North Korea
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N.Korea pursues nuclear missiles through a testing program
Washington/Seoul: North Korea has continued to push aggressively towards developing long-range nuclear missiles capable of striking the US through a “very deliberate testing program” for systems improvement, a senior Pentagon official…
- World
N.Korea’s No.2 leader visits border city amid COVID-19 fears
Seoul: North Korea’s No. 2 leader visited Kaesong to inspect anti-coronavirus efforts, state media reported on Thursday, after leader Kim Jong-un sealed off the border city over COVID-19 fears following…
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Nuclear deterrence will ensure national safety: Kim Jong-un
Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said the country’s nuclear deterrence would permanently guarantee national security, state media reported on Tuesday. Kim remarked during a speech at a national conference of…
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N Korea puts Kaesong city in lockdown over suspected outbreak
Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un placed the city of Kaesong near the border with South Korea under total lockdown after a person was found with suspected COVID-19 symptoms,…
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N.Korea must return to diplomatic engagement: US official
Washington/Seoul: A senior U.S. official has emphasized the need for North Korea to abide by U.N. Security Council resolutions and return to diplomatic engagement, the State Department said. In a statement…
- World
N.Korea ranks poorest in nuclear material security
Seoul: North Korea’s handling of nuclear materials remains the worst in the world, a non-profit group said on Thursday. According to the report by the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), a Washington-based…
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Pompeo downplays possibility of summit with North Korea
Seoul: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo downplayed the possibility of another summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un before the US presidential election, saying…
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S Korea asks senior US envoy to try to revive N Korea talks
Seoul: South Korea on Thursday asked a visiting senior US envoy to try to revive stalled nuclear diplomacy with North Korea, which has refused to resume talks because of what…
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North Korea says it has no plans for talks with US
Seoul: North Korea on Saturday reiterated it has no immediate plans to resume nuclear negotiations with the United States unless Washington discards what it describes as hostile polices toward Pyongyang.…
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North Korea’s Kim urges ‘maximum alert’ on virus
Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un urged officials to maintain maximum alert against the coronavirus pandemic, criticising unspecified complacencies in the country’s anti-virus campaign that he said risked unimaginable…
- World
North Korea ranks among most dangerous places in world: Report
Seoul: North Korea ranks among the most dangerous places to live as its people are exposed to high risks of natural disaster, poverty and social injustice, a report showed on…
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Moon expects Trump to meet Kim Jong-un before Nov polls
Seoul: South Korean President Moon Jae-in believes that his US counterpart President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un need to meet again ahead of the American presidential election…
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South Korea, US urge North to implement denuclearisation pledges
Seoul: South Korea and the United States urged North Korea to implement the disarmament pledges it made in past talks, saying Thursday the allies will keep pushing for diplomacy aimed…
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North: Kim suspended action against South for Korean impasse
Seoul: North Korea said Wednesday leader Kim Jong Un suspended a planned military retaliation against South Korea, in an apparent slowing of the pressure campaign it has waged against its…
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North Korea: Kim suspended military retaliation against South
Seoul: North Korea on Wednesday said leader Kim Jong Un suspended a planned military retaliation against South Korea, possibly slowing the pressure campaign it has waged against its rival amid…
- India
N Korean hackers may attack 2 mil Indians with COVID-19 phishing emails
New Delhi: India is among six nations that may see a large cyber attack on June 21 in the form of Covid-19 themed phishing campaign from North Korean state hackers. The…
- World
North Korea says it’s sending soldiers to joint border sites
Seoul: North Korea said Wednesday that it will send soldiers to now-shuttered inter-Korean cooperation sites in its territory and reinstall guard posts and resume military exercises at front-line areas, nullifying…
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North Korea says it is sending soldiers to joint border sites
Seoul: North Korea on Wednesday said it will send soldiers to now-shuttered inter-Korean cooperation sites in its territory and reinstall guard posts and resume military exercises at front-line areas, nullifying…
- World
North Korea’s military to reenter inter-Korea cooperation sites
Seoul: North Korea said on Wednesday it will redeploy troops to now-shuttered inter-Korean cooperation sites, reinstall guard posts and resume military exercises at front-line areas, nullifying the landmark reconciliation deals…
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US charges North Korean bank officials in sanctions case
Washington: The Justice Department unsealed charges Thursday against more than two dozen North Korean individuals accused of making at least 2.5 billion in illicit payments linked to the country’s nuclear…
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NKorea’s Kim holds meeting to discuss bolstering nuke forces
Seoul: North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un convened a key military meeting to discuss bolstering its nuclear arsenal and putting the country’s strategic armed forces on a high alert, state…
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S Korea says troops exchange fire along N Korean border
Seoul: North and South Korean troops exchanged fire along their tense border on Sunday, the South’s military said, blaming North Korean soldiers for targeting a guard post. The Joint Chiefs…
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North Korea releases pictures of Kim appearance
Seoul: North Korean state media published pictures Saturday of leader Kim Jong Un making his first public appearance in nearly three weeks, following intense speculation that he was seriously ill…
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Kim Jong Un makes first public appearance after rumours
SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has made his first public appearance since speculation about his health began last month, cutting the ribbon at the opening of a fertilizer…
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Outsiders consider possibility of chaos in North Korea
Tokyo: North Korea’s collapse has been predicted wrongly for decades. Some said it would happen after fighting ended in the Korean War in 1953. Others thought it would be during…
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Kim Jong-un ‘alive and well’ or dead? Confusion persists
LONDON: The condition of secretive North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un, after a long spell of non-appearance, remained unclear on Sunday, with a set of reports saying that he had…
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Kim Jong Un in ‘vegetative state’, China flies in medical team
SEOUL: North Korea’s top leader Kim Jong-un is reportedly to be in a ‘vegetative state’ as his health appears could be more serious than initially believed, Japanese media reported. Earlier…
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North Korea’s Kim reshuffles top governing body
Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has carried out a major reshuffle of his State Affairs Commission, official media reported Monday, replacing more than a third of its members.…
- Middle East
These 18 countries are free of COVID-19 spread
NEW DELHI: Since the first cases were identified in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December, the novel coronavirus has spread to more than 190 countries. In less than a…
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Totally free of COVID-19, claims North Korea
Pyongyang: North Korea remains totally free of the coronavirus, a senior health official in Pyongyang has insisted, despite mounting scepticism overseas as confirmed global infections near one million. The already isolated, nuclear-armed North quickly…
