The moves included re-entering areas of the North that it had withdrawn from as part of inter-Korean projects, restoring guard posts in the Demilitarized Zone that forms the border, and stepping up exercises.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, 2020The 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, 2020On 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, 2020The 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, 2020Kim 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, 2020Meanwhile, 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"We urge the DPRK to return to diplomacy and cooperation", the spokesperson further added.
June 10, 2020The 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, 2020North Korea is under multiple layers of US and UN sanctions for its nuclear and ballistic missile programs.
May 29, 2020Kim attended the completion of a fertiliser plant, North Korea's official media said on Saturday, the first report of his appearing in public since April 11.
May 6, 2020Yet 24 hours after the North Korean President’s reappearance in public, the clash of shields must be rather intriguing.
May 5, 2020North Korea's discussions with the United States over Pyongyang's nuclear arsenal are also at a standstill, despite three meetings between Kim and US President Donald Trump.
May 3, 2020Last week, the North Korean leader was gravely ill following heart surgery.
May 3, 2020The lawmaker-elect said that Kim Yo-jong, sister of the North's leader, is likely to succeed him, as many experts have already speculated.
May 1, 2020Pompeo also noted the risk to North Koreans from COVID-19, while communist regime has insisted it has no confirmed cases of the coronavirus, but many suspect it may be covering up an outbreak.
April 30, 2020Earlier this week, the North Korean leader was gravely ill following heart surgery.
April 26, 2020Trump's denial of the report came two days after he declined to comment, saying only that he wished Kim well.
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