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US wants to see stability of Korean Peninsula: Pentagon spokesman

Mar 25, 2021

WASHINGTON -- The United States opposes North Korea taking any actions that could raise tension on the Korean Peninsula, the spokesman for the US Department of Defense said Wednesday, amid reports th...
N. Korea wants to change, US must find right mix of steps: Brooks

Mar 25, 2021

WASHINGTON -- Despite its harsh rhetoric and threats to further advance its weapons of mass destruction, North Korea wants to change and the United States must find what it is that the North truly wa...
N. Korea fires 2 short-range ballistic missiles into East Sea: JCS

Mar 25, 2021

North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea on Thursday, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said, an apparent move pressing the United States as Washington...
Pro-NK paper says verbal message between leader Kim, China's Xi signals stronger relations

Mar 24, 2021

A pro-North Korea newspaper stressed Wednesday that the recent exchange of verbal messages between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Chinese President Xi Jinping signals an important step toward bo...
N. Korea resumes building up tensions as it awaits US move

Mar 24, 2021

North Korea’s missile launches Sunday marks its return to a fresh cycle of provocations to earn sanctions relief from the new US administration, experts said. On Wednesday, South Korea’s Joint Chief...
Seoul declines to back UN resolution on NK rights

Mar 24, 2021

The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on Tuesday condemning human rights violations in North Korea once again. South Korea decided not to co-sponsor it for the third year in a ...
Unification minister promises support for aid groups to resume assistance to N. Korea

Mar 24, 2021

Unification Minister Lee In-young on Wednesday met with the head of a local aid organization and promised active support for their efforts to send humanitarian assistance to North Korea. During the ...
UN adopts resolution on NK human rights for 19th consecutive year

Mar 24, 2021

GENEVA/SEOUL -- The United Nations Human Rights Council has adopted a resolution condemning North Korea's human rights violations for the 19th consecutive year, officials said Wednesday. The 47-memb...
NK leader calls for stronger relations in verbal messages to Cuba, Vietnam, Laos

Mar 24, 2021

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sent verbal messages to the leaders of Cuba, Vietnam and Laos and called for stronger relations, state media reported Wednesday, in a move apparently intended to stren...
US focused on denuclearization of N. Korea: Pentagon spokesman

Mar 24, 2021

WASHINGTON -- It is North Korea that threatens security and stability on the Korean Peninsula, US Defense Department spokesman John Kirby said Tuesday, adding that it is North Korea the US is focused...
'Robust' US military presence will support denuclearization of N. Korea: Aquilino

Mar 24, 2021

WASHINGTON -- A strong and robust US military presence in and around the Korean Peninsula is needed to help support the efforts to denuclearize North Korea, the nominee for commander of the US Indo-P...
Pyongyang denounces EU sanctions as 'political provocation'

Mar 24, 2021

North Korea on Tuesday denounced the European Union's recent sanctions against its top officials over human rights abuses as a "political provocation" aimed at infringing upon its sovereignty. In an...
Biden says 'nothing much changed' despite N. Korean missile launches

Mar 24, 2021

US President Joe Biden said Tuesday that "nothing much has changed" despite North Korea's launch of short-range missiles, as senior US officials said the firings were not in violation of UN Security ...
N. Korea fired two cruise missiles off west coast Sunday: JCS

Mar 24, 2021

North Korea fired two cruise missiles off the west coast Sunday, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Wednesday, Pyongyang's first missile test in about a year seen as aimed at testing the administra...
NK’s Kim calls for unified front with China against ‘hostile forces’

Mar 23, 2021

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Chinese President Xi Jinping exchanged messages Monday in which Kim stressed unity and stronger cooperation against hostile forces, in what is seen as a move to bo...