VIDEO North Korea, Cuba hold 1st summit in 32 years North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un and Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel wave back to Pyongyang citizens during a car parade, Sunday. Captured from Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba's Twitter account (@CubaMINREX)By Jung Da-minNorth Korea's leader Kim Jong-un has received Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel with “magnificent” welcoming events, North Korea's state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Monday, with Kim repeatedly stressing “the strategic and comradely friendship with Cuba.”Diaz-Canel's visit to North Korea marked the first by a Cuban president since former President Fidel Castro's 1986 visit, though Diaz-Canel has traveled to North Korea before, meeting Kim Jong-un as Cuban vice president back in 2015.According to the KCNA, Kim Jong-un and his wife Ri Sol-ju greeted Diaz-Canel and his wife Lis Cuesta Peraza at Pyongyang International Airport on Sunday.Following a 21-gun salute from the Korean People's Army, Kim and Diaz-Canel reviewed the honor guards of the KPA. The two leaders also took part in a car parade through the Nov 5, 2018
2 natural earthquakes detected in sea off North Korea Captured from KMA websiteBy Park Si-soo South Korea's weather agency detected two natural earthquakes in the sea off North Korea on Monday. The first quake, measured at 3.2 on the Richter scale, took place 12:02 p.m. in waters 43 kilometers southwest of North Korea's Ongjin County and the second with a 3.1 magnitude at 12:07 p.m. at almost the same location.The epicenter of the two quakes was estimated 15 kilometers underground, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA). The administration branded the quakes as “natural seismic activities” which were felt in some of South Korea's border areas. “There were cases of multiple earthquakes taking place back to back near Ongjin area,” a KMA official said, referring to the earthquake-prone underground structure of the area.According to the KMA, a 2.2-magnitude quake was detected 12 kilometers north of Ongjin on Oct. 24. Nov 5, 2018
Pompeo to meet North Korean counterpart in New York this week U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday he will meet this week in New York with North Korea's number two to discuss denuclearization and a possible second summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un."I expect we'll make some real progress, including an effort to make sure that the summit between our two leaders can take place where we can make substantial steps toward denuclearization," Pompeo said on CBS's "Face the Nation."Pompeo's meeting with Kim Yong Chol later this week comes with the two sides at loggerheads nearly five months after a historic summit in June in which Trump and Kim pledged to work toward the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.North Korea's foreign ministry warned earlier in the week that Pyongyang will "seriously" consider reviving its nuclear weapons program unless US sanctions are lifted.Pompeo dismissed the statement, telling "Fox News Sunday," "I'm not worried about that.""We are very focused. We know with whom we are negotiating, we know what their positions (are) and President Trump has made his position veryNov 5, 2018
North Korea threatens to resume nuke development over sanctions In this June. 12, 2018, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, right, meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Sentosa Island, in Singapore. North Korea has warned on Friday it could revive a state policy aimed at strengthening its nuclear arsenal if the United States does not lift economic sanctions against the country. APNorth Korea has warned it could revive a state policy aimed at strengthening its nuclear arsenal if the United States does not lift economic sanctions against the country. The statement released by the Foreign Ministry on Friday evening said North Korea could bring back its ``pyongjin'' policy of simultaneously advancing its nuclear force and economic development if the United States doesn't change its stance. The North sopped short of threatening to abandon ongoing nuclear negotiations with Washington. Still, it accused Washington of derailing commitments made by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump at their June summit in Singapore to work toward a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula. It was the first time the North said it could Nov 4, 2018
S. Korean civic group departs for joint event with N. Koreans Members of South Korea's Korean Council for Reconciliation and Cooperation (KCRC) wait on a bus at a parking lot in Gyeongbok Palace, Seoul, Nov. 3, 2018. The KCRC members were leaving Seoul to attend a two-day joint event with North Koreans at Mount Guemgang on the North's east coast. YonhapA South Korean civic organization departed for Mount Geumgang, Saturday, to attend a joint event with North Koreans.Members of the Korean Council for Reconciliation and Cooperation (KCRC) left Seoul to take part in the event with their North Korean counterparts.The event is to call for the faithful implementation of a recent summit agreement between the two countries' leaders. A delegation of around 300 people, including personnel, journalists and other support staff, was scheduled to cross the border via the Donghae Line land route.The joint event will be held at Mount Geumgang on the North's east coast for two days. It will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the KCRC and its North Korean counterpart ― which has the same name. The two groups last held a joint event in 2008.During the visit, the tNov 3, 2018
