Tag Archives: North Korea

The first unilateral restrictions in five years come in response to the North’s recent missile tests South Korea has sanctioned North Korea over its recent flurry of missile tests, the first such move in almost five years, the nation’s Foreign Ministry announced on Friday. “We strongly condemn North Korea’s latest …

The Chosun Ilbo newspaper claims Seoul wants Washington to station its aircraft carriers or submarines in the region South Korea is pushing the US for the creation of a nuclear weapons-sharing scheme, the newspaper Chosun Ilbo has claimed. According to the outlet, Seoul would like to see American aircraft carriers …

Kim Jong-un says Pyongyang has “nothing to talk about with enemies” The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) does not see any point in engaging in talks with the US and South Korea, the country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, has said. In a report released by the North Korean state news …

North Korea fired two ballistic missiles early on Sunday, authorities in neighbouring countries said, the seventh such launch by Pyongyang in recent days that added to widespread alarm in Washington and its allies in Tokyo and Seoul. Officials in the South Korean capital have said the uptick in the North’s …

North Korea has fired two ballistic missiles in less than a week in the wake of a visit by US Vice President Kamala Harris to the troubled Korean Peninsula. The South Korean military said it had detected the launch of “two short-range ballistic missiles from the Sunchon area in South …

Japan, the United States, and South Korea are set to hold joint naval drills in the Sea of Japan, as tensions continue to rise on the Korean Peninsula. Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) announced in a statement on Thursday that the trilateral anti-submarine warfare exercise would be conducted on September …

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has stressed that his country will never surrender its nuclear arsenal or use it as a bargaining chip for denuclearization with the US, state media said on Friday. The remarks came during a key parliamentary meeting, where legislators passed a new law governing the use …

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has ordered an update of his country’s wartime operational plans to counter alleged threats from North Korea. On Thursday and the fourth day of the Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS) military drills between South Korea and the United States, Yoon ordered the update to address Pyongyang’s …

Pyongyang is also seeking to ramp up fissile material production, a UN report seen by the outlet says

Officials have confirmed a total of 50 deaths and over 1.21 million cases of “fever” since late April

At least one person confirmed to have COVID-19 has died in North Korea and hundreds of thousands have shown fever symptoms, state media said on Friday, offering hints at the potentially dire scale of the country’s first confirmed outbreak of the pandemic. The data represents an unprecedented admission of an …

North Korea fired three ballistic missiles towards the sea off its east coast on Thursday, South Korea and Japan said, in the latest such move as the isolated country races to advance its weapons programmes on the day it first reported a COVID-19 outbreak. Three short-range ballistic missiles were fired …

News sources reported that North Korea fired a ballistic missile, likely from a submarine, off the port city of Sinpo along the country’s eastern coast.

North Korea fired an unidentified projectile toward the East Sea on Saturday, South Korea’s military said.

The Chinese envoy to the Korean Peninsula called on all parties to stay cool-headed and exercise restraint, expressing concern over North Korea’s recent escalation of tensions with various missile tests. Beijing is concerned about the tense situation on the Korean peninsula, China’s Korean affairs envoy said as he arrived for …

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has once again warned that his country would preemptively use nuclear weapons if threatened. Kim called on Pyongyang’s top military brass to “maintain the absolute superiority” of North Korean armed forces so that they could “preemptively and thoroughly contain and frustrate all dangerous attempts and …

Japan’s foreign minister promised his country would bolster its military to help the United States maintain regional security during a visit on Saturday to a U.S. aircraft carrier patrolling Asian waters. “Today I was able to experience firsthand the frontline of national security,” Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters on the hangar …

Outgoing South Korean President Moon Jae-in said he will keep working towards reconciliation after he leaves office next month. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un exchanged friendly letters with outgoing South Korean President Moon Jae-in this week, in what North Korean state media described as a rare moment of positive …

Weapon launch, supervised by Kim Jong Un, comes as the US and South Korea warn that North Korea could soon resume nuclear testing. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has observed the test-firing of a “new type of tactical guided weapon” aimed at boosting the country’s nuclear capabilities, according to …

A US nuclear-powered carrier strike group has been deployed to the waters off the Korean peninsula for the first time since 2017 amid rapidly escalating tensions with North Korea over its missile tests. Reports quoted a US official as saying on Tuesday that the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group …