カテゴリー: North Korea
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…
Kim Jong-un ‘expressed satisfaction’ with the test and congratulated weapons scientists, state media said North Korea conducted another test of super-large multiple rocket launchers on Thursday afternoon, calling it a success, the state news agency KCN…
Pyongyang’s top nuclear negotiator says there are no ‘permanent friends’ and US should heed calls for a new approachNorth Korea has warned that there has been no progress in relations with the US, and that hostilities that could lead to an exchange of …
Xi Jinping and Kim Jong-un exchange compliments as their countries mark 70 years of diplomatic relationsXi Jinping has promised to promote a “long-term, sound and stable” relationship with North Korea as the two countries mark 70 years of diplomatic re…
Washington says resumed negotiations in Sweden were ‘good’ and 70 years of hostility ‘could not be overcome in a day’North Korea’s lead negotiator has said that working-level nuclear talks in Sweden between officials from Pyongyang and Washington have …
Letter from North Korean leader comes as talks between the men have stalledNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un invited US president Donald Trump to visit Pyongyang in a letter sent in August, a South Korean newspaper reported on Monday, citing diplomatic s…
Kaoru Hasuike spent 24 years in the north before he was released. He hopes diplomacy can shed light on the fate of eight Japanese citizens still missingIt was supposed to have been a quiet date on the beach for two young people with plans to spend the …
Trump’s anti-interventionist instincts likely to come to the fore in flashpoint countriesTrump ousts top adviser John Bolton: ‘I disagreed strongly with him’Donald Trump’s abrupt dismissal of John Bolton, his national security adviser, may reflect the …
In February, a gang of armed men took a North Korean official hostage and demanded that he defect. When he refused, their plan fell apart, and they fled. Who were they, and why did they risk everything on this wild plot? By Giles TremlettShortly before…
Pyongyang earlier offered to resume nuclear talks if Washington tabled new proposalsNorth Korea has launched two projectiles toward the sea, South Korea’s military said, hours after Pyongyang offered to resume nuclear diplomacy with the United States b…
Meeting could be held in late September at mutually agreed location, deputy foreign minister tells state news agencyNorth Korea is willing to restart talks with the United States in late September over its nuclear programme, but warned that chances of …
One death reported and nearly a million households without power as Japanese capital bears brunt of 216km/h winds A powerful typhoon with record-breaking winds and heavy rain has battered the Tokyo region, sparking evacuation warnings for tens of thous…
Pyongyang’s new short-range missile have irregular trajectory, which could outsmart interceptor missiles, minister warnsNorth Korea appears to be developing warheads to penetrate a missile shield defending Japan, the country’s defence minister has said…
Regime says Saturday’s test launch was part of strategy to counter ‘mounting military threats and pressure offensive of hostile forces’The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, oversaw the test of a “super-large multiple rocket launcher” on Saturday, the s…
Launch comes day after regime called US secretary of state ‘impudent’ and questioned his ability in nuclear talksJapan’s Coast Guard has said it has detected a suspected ballistic missile launch from North Korea on Saturday that, if confirmed, would be…