Rain in Pyongyang as North Koreans prepare to celebrate the 'Day of the Sun'
PYONGYANG (Reuters) - North Koreans placed flower baskets and bouquets below portraits of founder president Kim Il Sung on Friday, showing little sign of tension despite fears the reclusive nation may...
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In his toughest assessment yet of the escalating North Korean nuclear crisis, Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned on Friday that a conflict could erupt "at any moment" and whoever provoked it would pay...
View ArticleNorth Korea celebrated its founder's birthday with an extravagant military...
North Korea celebrated the 105th anniversary of Kim Il Sung's birth, North Korea's founder, in a customary grandiose display on Saturday afternoon.Troop formations, missile displays, and armored...
View ArticleNorth Korea unveiled new missiles during its huge military parade — here are...
North Korea invited the world's press into the country this week, as part of the celebrations for the 105th birth anniversary of its founder, Kim Il Sung.It was a rare glimpse into the highly secretive...
View ArticleThe US and China are weighing responses to North Korea's failed missile launch
WASHINGTON/PYONGYANG (Reuters) - The United States, its allies and China are working together on a range of responses to North Korea's latest attempted ballistic missile test, U.S. President Donald...
View ArticleNorth Korea reportedly snubbed China's top diplomats
North Korea did not respond this month to requests from senior Chinese diplomats, including the country's foreign minister, to meet North Korean counterparts, amid rising tension with the US, Bloomberg...
View ArticleEX-PENTAGON CHIEF: North Korea is 'evil' but 'not crazy' — so it won't strike...
North Korea rolled out what it claimed were intercontinental ballistic missiles at a parade on Saturday, but according to former Defense Secretary William Perry, it would never use them in a first...
View ArticleNorth Korea expert: What we're seeing is 'the Cuban missile crisis in slow...
Tensions between the US and North Korea have reached historic levels, Robert Litwak at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars told the New York Times. After North Korea's military parade...
View ArticleUS warns of 'significant international response' if North Korea conducts...
A State Department official on Monday said there would be a "significant international response" if North Korea were to mount another nuclear test.In a conference call with reporters, State Department...
View ArticleMATTIS: 'The leader of North Korea again recklessly tried to provoke...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says North Korea's latest failed missile launch was a reckless act of provocation.Mattis commented on the weekend missile launch in an interview with...
View Article15 fascinating facts about North Korea
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View ArticleHow North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, 33, became one of the world's scariest...
For the past 50 years, the world has grown used to crazy threats from North Korea that don't lead anywhere.But the threats have taken a decidedly sharper and more ominous tone under Kim Jong Un, the...
View Article8 heads of state under 40: Meet the world's youngest leaders
The world's youngest leaders hail from across the globe — from democracies, monarchies, and dictatorships in Eastern and Western Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.While seven of the eight leaders are...
View ArticleNorth Korea reportedly formed special-operations forces 'for the first time'...
Amid ongoing tensions with the US, North Korea has created special-operations forces "for the first time," according to South Korea's Yonhap News Agency.Pyongyang announced the Korean People's Army...
View ArticleNorth Korea's massive parade had a truck-load of Chinese influence
When North Korea rolled out a few submarine-launched missiles for the first time over the weekend, some observers noticed that the trucks belonged to a Chinese company — Sinotruk.North Korea celebrated...
View ArticleThe West and South Korea should think twice about confronting a dictator...
Their stares are cold, tenacious and emotionless. They appeared bent to rip each other’s jugular out at the drop of the proverbial hat. The irony is that they don’t – and haven’t, since 1953.US...
View ArticleNorth Korea: We will launch 'super-mighty preemptive strike' on US forces,...
North Korean state media warned the United States of a "super-mighty preemptive strike" after US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the United States was looking at ways to bring pressure to bear on...
View ArticleTrump won't say if Kim Jong Un is mentally stable, but promises military buildup
At a joint press conference with Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni on Thursday, Fox News reporter John Roberts asked President Donald Trump about North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's mental...
View ArticleThe most ridiculous threats to come out of the North Korea in the last few...
Amid rising tensions between the Washington and Pyongyang, North Korea’s ruling party released a statement April 20 threatening to obliterate the United States, South Korea and their allies in the West...
View ArticleNorth Korea has detained a US citizen — the 3rd American now held there
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea has detained a U.S. citizen, officials said Sunday, bringing to three the number of Americans now being held there.Tony Kim, who also goes by his Korean name...
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