North Korea warns Seoul’s navy over search for dead official
North Korea on Sunday warned the South Korean navy to stop crossing into its territorial waters as ships search for the body of a Seoul official shot dead at sea by Pyongyang’s soldiers.
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North Korea shot dead South Korean defector say officials
North Korean soldiers shot dead a suspected South Korean defector after interrogating him at sea, then poured oil over his body and burned it over coronavirus fears, Seoul military officials said Thursday.
N. Korea’s Kim orders thousands to help typhoon recovery
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered 12,000 elite members of his ruling party based in Pyongyang to help with recovery efforts in two rural provinces lashed by a powerful typhoon, state media reported yesterday.
Pyongyang ‘looking to blame Seoul’ for virus: analysts
North Korea is seizing on the return of a defector from the South to point the finger at Seoul for the arrival of coronavirus in the country after months of denying it had any cases, analysts said Monday.
Guns and glory: two Koreas mark armistice
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was shown surrounded by pistol-toting generals while in the South masked veterans were socially distanced as the two sides on Monday separately marked the armistice that ended Korean War hostilities.
North Korea declares emergency over suspected virus case
North Korean authorities have imposed a lockdown on the border city of Kaesong after discovering what they say is the country’s first suspected coronavirus case, state media reported Sunday.
North Korea says no need for talks with US
North Korea does “not feel any need” to resume talks with Washington, a senior diplomat for the country said Saturday, days after Seoul called for a summit as it seeks improved ties with Pyongyang.
North Korea’s Kim suspends military plans against South: KCNA
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un suspends plans for military action against the South.
North Korea preparing anti-South leaflet campaign
North Korea is preparing to launch an anti-Seoul leaflet campaign, state media said Saturday, prompting sharp criticism from South Korea with tensions high on the peninsula.
N. Korea threatens to beef up military presence around DMZ
North Korea threatened Wednesday to bolster its military presence in and near the Demilitarized Zone, a day after blowing up its liaison office with the South, prompting sharp criticism from Seoul.
Kim’s sister says N. Korea will take ‘action’ against South: KCNA
N Korea to take “action” against South and entrust military to carry it out: Kim Yo Jong.
N. Korea warns US to stay out of inter-Korean affairs
North Korea rebuked Washington on Thursday for criticising its decision to cut communication links with Seoul, warning it to stay out of inter-Korean affairs if it wanted to ensure a smooth presidential election.
North Korea threatens to scrap military deal with South
N Korea threatens Seoul to stop flying anti-Pyongyang leaflets over the border.
North and South Korea exchange gunfire at border
N Korean troops fire gunshots towards the South in the Demilitarized Zone: Seoul said.
Pompeo says ‘still hopeful’ for a North Korea deal
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday he remained hopeful for a nuclear agreement with North Korea, despite speculation about leader Kim Jong Un’s health and a standstill in talks.
Low-key celebrations for North Korea’s founder in face of virus
North Korea marked the anniversary of the birth of its founder Kim Il Sung in subdued fashion Wednesday, with mask-wearing citizens placing flowers before his statue in Pyongyang as the country imposes strict anti-coronavirus measures.
N. Korea’s Kim reshuffles governing commission
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has carried out a major reshuffle of his State Affairs Commission, official media reported Monday, replacing more than a third of its members.
Kim Jong Un’s sister rises in North Korea hierarchy
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s powerful younger sister has been reinstated to a key decision-making body, state media reported Sunday, marking her rise in the isolated nation.
N. Korea insists it is free of coronavirus
North Korea remains totally free of covid-19, a health official in Pyongyang insists.
North Korea says tested ‘super-large’ rocket launchers
N Korea successfully tests “super-large multiple rocket launchers”, state media said.
North Korea fires multiple projectiles: South’s military
Nuclear-armed North Korea on Monday fired what Japan said appeared to be ballistic missiles, a week after a similar weapons test by Pyongyang.
North Korea fired two unidentified projectiles, says South
North Korea fired two unidentified projectiles on Monday, the South’s military said, weeks after Pyongyang declared its moratorium on long-range missile tests over.
The Korean People’s Army is ‘invincible’
Embassy of DPRK: No one can match the invincible Korean People’s Army (KPA) so what is the secret? The first one is that the KPA has been led by outstanding leaders.
Broader inter-Korea cooperation will help promote dialogue between North Korea and US: Moon
A broader inter-Korean cooperation will help promote dialogue between North Korea and the United States and win the international support for sanctions relief toward Pyongyang, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Tuesday.
Government shutters all North Korean businesses in line with UN sanctions
The government shutters all businesses run by North Koreans in the Kingdom.
Moon offers North Korea broader cooperation
South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday offered a broader inter-Korean cooperation this year to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), while proposing concerted efforts to create conditions for top DPRK…
Microsoft seizes NK internet domains
Microsoft says it obtained a court order allowing it to seize web domains used by North Korean hacking groups.
North Korea ends moratoriums on nuke and missile tests
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has declared an end to moratoriums on nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missile tests and threatened a demonstration of a “new strategic weapon” soon.
North Korean businesses close temporarily as UN deadline looms
North Korean businesses in Cambodia close their doors to customers.
Kim poised to set out N.Korea’s new direction over nukes
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will give his set-piece New Year speech on Wednesday, an opportunity to flesh out the nuclear-armed nation’s threat to seek a “new way” forward after the expiration of its year-end deadline for US sanctions relief.
