Tag: North Korea
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A defection and Korean dynamics
The latest rounds of dialogue between the US and the two Koreas will also fall at this hurdle unless they find a novel way forward.
January 14, 2019 -
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in China for summit
The four-day visit comes amid speculation that he may attempt to coordinate his positions with Beijing ahead of his likely summit with President Donald Trump.
January 8, 2019 -
Mild bluster
North Korean President Kim Jong-un has clarified that international sanctions must be lifted before Pyongyang gives up a single weapon, dismantles a single missile site, or stops producing nuclear material
January 7, 2019 -
US judge orders North Korea to pay $500M in student’s death
In holding North Korean responsible, Howell said the government had seized Warmbier for "use as a pawn in that totalitarian state's global shenanigans and face-off with the United States."
December 25, 2018 -
North Korean media slams Seoul after UN human rights resolution gets nod
North Korean media on Sunday slammed South Korea for its participation in the passing of an UN resolution condemning the Norths human rights abuses.
December 23, 2018 -
Realistic fantasies in Korean détente
Seoul’s Unification Ministry sent 200 metric tons of tangerines to Pyongyang in return for the two tons of pine mushrooms that North Korean chief Kim Jong-un shipped to the South after September’s inter-Korean summit.
December 6, 2018 -
North Korea’s Kim Jong-un successfully ‘tests high-tech tactical weapon’: Report
Kim Jong Un inspected the testing of a newly developed high-tech tactical weapon at the Academy of National Defence Science, North Korea's state broadcaster said.
November 16, 2018 -
Report of North Korea’s ‘undisclosed’ missile bases not new: Seoul
Speaking about the report, the presidential office spokesman said that the source of the analysis of the Sakkanmol base was a commercial satellite
November 13, 2018 -
North Korea secretly developing nuclear weapons programme: US report
The report includes satellite photos that show that in recent months North Korea has carried out a number of improvements to a series of facilities that would 'support a missile launch in an emergency'.
November 13, 2018 -
North Korea removes 636 land mines from border: Seoul
"There were no land mines found in our region and the North informed us that it has removed more than 600 land mines," Jeong said at a National Assembly session.
November 12, 2018 -
US Vice President Mike Pence to visit Japan, discuss N Korea with Abe
Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga confirmed Pence's visit to Tokyo and his meeting with Abe next Tuesday before the US leader leaves for Singapore on the same day.
November 8, 2018 -
South Koreans divided over reunification with North
The recent detente between the two Koreas has triggered an intense debate in South Korea on the reunification of the two countries divided since the 1950s.
November 6, 2018 -
North Korea threatens to resume nuke development over sanctions
“The US thinks that its oft-repeated 'sanctions and pressure' leads to 'denuclearisation.' We cannot help laughing at such a foolish idea,” it said.
November 3, 2018 -
North Korea denuclearisation within reach: United States
Stephen Biegun expressed confidence on behalf of Trump's administration that Pyongyang would give up its nuclear arms, despite an ongoing deadlock on the issue between the two sides.
October 29, 2018 -
US sanctions Singapore companies over North Korea dealings
The Department of Justice has also unsealed criminal charges against the person, Tan Wee Beng. Officials say he is also managing director of a marine fuels company involved in an illicit economic activity with North Korea.
October 25, 2018 -
US bars American aid groups from travelling to North Korea
Since last month, the State Department has refused to grant special permission to aid workers to travel to North Korea.
October 18, 2018 -
Koreas agree to modernise, connect railways and roads across borders
The agreements were reached during high-level talks at the truce village of Panmunjom between South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon and his North Korean counterpart, Ri Son-gwon.
October 15, 2018