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Tue, September 17, 2019 | 01:42

'China, Russia loosening noose on North Korea again'

China appears to be loosening the noose on North Korea, casting a shadow over the nuclear sanctions on the North amid the ongoing Washington-Beijing trade dispute, according to sources familiar with Pyongyang.

Yi Whan-woo | 2019-08-13 16:03

'Stop provoking ally': Korea's conservatives slam Trump

Extremely poor defector mother, son found dead

A defector from North Korea and her son were found dead in their home in southwestern Seoul last month, police said Tuesday. The bodies of the 42-year-old woman identified by her family name Han and her six-year-old son identified as Kim were found by a janitor of the apartment in Bongcheon-dong, southern Seoul, on July 31.

2019-08-13 15:06

Trump considering North Korea envoy as next ambassador to Russia

Stephen Biegun, the diplomat who has been leading efforts to revive stalled U.S. denuclearization talks with North Korea, is under consideration to be President Donald Trump's next ambassador to Russia, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday. The current ambassador to Moscow, Jon Huntsman, is due to step down in October after two years in the post, the State Departm...

2019-08-13 09:16

'Stop provoking ally': Korea's conservatives slam Trump

President Moon's mediator role being threatened

President Moon Jae-in's role as a mediator between North Korea and the U.S. in denuclearization talks is being threatened, amid the North's repeated "warning" that it would exclude the South from the ongoing denuclearization negotiations.

Jung Da-min | 2019-08-12 17:14

Yet another 'Korea passing'?

Kwon Jong Gun, director general of the North Korean foreign ministry's department of American affairs warned that future discussions would be held "strictly between DPRK and the U.S., not between the north and the south" if the exercises continue. "Given that the military exercise clearly puts us as an enemy in its concept, they should think that an inter-Korean contact itsel...

2019-08-12 09:54

North Korea criticizes Seoul; 'engages' US for talks

North Korea stepped up pressure on South Korea by firing a series of short-range missiles over weeks while trying to engage the United States for denuclearization talks. Its actions may pose a further security threat to Seoul, experts say. The North fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea on Saturday according to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, marking the fifth...

Park Ji-won | 2019-08-11 17:52

N. Korea says inter-Korean contact difficult until Seoul gives 'plausible excuse' for military drill

North Korea said Sunday it won't even hold contact with South Korea, let alone dialogue, unless Seoul gives a "plausible excuse" over its ongoing military exercise with the United States, calling it an "aggressive war exercise against" the North. Kwon Jong-gun, North Korean foreign ministry's director-general of the department of American affairs, made the remarks in a statem...

2019-08-11 09:31

North Korea says Kim supervised tests of weapons systems

North Korea says Kim supervised tests of weapons systems

North Korea said Sunday leader Kim Jong Un supervised test-firings of an unspecified new weapons system, which extended a streak of weapons demonstrations that are seen as an attempt to build leverage ahead of negotiations with the United States. The report by North Korean state media came hours after President Donald Trump said North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has expressed a...

2019-08-11 09:27

N. Korea says inter-Korean contact difficult until Seoul gives 'plausible excuse' for military drill

Cheong Wa Dae calls NK missile firing 'show of force' against S. Korea-US military drill

Cheong Wa Dae said Saturday that North Korea's latest firing of unidentified projectiles into the East Sea is an apparent show of force against the joint military exercise between Seoul and Washington slated for next week. Two short-range projectiles were fired from near its eastern coastal city of Hamhung in South Hamgyong Province earlier in the day.

2019-08-10 17:11

North Korea fires two short-range ballistic missiles into East Sea: JCS

Trump says he received 'beautiful' letter from NK leader

U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that he received a "beautiful" letter from North Korea's leader this week in which Kim Jong-un expressed his displeasure with military exercises between South Korea and the U.S. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said he was never a fan of the exercises either but he let them happen this time because they allowed a "turnove...

2019-08-10 09:29

North Korea fires two short-range ballistic missiles into East Sea: JCS

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