Why did North Korea walk away from talks with Japan abruptly? North Korea's decision to walk abruptly away from talks with Japan is due to a failure in reaching an agreement on the agenda for a possible summit between the two countries, experts said Wednesday.Mar 27, 2024By Kwak Yeon-soo
2.9 magnitude natural earthquake hits near N. Korea's Kilju: weather agency A 2.9 magnitude earthquake struck near North Korea's northeastern county of Kilju, where the country's nuclear test site is located, on Wednesday, the South Korean weather agency said, determining it to be naturally occurring.Mar 27, 2024
N. Korean, Vietnamese party officials call for boosting bilateral ties A senior North Korean official has reached a consensus with his Vietnamese counterpart on boosting cooperation and advancing their bilateral ties to a new level, Pyongyang's state media said Wednesday.Mar 27, 2024
N. Korea to hold arts festival marking late founder's birth anniversary North Korea said Wednesday it will hold an international arts festival next month on the occasion of the 112th birth anniversary of the country's late founder Kim Il-sung.Mar 27, 2024
N. Korea refuses all contact, including summit, with Japan North Korea will refuse all contact with Japan, after Tokyo took issue with the problem of Japanese abductees and the North's nuclear program, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said Tuesday.Mar 26, 2024
North Korea's signals to Japan intended to weaken 3-way cooperation with S. Korea, US North Korea's push for increased engagement with Japan is aimed at using a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida as a stepping stone for talks with the United States, according to experts, Tuesday.Mar 26, 2024By Kwak Yeon-soo
Key N. Korean officials pay condolence visit to Russian Embassy in Pyongyang over Moscow attack Senior North Korean officials visited the Russian Embassy in Pyongyang on Tuesday to express their deep condolences to the victims of the recent terrorist attack in Moscow and their bereaved families, state media reported.Mar 26, 2024
Experts suggest idea of using S. Korea's 105 mm rounds to support Ukraine U.S. think tank experts floated the idea Monday of the United States tapping into South Korea's 105 millimeter munitions stockpile to support Ukraine's fight against Russia, as Kyiv urgently needs artillery ammunition supplies in the ongoing war of attrition.Mar 26, 2024
US restates importance of dialogue after N. Korea says Kishida seeks summit with Kim The United States on Monday reiterated the importance of dialogue with North Korea, after Pyongyang claimed Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has expressed his intention for a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.Mar 26, 2024
NK leader's sister says Japan's PM proposed summit with KimJapanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has expressed his intention to hold a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Kim's influential sister said Monday, emphasizing such a meeting would only be possible should Tokyo make a political decision "in actuality."Mar 25, 2024