Trump cites North Korea's invitation of inspectors as progress This AP photo shows U.S. President Donald Trump at a midterm election campaign rally in Columbia, Missouri, Thursday. AP-YonhapWASHINGTON ― U.S. President Donald Trump remained optimistic about the prospects for North Korea's denuclearization, citing the regime's invitation of outside inspectors to its nuclear and missile sites.Speaking Thursday at a midterm election campaign rally in Missouri, Trump mentioned that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has committed to allowing international inspectors to survey the Punggye-ri nuclear testing site and the missile engine testing facility in Dongchang-ri.The North has taken steps to dismantle both facilities, but has still fallen short of U.S. demands for complete and verifiable denuclearization."If you read the papers today, it came out to the surprise of a lot of people ― not a surprise to me ― that they don't mind having people come over, the experts, and check the sites," Trump said."We're doing well," he added, listing a series of goodwill actions by Pyongyang, including the return of U.S. prisoners and remains of American soldiers fromNov 3, 2018
PHOTOS 2019 calendar captures face of North Korea May | Four North Korean children take a peek at life outside their playpen in South Hamgyong Province. It is common for parents to send their children to daycare centers and nurseries and for households with working parents to send sick or malnourished children to local institutions until they recover. Courtesy of NK NewsBy Jung Da-minA 2019 calendar showing the everyday life of North Koreans is available from an online shop run by NK News, a subscription-based North Korea monitoring website.Calendar photographer Pierre Depont snapped the images in different parts of North Korea, including Pyongyang, Wonsan, Masikryong, South Hamgyong Province, Rason and Kaesong in 2017 and 2018. Through the photos, the photographer has tried to show life beyond the politics of North Korea. All those featured are North Korean citizens. January: “Sunday at the Masikryong” | A large screen featuring the Mokran state channel sets the background of a ski slope. If it weren't for the screen blaring out North Korean TV, it would feel like you could be at any ski resort in the world, with its weNov 2, 2018
3D analysis gives hints on Kim Jong-un's health By Yi Whan-wooThe National Intelligence Service (NIS) has been monitoring North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's health using a three-dimensional video analysis program, according to a lawmaker, Friday.The spy agency also has been analyzing soil samples collected near the Punggye-ri nuclear test site, which Pyongyang demolished in May to show its determination for denuclearization.“The NIS described a 3D program designed to scan and analyze changes in a person's body during a meeting with the National Assembly Intelligence Committee,” the lawmaker said on condition of anonymity. “The analysis of Kim's health condition was made possible by building a 3D image of Kim based on video samples of him and scanning them through 360 degrees.”The program can discover health problems Kim may have, such as back pain, by simply analyzing the way he walks.The NIS has been using the program for years, but its performance “dramatically” improved recently after it was transferred to a supercomputer.“This is something that we've seen in science fiction,” the Nov 2, 2018By Yi Whan-woo
Two Koreas declare intent to co-host 2032 Olympics South Korea and North Korea agreed on Friday to inform the International Olympic Committee (IOC) formally of their intention to co-host the 2032 Summer Games.The two sides reached that agreement during their sports talks in the North's border town of Kaesong.Following their first sports talks in four months, the Koreas issued a joint communique, detailing other areas of cooperation.The Koreas said they will try to field a joint team at next year's men's handball world championships.The Koreas also agreed to form unified teams at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics and to work with the IOC and international federations of summer Olympic sports to make that happen.And to ensure mutual growth in sports, the Koreas said they'll actively participate in international competitions held on either side of the border.The Koreas first expressed their interest in sharing the 2032 Olympics after the Sept. 19 summit between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.No Olympic Games, summer or winter, have been shared by two countries.IOC President Thomas Bach said at the tiNov 2, 2018
Sexual violence rampant in NK: report Human Rights Watch Executive Director Kenneth Roth holds the report “You Cry at Night but Don’t Know Why: Sexual Violence against Women in North Korea” during a press conference in central Seoul, Thursday. / YonhapBy Kim Jae-heunA report by Human Rights Watch (HRW), an international nongovernmental organization, revealed Thursday that government officials committin sexual violence is rampant in North Korea.The report, titled “You Cry at Night but Don't Know Why': Sexual Violence against Women in North Korea,” contains interviews with 106 North Korean defectors conducted between January 2015 and July 2018. Fifty-seven of them have defected after Kim Jong-un rose to power in 2011.According to the report, a large number of married women in North Korea had become exposed to sexual violence while working at marketplaces, where government officials exploit them sexually. Twenty-one women said they have either been sexually harassed or assaulted by government officials.According to one female defector, state regulators or security men would just tell women to fNov 1, 2018By Kim Jae-heun
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