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North Korea holds parliamentary session for second time this year

As North Korea was to hold the second meeting of its rubber-stamp parliament Thursday, eyes are on what message or policy changes the regime may announce at the event. North Korea’s state-run media ...

Aug 29, 2019
North Korea
N. Korea says recent weapons tests aim to defend dignity from growing outside threats

North Korea's recent weapons tests are aimed at bolstering its self-defense capacity at a time when "imperialistic behavior" infringing upon the sovereignty of other nations is spreading around the w...

Aug 29, 2019
North Korea
NK expected to send message at Supreme People's Assembly

North Korea’s rubber-stamp parliament will hold its second meeting of this year Thursday amid stalled denuclearization talks. The Supreme People’s Assembly revises the North’s constitution and laws....

Aug 28, 2019
North Korea
3 European nations condemn North Korea's missile launches

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Three important US allies on Tuesday condemned the "repeated provocative launches" of ballistic missiles by North Korea, saying they violate UN Security Council resolutions ban...

Aug 28, 2019
North Korea
NK's criticism of Seoul over joint drill, weapons purchase nothing new: official

North Korea's recent stepped-up criticism of South Korea over joint military exercises with the United States is not anything out of the ordinary, a unification ministry official said Tuesday. The N...

Aug 27, 2019
North Korea
Trump again touts N. Korea's economic potential

US President Donald Trump again touted North Korea's "tremendous" economic potential on Monday, seemingly urging the regime to return to denuclearization talks. The negotiations have yet to resume d...

Aug 27, 2019
North Korea
Seoul says NK parliamentary session will be 'good opportunity' for it to announce policy direction

The unification ministry said Monday that this week's meeting of North Korea's rubber-stamp parliament will be a "good opportunity" for it to announce Pyongyang's policy direction, vowing to keep a c...

Aug 26, 2019
North Korea
North Korea boasts test-firing of newly developed ‘super-large multiple rocket launcher’

North Korea on Sunday boasted the successful test-firing of what it called a “newly developed super-large multiple rocket launcher,” a day after it fired two projectiles into the East Sea. Releasing...

Aug 25, 2019
North Korea
N. Korea says it tested new super-large multiple rocket launcher

North Korea said Sunday that it has successfully tested a 'new' super-large multiple rocket launch system the previous day under the guidance of leader Kim Jong-un. Kim "guided the test-fire of newl...

Aug 25, 2019
North Korea
Trump says US has really good relations with N. Korea: report

US President Donald Trump has said his country has a very good relationship with North Korea, foreign media reported, after Pyongyang fired two projectiles believed to be short-range ballistic missil...

Aug 24, 2019
North Korea
Int'l lawyers to visit Seoul, Pyongyang to probe N.K. restaurant workers' defection

A team of international lawyers will visit South and North Korea in the coming weeks to investigate a high-profile 2016 defection of a dozen North Korean restaurant workers, a Seoul-based lawyers' gr...

Aug 24, 2019
North Korea
N. Korea hopes for more investment, economic cooperation with foreign countries

A senior North Korean official said Friday that Pyongyang is making active efforts to create a business-friendly environment to attract investment and foster economic cooperation with foreign countri...

Aug 23, 2019
North Korea
North Korea prepared for dialogue, confrontation

North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho said Friday the regime is ready for both dialogue and confrontation with the US, criticizing Washington for using sanctions as leverage in denuclearization ta...

Aug 23, 2019
North Korea
N. Korea says it would be 'miscalculation' if US confronts Pyongyang with sanctions

North Korea's top diplomat warned Friday that it would be a miscalculation if the United States tries to use sanctions to deal with the communist regime, after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said ...

Aug 23, 2019
North Korea
S. Korea mulling inviting N. Korea to intl. security forum in Seoul

South Korea is mulling whether to invite North Korea to an annual international security forum to be held in Seoul next month, a government official said Friday. The 8th vice-ministerial Seoul Defen...

Aug 23, 2019
North Korea

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