World Sep 11 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is headed for Russia, setting the stage for a meeting with Putin North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has departed for Russia, where he is expected to hold a rare meeting with President Vladimir Putin that has sparked Western concerns about a potential arms deal for Moscow's war in Ukraine.
World Sep 11 Kim Jong Un to visit Russia, expected to meet with Putin The meeting has sparked Western concerns about a potential arms deal for Moscow’s war in Ukraine.
World Sep 09 Kim Jong Un hosts Chinese, Russian guests at North Korea’s 75th anniversary celebration North Korea invited visiting Chinese delegates and Russian artists to a paramilitary parade featuring rocket launchers pulled by trucks and tractors, state media said Saturday, in leader Kim Jong Un’s latest effort to display his ties with Moscow and Beijing.
World Sep 05 Kim Jong Un expected to meet with Putin to discuss arms deal It’s unclear how far Kim and Putin’s military cooperation could go, but any sign of warming relations will worry rivals like the U.S. and South Korea.
World Aug 23 North Korea says its 2nd attempt to launch a spy satellite has failed, vows another try The announcement followed a statement by South Korea's military that North Korea had launched a long-range rocket. The North's space agency said it used the new-type carrier rocket Chollima-1 to put the reconnaissance satellite Malligyong-1 into orbit.
World Aug 10 At least 1 dead as Tropical Storm Khanun hurtles toward Seoul Tropical Storm Khanun is pouring intense rain on South Korea after making landfall.
World Aug 08 Thousands of scouts evacuated from coastal South Korean campsite ahead of tropical storm The 37,000 Scouts, who hailed from 156 countries and were mostly teenagers, folded up their tents before boarding over 1,000 vehicles for the evacuation that began Tuesday morning.
World Aug 07 South Korea to mass evacuate scouts from coastal jamboree ahead of storm landfall More than 1,000 vehicles will be used starting Tuesday morning to move 36,000 scouts — mostly teenagers — from the World Scout Jamboree in the southwestern county of Buan, according to Kim Sung-ho, a vice minister at South Korea’s Ministry…
World Aug 06 Kim Jong Un tours North Korean weapons factories, urges ‘rapid expansion’ of production North Korean leader Kim Jong Un toured the country’s key weapons factories, including those producing artillery systems and launch vehicles for nuclear-capable ballistic missiles, and pledged to speed up efforts to advance his military’s arms and war readiness, state media…
World Jul 26 Both Koreas mark 70th armistice anniversary in two different ways that highlight rising tensions The truce that stopped the bloodshed in the Korean War turns 70 on Thursday and the two Koreas are marking the anniversary in starkly different ways, underscoring their deepening nuclear tensions.