North Korea says Kim has suspended planned military retaliation against South
Analysts say North Korea, after deliberately raising tensions for weeks, may be pulling away just enough to make room for South Korean concessions.
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What’s behind North Korea’s latest act of aggression
On Tuesday, North Korea blew up the Inter-Korean Liaison Office, a symbol of a rare rapprochement in 2018 with South Korea. The move comes as North Korean rhetoric grows increasingly hostile. Nick Schifrin reports and talks to Jeongmin Kim of…
S Korea urges North to uphold deals amid rising animosities
There’s concern that North Korea could turn to provocation to bolster its internal unity and wrest outside concessions as nuclear talks with the United States remain deadlocked. Observers say North Korea desperately needs sanctions relief in the face of harsh…
South Korea: Kim did not have surgery amid lingering rumors
North Korea had said Saturday that Kim attended the completion of a fertilizer factory near Pyongyang on Friday, in his first public appearance in about 20 days.
North Korean state media says leader Kim Jong Un has made his first public appearance in 20 days amid rumors about his health.
For South Korea and the U.S., Kim’s absence would mean the departure of a man they’ve dealt with over the past two years to try to achieve North Korea’s denuclearization.
A train likely belonging to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been parked at his compound on the country’s east coast since last week, satellite imagery showed, amid speculation about his health that has been caused, in part, by…
North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un remained out of the public view on Saturday, as rumors continue to swirl that he is gravely ill. As that scenario is unfolding, the secretive country continues to maintain it has zero cases of…
Questions about Kim’s health flared after he skipped an April 15 commemoration of the 108th birthday of his grandfather, North Korea founder Kim Il Sung.
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