New York – Dozens have died and more than 10,000 people have been uprooted by flooding in North Korea, the UN said on Friday. UN humanitarian agencies are planning to expand support after Pyongyang […]
Seoul – President, Moon Jae-In of South Korea has called on the U.S. and North Korea to make “courageous decisions’’ in their faltering negotiations on Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons programme. “North Korea must tackle nuclear disarmament, […]
Tokyo – Japan said on Tuesday North Korea still posed a dire threat to its security despite a halt to ballistic missile tests and a pledge by leader Kim Jong Un to denuclearize the Korean […]
Geneva – A heat wave in North Korea has led to rice, maize and other crops withering in the fields, “with potentially catastrophic effects”, the International Federation of Red Cross […]
Singapore – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday expressed optimism that the North Korea’s nuclear programme though it might take time but would soon end. It assured that programme would be achieved within […]
Seoul – The Communist Leadership in Pyongyang would grant amnesty to those convicted of crimes against the state in light of North Korea’s 70th anniversary, the state-run KCNA reported on Monday. Similar to other […]
United Nations – The United States accused North Korea on Thursday of breaching a U.N. sanctions cap on refined petroleum by making illicit transfers between ships at sea, according to a document. The document was […]
Vienna – International nuclear inspectors stand ready to go to North Korea, UN nuclear chief Yukiya Amano said after Pyongyang’s leader Kim Jong Un committed to denuclearisation in a joint statement with U.S. President Donald Trump. […]
North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un brought with him his own portable toilet to Singapore for the summit with U.S. president Donald Trump. South Korean news agency The Chosunilbo reported that when Kim arrived in Singapore […]
Khartoum – Sudan has cut all defence ties with North Korea, in a rare admission that it used to have such ties in the first place, Foreign Ministry said. The announcement came as Washington […]
KHARTOUM – Sudan said on Wednesday it had cut all defence ties with North Korea, in a rare admission that it used to have such ties in the first place. The announcement came as Washington […]
Washington – North Korea said it was suspending high-level talks with South Korea scheduled for Wednesday due to U.S.-South Korean military exercises that it said went against the trend of warming North-South ties. North Korea’s […]
Seoul – North Korea has scheduled the dismantlement of its nuclear test site for sometime between May 23 and May 25 depending on weather conditions in order to uphold its previous pledge to discontinue […]
Three Americans freed from prison in North Korea have arrived back in the US a day after their release. US President Donald Trump, alongside First Lady Melania Trump, welcomed the trio when they arrived at […]
Moscow – A tour bus carrying Chinese Tourists crashed in North Korea at night, killing 32 Chinese Nationals and four North Koreans, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday. […]
By Isaac Aregbesola Abuja – The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Thursday expressed satisfaction with the successes recorded so far by the Armed Forces of Nigeria in tackling the Boko Haram insurgency in […]
Moscow – Experts say the recent appointment of CIA Director Mike Pompeo, known for his hawkish position on foreign policy, as the new U.S. secretary of state is President Donald Trump’s attempt to flex muscles […]
Tokyo – U.S. President Donald Trump’s agreement to meet North Korea’s leader looked likely to fan Japanese angst over being sidelined, although Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Friday there was no diplomatic daylight between […]
Geneva – North Korea must heed the call by major powers to abandon its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes and allow peace to take root on the divided peninsula, South Korea’s foreign minister said on […]
PyeongChang (South Korea) – The governor of Gangwon Province in South Korea, where PyeongChang is located, on Saturday said he was considering a bid to co-host the 2021 Asian Winter Games (AWG) with North […]
Abuja – North Korea will send 22 athletes to the Winter Games in the neighbouring South in February and compete in three sports and five disciplines, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said. North […]
Seoul – North Korea may be preparing to hold a military parade on the eve of next month’s winter Olympics in South Korea, analysts and diplomats say, even as the two countries have sought to […]
Lausanne (Switzerland) – Chang Ung, North Korea’s representative on the International Olympic Committee (IOC), arrived at the IOC headquarters on Wednesday at Lausanne in Switzerland. This was a day after Pyongyang said it would send […]
Beijing – China on Friday denied reports it has been illicitly selling oil products to North Korea, after U.S. President Donald Trump said he was not happy that Beijing allowed oil to reach the isolated […]
Tokyo – Moscow on Monday warned military exercises by Japan, the U. S. and South Korea aimed at countering North Korea would only raise hysteria and create more instability in the region. Russian Chief of […]
Seoul – The UN political affairs chief expressed willingness to ease tension on the Korean peninsula during a visit to North Korea on Wednesday, state media said on Saturday, amid a rising war of words […]
Tokyo – Japan is to acquire medium-range, air-launched cruise missiles, capable of striking North Korea, a controversial purchase of what will become the longest-range munitions of a country that has renounced the right to wage […]
Washington – The participation of U.S. athletes in the 2018 Olympic Games in South Korea’s Pyeongchang is still an “open question” against the backdrop of the North Korea-related tensions in the region, Ambassador to the […]
Geneva – North Korea on Friday ruled out negotiations with Washington as long as joint U.S-South Korea military exercises continue. In an interview with Reuters, Han Tae Song, North Korea’s ambassador to the UN in […]
Seoul – President Moon Jae-in of South Korea said on Tuesday it would not be easy for reclusive North Korea to destroy its nuclear arsenal quickly, even if it wanted to, given its weapons programmes […]
Beijing – U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday pressed China to do more on the North Korean nuclear issue and said bilateral trade had been unfair to the United States. Trump, […]
Seoul – “Do not try us,’’ U.S. President, Donald Trump, warned North Korea on Wednesday at Seoul’s Korean National Assembly, seeking to convince Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes. “The North Korean […]
Tokyo – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday agreed to increase international pressure on North Korea in an attempt to end Pyongyang’s nuclear and […]
Seoul – Former U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Wednesday said “cavalier” threats to start war on the Korean peninsula were “dangerous and short-sighted”. Clinton, however, urged the U.S. to get all parties to the […]
Sydney – North Korea has threatened Australia for “showing dangerous moves of zealously joining the frenzied political and military provocations’’ of the United States against its regime. The “provocations aggravate the situation of the […]
Paris – France’s foreign minister said President Donald Trump’s verbal jousting with North Korea was perhaps not the best method to handle the nuclear crisis and urged the U.S. to focus attention on raising […]
SEOUL/UNITED NATIONS – U.S. President Donald Trump dialled up the rhetoric against North Korea again at the weekend, warning the country’s foreign minister that he and leader Kim Jong Un “won’t be around […]
Moscow – Russia is “extremely concerned’’ by U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments questioning the Iran nuclear deal and suspects that Washington itself may have violated a landmark arms control treaty, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov […]
Washington – Stricter international sanctions will only lead North Korea to speed up its nuclear programme, Pyongyang said on Monday, as U.S. and Chinese leaders agreed to “maximise the pressure” on the regime of […]
By Chibuike Nwabuko Abuja (Surfista Pos) – US President Donald Trump and his South Korean counterpart have pledged “stronger pressure” on Pyongyang, Seoul said Sunday, after North Korea defied tough new sanctions with a missile […]
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