North Korea

North Korea says Trump wise choice for president

SEOUL: North Korea has backed presumptive U.S. Republican nominee Donald Trump, with a propaganda website… Read More

North Korea kicks off 200-day ‘battle’ for new economic plan

SEOUL: Fresh off a 70-day campaign to boost production, North Korea kicked off an even… Read More

South Korea says North fails with attempted missile launch

SEOUL: North Korea apparently failed with an attempted missile launch Tuesday, the latest in a… Read More

BBC correspondent in North Korea detained over reporting

PYONGYANG: North Korea detained a BBC journalist and ordered his expulsion over his reporting, the… Read More

North Korean capital’s skyline grows despite sanctions and isolation

PYONGYANG: The skyline of the capital is rising and despite its political and economic isolation,… Read More

Declassified: Secretive North Korea lifts veil on arms program

SEOUL/WASHINGTON: Ahead of a rare ruling party Congress next month, secretive North Korea is revealing… Read More

North Korea to pursue nuclear and missile programs – envoy

GENEVA: North Korea will pursue its nuclear and ballistic missile program in defiance of the… Read More

Defiant North Korea fires ballistic missile into sea, Japan protests

SEOUL: North Korea fired at least one ballistic missile which flew about 800 km (500… Read More

U.S., South Korea stage assault drill; North threatens to wipe out enemies

POHANG, SOUTH KOREA: U.S. and South Korean troops staged a big amphibious landing exercise on… Read More

North Korean leader Kim orders more nuclear tests

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watched a ballistic missile launch test and ordered… Read More

North Korea’s Kim says country has miniaturised nuclear warheads

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the country has miniaturised nuclear warheads to… Read More

NKorea threatens nuclear strikes over South-US military drills

SEOUL: North Korea threatened pre-emptive and "indiscriminate" nuclear strikes against South Korea and the United… Read More

North Korea fires projectiles after new U.N. sanctions

SEOUL: North Korea fired several short-range projectiles into the sea on Thursday, hours after the… Read More

UN Security Council to vote on new North Korea sanctions on Tuesday – U.S.

The U.N. Security Council plans to vote on a resolution on Tuesday that would dramatically… Read More

US secretly agreed N Korea talks before nuke test: report

WASHINGTON: The US government secretly agreed to talks with North Korea aimed at formally ending… Read More

NKorea’s army chief of staff executed: report

SEOUL: North Korea's army chief of staff has been executed, South Korean media reported Wednesday,… Read More

U.N. council condemns N.Korea launch, U.S. vows ‘serious consequences’

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Security Council on Sunday condemned North Korea's latest rocket launch… Read More

Global outrage over North Korea rocket launch

SEOUL: North Korea hailed an "epochal event" but its latest long-range rocket launch Sunday prompted… Read More

N.Korea may be readying long-range missile launch soon – Kyodo

North Korea may be preparing to launch a long-range missile as soon as within a… Read More

North Korea a ‘threat to the world’: Kerry

BEIJING: Nuclear-armed North Korea poses an "overt threat, a declared threat to the world", US… Read More