategy to prepare against coordinated nuclear challenges from NK, China, Russia: NYT President Joe Biden approved a secret strategy earlier this year to focus on China's growing nuclear threats and prepare the United States for possible coordinated nuclear challenges from North Korea, China and Russia, The New York Times reported Tuesday.Aug 21, 2024By Yonhap
N. Korea's Kim apparently concerned about impact of flood damage on his leadership: Seoul North Korean leader Kim Jong-un appears to be shifting the responsibility for the latest flood damage to provincial officials on concerns that his leadership could be undermined amid increased public discontent, South Korea's unification ministry said Tuesday.Aug 20, 2024By Yonhap
N. Korean soldier defects to S. Korea: military A North Korean soldier crossed the border into South Korea early Tuesday in the latest defection amid Seoul's propaganda campaign in response to Pyongyang's s repeated launches of trash-carrying balloons.Aug 20, 2024By Yonhap
N. Korea's Kim attends demonstration class for children from flood-hit region North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attended a demonstration class for children from flood-hit regions, state media reported Saturday, as part of a series of efforts to emphasize his concern for the victims of recent heavy downpours.Aug 17, 2024By Yonhap
