France denounces DPRK rocket launch and calls for quick response
The DPRK launch of a long-range rocket was “a new flagrant violation of the UN Security Council’s resolutions,” it said, urging the international community to take swift and decisive action. Earlier on...
View ArticleUN Security Council meets on DPRK satellite launch
The meeting, held behind closed doors, started here at around 11:00 a.m. (1600 GMT) at the request of the United States, the Republic of Korea and Japan. The DPRK launched a long-range rocket Sunday...
View ArticleUN Security Council denounce DPRK missile launch
“This launch, as well as any other DPRK launch that uses ballistic missile technology, even if characterized as a satellite launch or space launch vehicle, contributes to the DPRK’s development of...
View ArticleFeb.8 world news summary at 0030 GMT
UNITED NATIONS — Japan, South Korea and the United States on Sunday called for tougher sanctions against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) following an emergency session of the UN...
View ArticleDPRK satellite launch dubbed successful by South Korea
The DPRK’s state media said Sunday that the country had successfully put a Kwangmyongsong-4 Earth observation satellite into space aboard a Kwangmyongsong rocket about nine minutes and 46 seconds after...
View ArticleDPRK rocket range stretched to 12,000 km
South Korea’s defense ministry estimated Tuesday that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) extended its ballistic missile range to about 12,000 km from an earlier estimate of 10,000 km...
View ArticleSouth Korea, US and Japan hold discussion over DPRK satellite
Attending the video conference was South Korea’s deputy minister for defense policy Yoo Jeh-Seung, U.S. assistant secretary of defense for Asian and Pacific security affairs David B. Shear and Japanese...
View ArticleAbe and Obama Okays resolution on DPRK satellite launch
Abe in his telephone talks with Obama said DPRK’s rocket launch on Sunday poses a “direct and serious threat” to Tokyo and Washington, and the two leaders agreed to coordinate with South Korea over the...
View ArticleUS mounts military pressure on DPRK after satellite launch
The United States has led a drive to exert military pressure on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) in response to Pyongyang’s satellite launch on Sunday, risking an escalation of regional...
View ArticleDPRK has commenced plutonium production – James Clapper
“We further assess that North Korea (DPRK) has been operating the reactor long enough so that it could begin to recover plutonium from the reactor’s spent fuel within a matter of weeks to months,”...
View ArticleJapan agrees on DPRK new sanctions over rocket launch
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said after a meeting of the National Security Council that the government had decided on “firm sanctions measures” against the DPRK, adding that his country will...
View ArticleFeb. 11 world news summary at 0030 GMT
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate on Wednesday unanimously passed the legislation to widen harsher sanctions on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in response to its recent nuclear test and missile...
View ArticleSouth Korea condemns DPRK’s assets freezing
Unification Minister Hong Yong-Pyo told a press conference that Seoul sternly warns Pyongyang against any acts to damage South Korea’s precious assets at the Kaesong Industrial Zone. His comments came...
View ArticleFirms forced out of joint factory park to receive aid from South Korea
The South Korean government plans to extend loans and deter taxes and utility bills for companies having run factories at the Kaesong Industrial Zone as part of efforts to minimize possible damages...
View ArticleSouth Korea and DPRK communication lines cut off
Defense Ministry spokesman Moon Sang-gyun told a regular press briefing that all communication hotlines linking the two sides have been blocked as Pyongyang cut off the lines on Thursday following the...
View ArticleFeb. 12 world news summary at 1530 GMT
PYONGYANG — The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is ending investigations into Japanese abductees in the country in response to Japan’s expanded sanctions against it following its fourth...
View ArticleFeb. 13 world news summary at 0030 GMT
WASHINGTON — U.S. House of Representatives on Friday overwhelmingly passed a legislation to impose new sanctions on Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), sending the bill to President Barack...
View ArticleUS asked not use Korean peninsula dilemma to overstep its boundaries
by Xinhua Writer Ma Mengli The U.S. plan to deploy an advanced missile defense system in South Korea is no solution to the Korean Peninsula predicament, only to pour oil on the flames. Such a move,...
View ArticleAmerica to deploy F-22 stealth fighters into South Korea
Four F-22 fighters, one of U.S. strategic assets that have been estimated to be sent to show joint defense readiness between Seoul and Washington, will make a sortie on Wednesday to the Korean...
View ArticleUS Deploys F-22 stealth fighters as warning sign to DPRK
The nuclear-capable U.S. fighter jets flew low over Osan Air Base near Seoul at about noon time, according to local media reports. The F-22 stealth fighters, which made a sortie from an air base in...
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