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Trump skips N. Korea in State of the Union speech

Feb 5, 2020

WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump made no mention of North Korea in his third State of the Union address Tuesday, amid the stalled denuclearization talks with the communist nation. It was the ...
NK stops taking back defectors, monitors virus risks

Feb 3, 2020

North Korea has called a temporary halt to the repatriation of defectors from China, days after it suspended all train and air travel to and from the neighboring country, whose central city of Wuhan ...
NK ups anti-virus campaign; leader Kim sends letter to Xi

Feb 2, 2020

North Korea appears to be making an all-out effort to prevent an influx of the new coronavirus from China and has expressed its condolences to the country, which is the isolated North’s No. 1 ally, t...
N. Korean leader expresses support to Chinese President Xi Jinping over coronavirus

Feb 2, 2020

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has expressed support to Chinese President Xi Jinping over China's efforts to stop the spread of a new strain of coronavirus that has killed 259 Chinese people and sic...
NK newspaper urges 'absolute obedience' to Pyongyang's campaign to fight coronavirus

Feb 1, 2020

North Korea's main newspaper, the Rodong Sinmun, called on the country's people Saturday to show "absolute obedience" to Pyongyang's stepped-up campaign to prevent the spread of the deadly new corona...
Air, train routes between NK and China suspended

Jan 31, 2020

North Korea has suspended all travel from and to China starting Jan. 31, UK’s Foreign Ministry said Friday citing Pyongyang’s latest travel advisories issued a day earlier. “They (North Korea) have ...
N. Korea says will suspend plan to remove Mt. Kumgang facilities due to coronavirus fear

Jan 31, 2020

North Korea has suspended its plan to remove South Korean-built facilities at the Mount Kumgang resort on its east coast as part of efforts to prevent the spread of a new strain of coronavirus, the u...
Biegun, Philippine foreign secretary discuss NK denuclearization

Jan 31, 2020

WASHINGTON -- US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun met with the top diplomat of the Philippines on Thursday and discussed the importance of achieving North Korea's denuclearization, the State ...
US ready to respond to any 'late Christmas gift' from N. Korea: Pentagon official

Jan 31, 2020

WASHINGTON -- The United States is ready to respond to any "late Christmas gift" from North Korea, a Pentagon official said Thursday, referring to the possibility of a North Korean provocation, such ...
8 NK officials defect, 7 others caught at border: report

Jan 30, 2020

Eight North Korean government officials appear to have defected to China earlier this month, while another seven were caught at the border, a US radio station reported Thursday. North Korean a...
Koreas to temporarily close inter-Korean liaison office over virus

Jan 30, 2020

South Korea and the North will temporarily suspend the operation of the inter-Korean liaison office in the border town of Kaesong, amid concerns about the rapid spread of Wuhan coronavirus. The s...
Satellite imagery suggests security patrols at NK nuclear test site

Jan 30, 2020

WASHINGTON -- North Korea's decommissioned nuclear test site in Punggye-ri shows signs of routine security patrols, a US monitor said Wednesday. In commercial satellite imagery from Jan. 17, footpat...
N. Korea calls Wuhan virus fight ‘grave political matter’

Jan 29, 2020

North Korea on Wednesday ordered all-out prevention to fight the Wuhan coronavirus, describing such preventive efforts as a “grave political matter” that could determine the fate of the nation. “...
US defense official expresses support for peace declaration with N. Korea

Jan 29, 2020

WASHINGTON -- A senior US defense official on Tuesday voiced support for a peace declaration between the United States and North Korea, saying such an agreement would be beneficial to Washington if i...
N. Korea's official newspaper calls fight against coronavirus matter of national existence

Jan 29, 2020

North Korea's official newspaper called Wednesday for a nationwide drive to stem the spread of the new coronavirus, calling such preventive efforts an "important political matter" that could affect n...