N. Korea slams UN resolutions condemning its nuclear program North Korea on Friday denounced the U.N. General Assembly for recently passing resolutions condemning Pyongyang's nuclear tests and calling on the North to abandon its nuclear weapons program.Dec 8, 2023
NK illegally running 30 S. Korean-owned facilities at Gaesong complex: Seoul North Korea has been operating some 30 South Korean-owned facilities at a now-shuttered inter-Korean joint industrial park in the North without authorization, Seoul's unification ministry said Friday.Dec 8, 2023
NK urges people to follow leader Kim Jong-un in climbing Mount Paektu North Korea on Friday called on its people to climb up Mount Paektu in winter to better learn about "revolutionary spirits."Dec 8, 2023
US, Japan agree on need to bolster deterrence over NK missile threats in security talks The United States and Japan have agreed on the need to beef up deterrence amid an "increasingly challenging" security landscape marked by North Korea's repeated missile launches and its military cooperation with Russia, the State Department said Thursday.Dec 8, 2023
South Korea asks UAE to correct national flag image mix-up on COP28 website South Korea has requested the United Arab Emirates (UAE) correct the faulty posting of North Korea's national flag as that of South Korea on the website of the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), Seoul's foreign ministry said Wednesday.Dec 6, 2023
North Korea leader 'in hurry' to highlight his daughter to show his will for succession: minister North Korean leader Kim Jong-un appears to have been "in a hurry" to bring his daughter to the forefront in a bid to demonstrate his commitment to the third hereditary power succession, Seoul's top point man on Pyongyang said Wednesday.Dec 6, 2023
N. Korea doles out gifts to participants in mothers' conference North Korea has held a meeting to hand out gifts to participants in the latest national conference of mothers, state media reported Wednesday, in an apparent move to secure their loyalty amid a declining birth rate.Dec 6, 2023
N. Korea pulls out of Senegal, Guinea in series of embassy closures: official North Korea has shut down its missions in Senegal and Guinea in an apparent move to reduce spending amid economic difficulties, a South Korean foreign ministry official said Tuesday.Dec 5, 2023
N. Korea pulls out of Senegal, Guinea in series of embassy closures: official North Korea has shut down its missions in Senegal and Guinea in an apparent move to reduce spending amid economic difficulties, a South Korean foreign ministry official said Tuesday.Dec 5, 2023
ANALYSIS Why is N. Korea not allowed to launch spy satellites? North Korea is wrong to accuse the United States of having double standards when it comes to spy satellite launches, analysts said, Tuesday, as Pyongyang's action – a clear violation of international laws – contrasts with South Korea's adherence to established protocols in its satellite launch.Dec 5, 2023By Lee Hyo-jin
