South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in says his US counterpart, Donald Trump, “deserves big credit” for talks between South and North Korea. The talks, held on Tuesday, were the first in two years and led to the announcement that North Korea would send a delegation to the Olympics in Pyeongchang later this year. Mr Moon said […]
“If they are trying to shock us with the sound of a dog’s bark they are clearly having a dog dream.” One would think that after President Donald Trump’s threats, North Korea would reconsider its decision on developing nuclear weapons. But alas! The North is undeterred. They have now shrugged off trump’s threat as ‘dog’s […]
South Korea’s spy agency says it is unable to verify Hyon’s execution a day after local media reported he had been killed. The grim details of Hyon’s alleged demise dominated headlines, but the NIS stresses there is no concrete information of the issue. South Korea’s spy agency has said it had been unable to verify […]
North Korea has publicly executed the country’s defense minister after the regime accused him of treason, according to reports from South Korea. Hyon Yong Chol was killed by fire from an anti-aircraft gun at a military school in front of hundreds of people in Pyongyang, the South Korean Intelligence Agency was reported to have told […]
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has canceled his planned trip to Moscow for Russia’s Victory Day, according to the Kremlin. “He has decided to stay in Pyongyang,” said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Thursday, saying Moscow received the information via “diplomatic channels.” The visit, which would have been Kim Jong Un’s first overseas trip […]
North Korean border guards has been accused of crossing ove to a Chinese city to commit thefts and killing of three villagers. In a statement on Thursday, the Helong city government said a 55-year-old man, his 26-year-old daughter and another man aged 67 were killed on Saturday. It said that police from the provincial level […]
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (pictured) purged and executed his uncle for treason in 2013 North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered the execution of 15 people this year, including several top officials, South Korean intelligence says. The agency told a parliamentary meeting on Wednesday that they were executed by firing squad on spying charges. […]
North Korea celebrated its biggest holiday of the year Wednesday, commemorating the birth of its late founder Kim Il Sung. The Day of the Sun celebrations make efforts to bolster Kim Jong Un’s leadership by recalling the rule of his grandfather. A military parade and rally on Sunday kicked off a week of festivities marking […]
North Korea has accused Mexico of illegally holding one of its ships, after it ran aground last year. It said the Mu Du Bong was a legitimate commercial ship and its detention a “rampant violation” of sovereignty. But a UN expert says the ship belongs to North Korea’s Ocean Maritime Management, which is […]
Prospects for a new North Korean nuclear agreement have seemingly not improved following the tentative multiparty deal to limit Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for lifting sanctions. The agreement with Tehran is similar to past deals with Pyongyang that ultimately failed, and neither the U.S. nor the Koreans seem motivated or interested in trying again. […]
South Korea’s military says North Korea has fired four short-range missiles into the sea off the west coast, in what appears to be the latest sign of Pyongyang’s anger over ongoing U.S.-South Korean joint military drills. According to Voice Of America, The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement Friday the […]
North Korea has fired seven surface-to-air missiles into waters off its east coast, South Korean officials said on Friday, in the country’s latest missile test coinciding with joint United States-South Korean military exercises. According to a spokesman for the South Korean Defense Ministry, who spoke on the customary condition of anonymity, the missiles were launched […]