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Tue, October 24, 2017 | 12:44

Two North Korean defectors vanish in China

The South Korean government is trying to locate two North Korean defectors who recently vanished in China, the Ministry of Unification said on Monday. The ministry believes the married couple, surnamed Song and Son, are in North Korea, but it is uncertain if they were kidnapped or if they returned voluntarily. The couple lost contact mid-October, shortly after they arrived in...

North Korea | 2017-10-23 16:53

Sweden urges North Korea repay 43-year-old debts

Citing the 2016 annual report compiled by the Swedish Export Credit Agency (EKN), VOA's Korean Service said North Korea's debts to Sweden currently amount to SEK 2.7 billion (around $330 million) and account for 45 percent of the entire debt owed by 16 countries to Sweden.

North Korea | 2017-10-23 10:54

Nuclear war with North Korea unlikely, says ex-CIA director-

The United States is unlikely to go to nuclear war with North Korea despite the recent escalation in tensions, a former director of the Central Intelligence Agency said Sunday. David Petraeus, who served in the Barack Obama administration from 2011-2012, said he thinks U.S. President Donald Trump has been using tough rhetoric with North Korea to get the attention of the leadership in China, not in Pyongyang.

North Korea | 2017-10-23 10:48

Carter wants to go to North Korea on peace mission

Carter wants to go to North Korea on peace mission

Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter is willing to go to North Korea to broker negotiations over its nuclear weapons program, the New York Times reported Sunday. In an interview at his home in Georgia, the 93-year-old Democrat said he made his intention known to President Donald Trump's national security adviser, H.R. McMaster, but has so far received a negative response. "I wo...

North Korea | 2017-10-23 10:46

Nuclear war with North Korea unlikely, says ex-CIA director-

Pyongyang won't join six-party talks until US changes attitude: North Korea's diplomat

A North Korean diplomat says Pyongyang will not return to multilateral talks until it resolves issues with the United States, according to a source Sunday. Choe Son-hui, director-general of the North American department of the North’s foreign ministry, said the crisis on the Korean Peninsula is due to the United States’ hostile policy to the North.

North Korea | 2017-10-22 13:49

Carter wants to go to North Korea on peace mission

Trump visit to DMZ could provoke North Korea

North Korea could feel threatened if U.S. President Donald Trump visits the demilitarized zone on the inter-Korean border next month, a U.S. expert said Friday.

North Korea | 2017-10-21 12:13

North Korea's top university to admit more foreign students

North Korea’s top university, Kim Il Sung University, plans to admit more foreign students by expanding major studies available to them, according to the Choson Sinbo Saturday.

North Korea | 2017-10-21 12:02

'Natural' earthquake hits North Korea

It happened at 12:20 p.m., 24 kilometers west-northwest of Pyongsan, North Hwanghae Province, at a depth of 10 kilometers. Its magnitude was 2.2 on the Richter scale and natural seismic activity, the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) said.

North Korea | 2017-10-20 14:55

Minor quake jolts Jinan

North Korea won't give up nuclear weapons: unification minister

Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon said Wednesday the chances of North Korea giving up its nuclear weapons are extremely low. The remark by one of the nation’s top government officials in charge of North Korea issues came as international society has been intensifying sanctions against Pyongyang to make it scrap its nuclear program. In a lecture organized by the Chinese Emb...

North Korea | 2017-10-18 16:11

US, Japan agree to maximize pressure on North Korea over nuclear program

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan was in Tokyo earlier in the day to meet with his Japanese counterpart and that country's national security adviser. "The deputy secretary and his Japanese counterparts underscored the importance of close cooperation to place maximum diplomatic, economic, and military pressure on the DPRK to abandon its nuclear and missile development," Heather Nauert, the State Department spokesperson, said during a regular press briefing.

North Korea | 2017-10-18 11:03

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