The first passenger train service between the Chinese and North Korean capitals left Beijing Railway Station on Thursday, ending a six-year gap, as China moves to shore up cross-border infrastructure and rebuild ties with its neighbour. Train K27 will arrive in the North Korean capital at 6:07 p.m. (0907 GMT) on Friday, after a journey […]
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Kim Jong Un re-elected as North Korea Workers’ Party general secretary
PYONGYANG: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been re-elected as general secretary of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea at a rare party congress, state media reported Monday. The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) described the decision as unanimous among all delegates, reflecting the “unshakable will” of the party members. Read More: Kim Jong–Un crowned […]
North Korea opens key ruling party congress
North Korea has begun a rare congress of its ruling Workers’ Party, a major political gathering held once every five years that will set the country’s policy direction on defence, diplomacy and the economy. Read More: Ahead of rare North Korea congress, money trumps party for most State media reported that the Ninth Congress of the […]
Kim Jong Un Unveils North Korea’s New Hwasong-20 ICBM
SEOUL – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a grand military parade in Pyongyang late Friday, showcasing the country’s newest Hwasong-20 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) — described by state media as its “strongest nuclear strategic weapon system.” The parade, held to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the ruling Workers’ Party, was attended by Chinese […]
North Korea fires ballistic missiles, marking fourth in a week
North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea off the east coast on Saturday, South Korea’s military said, marking Pyongyang’s fourth launch in a week as it ratchets up tension around the Korean peninsula. The launch comes after the navies of South Korea, the United States and Japan staged trilateral anti-submarine exercises on […]
South Korea’s Yoon calls on North to trade nukes for aid
South Korea’s new leader Yoon Suk-yeol on Tuesday called on the North to give up its nuclear weapons in exchange for massive economic aid, describing Pyongyang’s missiles as a threat to regional and global security. Yoon, 61, who started work in an underground bunker with a briefing on North Korea, takes office at a time […]
Trump ‘walks’ as North Korea talks end abruptly without deal
The summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un fell far short of the pre-meeting expectations and hopes The US-North Korea nuclear summit in Hanoi ended abruptly without a deal Thursday, with President Donald Trump saying he had decided to “walk” in the face of Kim Jong Un’s demands to […]
Pompeo in Pyongyang to seek concrete nuclear commitments
POOL/AFP / Andrew Harnik Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was ensconced in an elegant Pyongyang guest house for a second day of talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s right-hand man Kim Yong Chol Washington’s top diplomat embarked on an intense day of negotiations with his North Korean counterpart Saturday as he strives to […]
S. Korea’s Moon to send special envoys to North
SEOUL: South Korean President Moon Jae-in will send a team of special envoys, including Seoul’s spy chief, to the North on Monday to push for talks between Washington and Pyongyang on nuclear weapons. The delegation, announced by Moon’s office on Sunday, is the latest chapter in a remarkable Olympics-driven detente between the two Koreas. An […]
Trump to hit North Korea with ‘largest-ever’ sanctions
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump will on Friday announce sanctions against 56 North Korea-linked shipping and trade entities, hailing the “largest-ever” package of sanctions on the Pyongyang regime. Trump will use a speech to conservatives just outside Washington to step up his campaign of “maximum pressure,” according to excerpts. “Today I am announcing that we […]