カテゴリー: North Korea
This year world leaders struggled to manage the fallout from the erratic tenant in the White House – as China flexed its imperial muscles. We look back at the events that created the most turbulenceClick here for 2019’s reasons to be cheerful A year of…
Images released as Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton warns Pyongyang poses ‘imminent’ threatA new satellite image of a factory where North Korea makes military equipment used to launch long-range missiles shows the construction of a …
Stephen Biegun says on visit to Seoul that recent statements by Pyongyang were ‘so hostile and negative’The US special envoy for North Korea has dismissed a year-end deadline set by Pyongyang to make concessions in stalled nuclear talks, but said Washi…
Pyongyang continues to pressurise Trump administration for concessionsNorth Korea has said it successfully performed another “crucial test” at its long-range rocket launch site that it claims will further strengthen its nuclear deterrent.The test may h…
US ambassador tells UN security council it must ‘act accordingly’ if regime does not turn from hostility and threatsThe United States has warned North Korea of consequences if it makes good on threats of a spectacular weapons test in the new year, whil…
Pyongyang responds to tweets on denuclearizationThe Guardian view on North Korea: a brewing nuclear crisisNorth Korea insulted Donald Trump again on Monday, calling him a “heedless and erratic old man” after he tweeted that North Korean leader Kim Jong…
North Korea claims test success at rocket launch sitePyongyang threatens return to Trump ‘dotard’ insultsDonald Trump said on Sunday North Korean leader Kim Jong-un risks losing “everything” and his country must denuclearize, after the North said it ha…
State media says test will change regime’s ‘strategic position’ amid further tensions with USNorth Korea has carried out a “very important” test at its Sohae satellite launch site, a rocket testing ground US officials once said Pyongyang had promised t…
Country’s ambassador to the UN said dialogue sought by US was a ‘time-saving trick’ to suit domestic political agendaNorth Korea’s ambassador to the United Nations said on Saturday denuclearization is already off the negotiating table with the US and l…
Chan Han Choi, the first person charged under Australia’s weapons of mass destruction laws, tells court he can’t get a fair trial and is a political prisoner An Australian man charged with trying to broker missile deals for the North Korean regime has …
The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, rode a white horse up a sacred mountain on his second symbolic visit to the site in less than two months. Photos showed Kim, his wife and top lieutenants, on horseback as they travelled to snow-covered Mount Paektu…
Pyongyang had given US till end of year to change position‘Dialogue touted by US … is a foolish trick’ linked to 2020 voteHelp us cover the critical issues of 2020. This Giving Tuesday, consider making a contributionNorth Korea yesterday issued a thinl…
Site near sacred Mount Paektu has a ski resort and can house 4,000 familiesNorth Korea has celebrated the completion of leader Kim Jong-un’s signature construction project, a new city near the sacred mountain where his family claims its roots, with sta…
North Korean leader had previously displayed a penchant for horn-rimmed glasses and black Mao suits made famous by his grandfather Kim Jong-un’s recent wardrobe choices have sparked speculation that after eight years of paying sartorial homage to his p…
US president says potential Democratic rival is ‘somewhat better than that’ and urges North Korean leader to agree nuclear dealDonald Trump has come to the defence of one of his potential rivals for the presidency, telling North Korea its recent descri…