Jan 21 North Korea says Putin could soon visit, signaling alignment with Russia against U.S. By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press North Korea said Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his willingness to visit the North at an unspecified “early date” as the countries continue to align in the face of their separate, intensifying confrontations with the United States. Continue reading
Jan 16 North Korea will no longer pursue reconciliation with South, Kim Jong Un says By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press The historic step discards a decades-long pursuit of peaceful unification based in a sense of national homogeneity shared by the Koreas. Tensions have risen as the pace of Kim's weapons development and the South's military exercises with the United States… Continue reading
Jan 15 North Korea scraps agencies managing relations with South as Kim Jong Un cites hostility with rival By Associated Press North Korea has abolished key government organizations tasked with managing relations with South Korea, state media said Tuesday, as authoritarian leader Kim Jong Un said he would no longer pursue reconciliation with his rival. Continue reading
Jan 06 North and South Korea conduct firing drills near sea border in breach of 2018 agreement By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press North Korea conducted a new round of artillery drills near the disputed sea boundary with South Korea on Saturday, officials in Seoul said, a day after the North’s similar exercises prompted South Korea to respond with its own firing drills in the… Continue reading
Jan 04 Watch 2:58 Russia attacks Ukraine with ballistic missiles provided by North Korea, U.S. says By Geoff Bennett, Eliot Barnhart A White House spokesperson said U.S. intelligence officials have determined that Moscow has acquired ballistic missiles from North Korea and fired at least one of them into Ukraine on December 30. The U.S. is now concerned Iran will soon agree… Continue watching
Jan 04 Young daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is likely successor, South Korea says By Hyung-Jin Kim, Jiwon Song, Associated Press The National Intelligence Service's assessment is the first of its kind regarding the preteen, who is reportedly aged 10 and named Ju Ae. Continue reading
Dec 31 Kim Jong Un vows to boost North Korea’s reconnaissance and nuclear capabilities in 2024 By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to launch three additional military spy satellites, produce more nuclear materials and introduce attack drones in 2024, as he called for “overwhelming” war readiness to cope with U.S.-led confrontational moves, state media reported Sunday. Continue reading
Dec 18 North Korea resumes weapons testing with launch of long-range missile By Hyung-Jin Kim, Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press Monday's launch is the North's second weapons firing in less than a day. It comes as North Korea vows retaliatory steps against the U.S. and South Korea for their decision to boost their nuclear deterrence plans. Continue reading
Dec 06 WATCH: White House announces U.S., South Korea and Japan officials will meet to discuss North Korean threat By Associated Press The national security advisers of the United States, South Korea and Japan will meet in Seoul this week to discuss North Korea’s growing military threat and other regional security issues as they continue to promote trilateral cooperation in Asia. Continue reading
Nov 22 Watch 4:18 News Wrap: Vehicle explosion kills 2 at border crossing in Niagara Falls In our news wrap Wednesday, a vehicle exploded on the U.S. side of the border with Canada in Niagara Falls killing two people and disrupting cross-border travel, the U.S. military carried out new air attacks in Iraq targeting an Iranian-backed… Continue watching