Tag: Kim Jong-un

North Korea claims successful test of ballistic missile

North Korea on Tuesday announced that it succeeded in the latest launch of a ballistic missile, which it said features a new high-precision guidance system and a quick launch process, according to state media reports. Leader Kim Jong-un observed the test-firing of a "precision-guided ballistic rocket capable of making ultra-precision strike," the Korean Central News...

May 30, 2017

N Korea: US, South plotting to kill Kim Jong-un

North Korea on Friday accused the US and South Korea of attempting to assassinate its leader Kim Jong-un with a "bio-chemical substance". In a report, North Korean state news agency KCNA said a "terrorist group" conspired with the CIA and South Korea's Intelligence Service (IS) to "commit bomb terrorism targeting the supreme leadership". The report...

May 5, 2017

Kim Jong-un inspects troops near South Korea border

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspected troops on two islands near the border with South Korea in the Yellow Sea, to check the readiness of his military amid escalated tensions with the US and Seoul. Kim went to inspect the detachments on the islets of Jangjae and Mu and was "greatly satisfied with the combat...

May 5, 2017

US has conducted nuclear bomb dropping drill in South, says N Korea

North Korea on Tuesday said the US military has conducted a nuclear bomb dropping drill in South Korea and called it an "extremely reckless" move presaging a nuclear war on the Korean peninsula. "On May 1, the US imperialists committed one more military provocation of conducting a nuclear bomb dropping drill against the major objects...

May 2, 2017

Donald Trump meeting with North Korean leader comes with conditions: White House

US President Donald Trump is willing to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un “under the right circumstances”, the White House has said asserting that Pyongyang needs to meet a lot of conditions for such a meeting between the two leaders to take place. “There's a lot of things that go along with that, and that's...

May 2, 2017

Trump willing to meet Kim Jong-un under ‘right circumstances’

US President Donald Trump said on Monday he would be willing to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un "under the right circumstances" to defuse tensions over North Korea's nuclear programme. "If it would be appropriate for me to meet him, I would absolutely, I would be honoured to do it," CNN quoted Trump as saying...

May 1, 2017

Kim Jong-un disrespected China with new launch: Trump

US President Donald Trump said that with the new ballistic missile trial, the North Korean leader has disrespected China, the media reported. "North Korea disrespected the wishes of China and its highly respected President when it launched, though unsuccessfully, a missile today (Friday). Bad!," Efe news quoted Trump as saying in a tweet. On Friday,...

April 29, 2017

US tells Pyongyang to cease ‘destabilising actions’

With tensions escalating between the US and North Korea, the Pentagon has called for Pyongyang to avoid destabilising the situation further, officials said. "We call on (North Korea) to refrain from provocative, destabilising actions and rhetoric, and to make the strategic choice to fulfil its international obligations and commitments and return to serious talks," CNN...

April 24, 2017

North Korea challenges US for ‘nuclear attack’

North Korea on Saturday warned the US not to take provocative action in the region, saying it is "ready to hit back with nuclear attacks". The comments came as North Korea marked the 105th anniversary of the birth of its founding President, Kim Il-sung, grandfather of leader Kim Jong-un. A huge parade in Pyongyang was...

April 15, 2017

Trump says N.Korea acting ‘very, very badly’

US President Donald Trump slammed North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for "acting very, very badly", following Pyongyangs missile activities, a media report said. North Korea claimed it tested a new high-thrust rocket engine on Saturday, the latest in a string of missile tests over the past few months, The Hill magazine said in the report....

March 20, 2017

Time to sever ties with N Korea

Serves North Korea right. Its Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un wanted his half-brother dead and his lackeys decided to do the dastardly deed in Malaysia. Analysts have surmised Malaysia was chosen over Macau and Singapore – places Kim Jong-nam was also known to frequent – because it posed the least political and economic risk to North...

March 17, 2017

Malaysia arrests N Korean in Kim killing

Malaysian police said on Saturday they had arrested a North Korean man over the assassination of Kim Jong-Un's brother, as relations between Pyongyang and Kuala Lumpur nosedived in a battle for his body. A 46-year-old was arrested on Friday evening with documents that identified him as North Korean citizen Ri Jong Chol, a police statement said, making...

February 18, 2017

Malaysia arrests N Korean in Kim killing

Malaysian police said on Saturday they had arrested a North Korean man over the assassination of Kim Jong-Un's brother, as relations between Pyongyang and Kuala Lumpur nosedived in a battle for his body. A 46-year-old was arrested on Friday evening with documents that identified him as North Korean citizen Ri Jong Chol, a police statement said, making...

February 18, 2017

The unfortunate fate of North Korea’s ‘crown prince’

In May 2001, a man was rounded up after trying to smuggle himself into Narita International Airport in Tokyo, alongside his son and two women, using fake Dominican Republic passports. The incident introduced Kim Jong-nam, the slain older half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, to the outside world. But his yearning 16 years ago...

February 16, 2017

The unfortunate fate of North Korea’s ‘crown prince’

In May 2001, a man was rounded up after trying to smuggle himself into Narita International Airport in Tokyo, alongside his son and two women, using fake Dominican Republic passports. The incident introduced Kim Jong-nam, the slain older half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, to the outside world. But his yearning 16 years ago...

February 16, 2017

Trump dismisses North Korea nuclear threat

United States President-elect Donald Trump on Monday responded on Twitter to North Korea's threats, stating that Pyongyang would not develop a nuclear weapon that could endanger US security. Trump was responding to the New Year's speech given on Sunday by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, who announced that Pyongyang is finalising preparations to launch another...

January 3, 2017

Trump dismisses North Korea nuclear threat

United States President-elect Donald Trump on Monday responded on Twitter to North Korea's threats, stating that Pyongyang would not develop a nuclear weapon that could endanger US security. Trump was responding to the New Year's speech given on Sunday by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, who announced that Pyongyang is finalising preparations to launch another...

January 3, 2017