Tag: Kim Jong-un
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Kim Jong-un urges US to end hostile policy
On his new policy on South Korea, Kim said bilateral relations could return to three years ago when a peace mood was created "at any time", but this only depends on Seoul's attitude.
January 10, 2021 -
North Korea displays new ballistic missile at military parade
The new ICBM was carried on a transporter erector launcher (TEL) with 22 wheels, indicating that it is longer than the Hwasong-15, which is carried by a 18-wheel TEL, Yonhap News Agency quoted the KCNA report as saying.
October 11, 2020 -
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits typhoon-hit area
Damage in areas near Pyongyang was also reported, it said but did not mention any casualties.
August 28, 2020 -
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sends aid to city locked down over COVID-19
Kim has been concerned “day and night” about people in Kaesong as they continue their “campaign for checking the spread of the malignant virus”, the report added.
August 9, 2020 -
North Korea locks down city over 1st suspected case of COVID-19: Reports
The patient was found in Kaesong City, which borders the South, and "was put under strict quarantine", as would anybody who had come in close contact, state media said.
July 26, 2020 -
‘Very hopeful to continue US-North Korea dialogue’, says Mike Pompeo
On Tuesday, US Deputy Secretary of State and North Korea envoy Stephen Biegun arrived for discussions in the South, hours after Pyongyang again threw cold water on Seoul’s idea of another US-North Korea summit.
July 10, 2020 -
US envoy to North Korea arrives in South after Pyongyang rejects talks
Kim declared in December an end to moratoriums on nuclear and ballistic missile tests, and Pyongyang has repeatedly said it has no intention to continue talks unless Washington drops what it describes as “hostile” policies toward the North.
July 7, 2020 -
Kim Jong-un calls for ‘maximum alert’ against COVID-19
The meeting held on Thursday included no mention of inter-Korean relations, an apparent indication that Kim might be focusing on internal unity, rather than external issues, amid lingering fears about the global pandemic, Yonhap news agency reported.
July 3, 2020 -
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un suspends military action plans against South: Report
The moves included re-entering areas of the North that it had withdrawn from as part of inter-Korean projects, restoring guard posts in the Demilitarized Zone that forms the border, and stepping up exercises.
June 24, 2020 -
‘Very rude’: South Korea denounces Kim Jong Un’s sister for rejecting talks offer
The two zones are sites of long-shuttered joint inter-Korean projects: Southern tourists visited the scenic Mount Kumgang until a North Korean soldier in 2008 shot dead a woman who strayed off the path.
June 17, 2020 -
US urges North Korea to avoid further ‘counterproductive’ steps
On Tuesday, North Korea blew up an inter-Korean liaison office on its side of the border, after days of increasingly virulent rhetoric from Pyongyang.
June 17, 2020 -
North Korea blows up inter-Korean liaison office at order: Seoul
The liaison office was opened in September 2018, days before the South's President Moon Jae-in flew to Pyongyang for his third summit with Kim.
June 16, 2020 -
‘Will take action’: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s sister’s fresh threat to South Korea
Kim Yo Jong said that "the right to taking the next action against the enemy will be entrusted to the General Staff of our army.
June 14, 2020 -
North Korea vows to cut all phone lines with South over Seoul’s failure to stop anti-Pyongyang leaflets
Meanwhile, North Korea on Thursday warned the US not to meddle in inter-Korean relations if it wants to avoid experiencing an unspecified 'hair-raiser' and hold November's presidential election smoothly.
June 11, 2020 -
‘Disappointed’ by North Korea cutting communications with South, says US
"We urge the DPRK to return to diplomacy and cooperation", the spokesperson further added.
June 10, 2020 -
North Korea to cut communication lines to ‘enemy’ South Korea: Report
The threats come with inter-Korean ties at a standstill, despite three summits between the North's Kim Jong Un and the South's President Moon Jae-in in 2018.
June 9, 2020 -
North Koreans charged with money laundering to support nuclear program
North Korea is under multiple layers of US and UN sanctions for its nuclear and ballistic missile programs.
May 29, 2020