N.Korean official calls for boosting ties with China
A senior North Korean official has called for further strengthening ties with China, state media said on Monday.
A senior North Korean official has called for further strengthening ties with China, state media said on Monday.
South Korea and the US kicked off a major combined military exercise on Monday to reinforce deterrence against North Korea's nuclear and missile threats amid concern Pyongyang could use the manoeuvres as a pretext for provocations.
North Korea's recent removal of unification references could create an ideological vacuum or confusion among the elite ranks, leading the regime to carry out a military provocation to bring stability, Seoul's point man on Pyongyang said on Sunday.
North Korea fired several cruise missiles toward the Yellow Sea on Wednesday, the South Korean military said.
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In a signal to the likes of President Trump, Kim is reported to have expressed “great satisfaction” over Saturday’s drills, even emphasising that his frontline troops should keep a “high-alert posture” and enhance combat ability to “defend the political sovereignty and economic self-sustenance of the country”.
During Saturday's drill, Kim urged his troops to remember "the iron truth that genuine peace and security are ensured and guaranteed only by powerful strength"
Trump on Friday spoke with Putin for about an hour, during which Venezuela was one of the major topics of discussion.
North Korea "fired a number of short-range projectiles from its Hodo peninsula near the east coast town of Wonsan to the northeastern direction from 9:06 am (0006 GMT) to 09:27 am today", the South's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement.