Mar 28 Russian veto effectively ends the UN panel that monitors North Korea nuclear sanctions By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press Russia's vote on Thursday prompted Western accusations that Moscow was acting to shield its weapons purchases from North Korea for use in its war against Ukraine, in violation of sanctions. Continue reading
Mar 25 North Korea says Japan’s prime minister offered to meet with leader Kim Jong Un soon By Hyung-Jin Kim, Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press Some experts say North Korea is seeking to weaken the partnership Japan has with the U.S and South Korea while Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida wants to boost his declining approval rating at home. Continue reading
Mar 20 North Korea claims progress in developing a hypersonic missile designed to strike distant U.S. targets By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press It's seen as claiming a progress in developing a more powerful, agile missile designed to strike faraway U.S. targets in the region. Continue reading
Feb 02 North Korea tests more missiles as Kim calls for war readiness By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press North Korea on Friday extended a provocative series of weapons tests by firing cruise missiles into the sea, as leader Kim Jong Un called for his military to step up war preparations and toured a shipyard. Continue reading
Jan 24 North Korea says it tested a new cruise missile in the latest example of its expanding capabilities By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press The test was reported in state media Thursday a day after South Korea's military said it detected the North firing cruise missiles into waters off its western coast. Continue reading
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