Tag: North Korean leader
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N. Korean leader celebrates completion of major housing project in Pyongyang
Kim did not deliver a speech in person while warmly waving to the cheering crowds and "wishing them happiness" in the new houses, Yonhap news agency reported.
April 12, 2022 -
North Korea fires 2 ballistic missiles into eastern waters
This comes two days after claiming to have tested a newly developed missile in a resumption of its weapons displays after a six-month lull.
September 15, 2021 -
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 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 -
Kim Jong Un visits flood-damaged village, orders release of reserve grains for victims
Kim's visit marks the second of its kind since he became leader in 2011, following the inspection of North Hamgyong province that was hit by a flood in 2015.
August 7, 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 -
‘If US summit held, it will be used as boring boasting’, says North Korea
Pyongyang insists that it needs its nuclear arsenal to deter against a possible US invasion.
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 -
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The moves included re-entering areas of the North that it had withdrawn from as part of inter-Korean projects, restoring guard posts in the Demilitarized Zone that forms the border, and stepping up exercises.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 -
‘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