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US says full normalization of ties with N. Korea requires improving human rights

Jun 11, 2020

The United States has made clear to North Korea that an improvement in human rights conditions, including religious freedom, will be required for a full normalization of bilateral ties, a State Depar...
N. Korea to US: Don't meddle if it wants smooth presidential election

Jun 11, 2020

North Korea warned the United States on Thursday not to meddle in inter-Korean relations if it wants to avoid experiencing an unspecified "hair-raiser" and hold November's presidential election smoot...
Seoul to press charges against defector groups sending anti-Pyongyang leaflets

Jun 10, 2020

The Unification Ministry on Wednesday said it would press charges against two defector-run civic groups for sending anti-North Korean leaflets and bottles filled with rice across the border, a day af...
Moon’s progress on NK at risk of being undone

Jun 10, 2020

Opposition says president must apologize for ‘policy failure,’ reshuffle security team
Inter-Korean relations could be put back 20 years, experts warn

Jun 10, 2020

After North Korea severed all communications with South Korea, referring to South as its “enemy,” experts in Seoul agreed on the gravity of the situation and called for a breakthrough to mend the fra...
'Don't look away from food shortage in NK': WFP

Jun 10, 2020

North Koreans need food and clean drinking water now more than ever before, but the situation is set to worsen, Elisabeth Byrs, spokesperson for the World Food Program, said Tuesday, urging the inter...
Ex-minister says inter-Korean communication lines not completely cut

Jun 10, 2020

North Korea will reach out again through inter-Korean communication lines, a ex-unification minister said, despite its vows to cut all channels with South Korea in anger over the flying of leaflets i...
S. Korea vows to fully implement inter-Korean military deal despite NK threats

Jun 10, 2020

South Korea will fully implement a military tension-reduction agreement with North Korea despite Pyongyang's threat to scrap it, the defense ministry said Wednesday, amid heightened tensions over ant...
S. Korea won't attempt to call NK through liaison communication

Jun 10, 2020

South Korea will not attempt to call North Korea via a liaison communication line until its operation returns to normal, the unification ministry said Wednesday, after Pyongyang apparently severed cr...
N. Korea 'ablaze with fury' over anti-Pyongyang leaflets: Rodong Sinmun

Jun 10, 2020

North Korea's main newspaper on Wednesday lashed out at South Korea over anti-Pyongyang leaflets sent by defectors and other activists into the communist state, saying "the whole country is ablaze wi...
US disappointed in N. Korea's recent actions to sever ties with S. Korea: State Dept.

Jun 10, 2020

WASHINGTON -- The United States is disappointed in North Korea's recent actions to sever ties with South Korea, the State Department said Tuesday, urging the communist nation to return to diplomacy a...
UN expert voices concern over NK food shortages amid pandemic

Jun 9, 2020

A UN special rapporteur on North Korea's human rights situation expressed concerns over the communist nation's food shortages Tuesday, saying the country's border closure due to the new coronavirus h...
[News Analysis] North’s move aimed at US, provocations in store: experts

Jun 9, 2020

Experts say Seoul needs clearer stance on dealing with North
North cuts off communications with South, warns of hostile actions

Jun 9, 2020

North Korea on Tuesday cut all communication channels including the hotline between Cheong Wa Dae and its leadership, prompting concerns for tensions escalating between the two Koreas. The decision ...
S. Korea's military hotline calls to N. Korea unanswered after severance warning

Jun 9, 2020

North Korea did not answer South Korea's phone calls via their military hotlines Tuesday, the defense ministry said, after the North vowed to sever all communication lines with the South in its first...