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Sat, July 20, 2019 | 14:59

N. Korea calls Japan's export curbs politically motivated

North Korea on Saturday claimed that Japanese export restrictions targeting South Korean companies are politically motivated and aimed at getting more votes in an upcoming election.Japan has tightened regulations on exports to South Korea of three critical industrial materials in an apparent retaliation over last year's South Korean Supreme Court rulings that ordered Japanese...

2019-07-20 13:04

Japan vows action if Korea hurts companies in trade row

Pompeo rejects North Korean charges on military drills

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has rejected charges from North Korea's Foreign Ministry that U.S. plans for military exercises with South Korea are in breach of agreements between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump.

2019-07-20 09:41

Sanctions halve North Korea's 2018 trade

North Korea's trade was halved last year, in an apparent consequence of United Nations Security Council sanctions on the reclusive regime, a report showed Friday.

Nam Hyun-woo | 2019-07-19 16:35

American suspect in N. Korea Embassy raid released on bail

Christopher Ahn, a 38-year-old Korean-American and former Marine, was released Tuesday for a US$1.3 million bail under the condition of home confinement.

2019-07-18 13:27

China supplies 1,536 tons of refined oil to N. Korea in May: report

The May figure brought China's cumulative supply of refined oil products to the North to 5,730 tons this year, the report posted on the website of the sanctions committee on North Korea showed.

2019-07-18 13:25

US-North Korea working-level talks likely to be delayed

Working-level denuclearization talks between the United States and North Korea are likely to be delayed. U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday (local time) during a meeting that he is in no hurry to make progress in the denuclearization talks and time is “not of the essence.”

Jung Da-min | 2019-07-17 17:12

Pentagon: Seoul, Washington preparing joint exercise despite Pyongyang's warning

South Korea and the United States are preparing to stage a joint military exercise this fall, the Pentagon said Tuesday, after North Korea warned the drill will affect the prospects of working-level nuclear talks between the two countries.

2019-07-17 11:06

Pompeo hopes US, North Korea can be 'more creative' in nuclear talks

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday he hoped both North Korea and the United States could "be a little more creative" as the two sides push to restart talks aimed at ending Pyongyang's nuclear program. Pompeo did not say when the negotiations would begin.

2019-07-16 09:23

North Korea to launch tour program to Mt. Geumgang

North Korea will launch a tour program to Mount Geumgang this month in an apparent effort to bolster its sagging economy amid international sanctions.

Park Si-soo | 2019-07-15 13:23

North Korea presses South to overlook US on cross-border relations

North Korea pressed the South over the weekend to pursue cross-border agreements regardless of relations between Washington and Pyongyang. The North's propaganda websites Uriminzokkiri and Meari said Pyongyang was disappointed at Seoul's attempt to resume inter-Korean talks in accordance with possible U.S.-North Korea denuclearization negotiations.

Yi Whan-woo | 2019-07-14 16:54

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