Nov. 27 world news summary at 0015 GMT
South Korea and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) agreed to hold a vice ministerial-level meeting next month in the DPRK’s border city of Kaesong, Seoul’s unification ministry said...
View ArticleDPRK senior official New Year Address touched on economic development
“Efforts should be focused on building an economically strong country to bring about a turning point in national economic growth and improvement of people’s livelihood,” Kim said in the nationally...
View ArticleJan. 8 world news summary at 0030 GMT
WASHINGTON — The White House said Thursday the U.S. would work closely with China to determine an appropriate response to the nuclear test conducted by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK),...
View ArticleDPRK’s satellite launch attracts US condemnations
“I feel confident in telling you that the international community would regard a step like that by the North Koreans(DPRK) as just another irresponsible provocation and a clear violation of their...
View ArticleS. Korea officials plead with DPRK to halt planned rocket launch
Won Yoo-Cheol, floor leader of the ruling Saenuri Party, told a party meeting that the DPRK is challenging the international society in about a month after its fourth nuclear test violating the U.N....
View ArticleKorea Republic Postpones Planned Satellite Launch
The Japanese government said on Saturday that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has brought forward the period of its planned satellite launch to between Feb. 7-14, Kyodo news agency...
View ArticleDPRK Defied Warnings to Launch Rocket – Abe
The launch defied international warnings and Japan has maintained that such a launch would be in clear violation of U.N. resolutions. The DPRK had said it plans to launch an earth observation...
View ArticleAccounts of DPRK long range rocket launch procedures
The DPRK on Tuesday informed three UN entities of its launching plan, which has drawn harsh criticism from the international community, and is expected to further complicate the regional security...
View ArticleNo party stands to gain from Korean peninsula rancor
by Xinhua writers Zhu Dongyang, Zhong Cuihua Ignoring stern global opposition and concern, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired an earth-observation satellite on Sunday in what is...
View ArticleS.Korea reports DPRK’s rocket launch
A Defense Ministry official told Xinhua on the phone that the DPRK fired a rocket at 9:30 a.m. (0030 GMT) from its Tongchang-ri launch station on the west coast. South Korean military’s surveillance...
View ArticleMilitary begins evaluation on DPRK’s rocket launch
The unidentified military source was quoted as saying that the DPRK rocket, which was launched at 9:30 a.m. local time (0030 GMT), disappeared from radars six minutes later at a location in waters...
View ArticleUN boss says DPRK’s actions are unacceptable
The missile launch on Saturday is in violation of relevant Security Council resolutions “despite the united plea of the international community against such an act,” said the statement. Reiterating...
View ArticleJapan released anti-missile rockets in Okinawa
The Japanese Self-Defense Forces (SDF) did not take any destroy action to a rocket launched by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) earlier Sunday heading for the direction of Japan’s...
View ArticleJapan to lodge complaint over DPRK’s rocket launch
The DPRK launched the rocket at around 9:31 local time on Sunday, according to Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani. The defense ministry here said the Self-Defense Forces took no interception...
View ArticleS.Korea calls for DPRK’s punishment over rocket launch
South Korea on Sunday denounced the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)’s rocket launch, calling for stronger sanctions against Pyongyang. The presidential office Cheong Wa Dae issued a...
View ArticleDPRK reports the successful launch of its satellite
The earth observation satellite blasted off at 9:00 a.m. local time (0030 GMT) from the Sohae Space Center in Cholsan County, North Phyongan Province, and later entered the target orbit, said the KCTV....
View ArticleUN Security Council to hold emergency sitting on DPRK’s actions
The meeting of the 15-nation UN body was requested by the United States, South Korea and Japan, reports said. The DPRK has confirmed that it successfully launched a Kwangmyongsong-4 satellite, an earth...
View ArticleRussia join others in condemning DPRK’s rocket launch
“It is obvious that such action leads to a serious aggravation of the situation on the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia on the whole,” the ministry said in a statement. “(The launch) plays into the...
View ArticleAustralia adds its voice to condemn DPRK’s rocket launch
Calling the launch “provocative and dangerous”, Bishop said the DPRK “continues to threaten the peace and security of the region and beyond.” Bishop said DPRK continues to defy multiple United Nations...
View ArticleSouth Korea says DPRK’s satellite is double the prototype in weight
The DPRK announced a successful launch of a Kwangmyongsong-4 Earth observation satellite into space aboard a Kwangmyongsong rocket, which Seoul sees as a long-range ballistic missile. The National...
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