China and Russia calls for control over Korean Peninsula Issue
China and Russia have called for restraint in the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue, while the United States urged the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to end its provocative actions. At a...
View ArticleDPRK condemns U.S and South Korea Military Drills
The military exercises are “dangerous war rehearsals which fully reveal their aggressive nature” as the United States said plans to examine the feasibility of including a “beheading operation” in the...
View ArticleMarch 7 world news summary at 0030 GMT
PYONGYANG — The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Monday warned of preemptive nuclear attacks at the United States and South Korea as their joint military exercises are scheduled to kick...
View ArticleSouth Korea’s agency to sit on an emergency meeting over DPRK
The meeting will be convened by Choi Jong-il, the National Intelligence Service (NIS)’s third deputy chief in charge of industrial intelligence and cyber security affairs. Attending the gathering will...
View ArticleRussia expresses worry over US and S. Korea drill
All sides should “exercise restraint, and not allow the situation to run amok and spin into uncontrollable conflict spreading on the (Korean) peninsula,” the ministry said in a statement. Meanwhile,...
View ArticleSouth Korea Prevents Ships Waiting On DPRK Side From Entering Ports
South Korea on Tuesday banned foreign-flag ships having stayed in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) within 180 days from entering its ports, imposing unilateral sanctions over the DPRK’s...
View ArticleJapan calls for intelligence collecting after DPRK latest missile launch
Abe said following a hastily convened bureau chief-level meeting at the Cabinet Office early Thursday morning that his government would firmly protest the latest actions from Pyongyang and continue to...
View ArticleRussian FM warns against DPRK sanctions possible effects on Korean Peninsula
“Both Russia and China defend the adoption of the sanction measures, which, on the one hand, would block further development of DPRK’s nuclear programs, and, on the other, should not lead to a rise of...
View ArticleSouth Korea military cast off on missing DPRK submarine
CNN reported Saturday citing U.S. officials as saying that one of DPRK submarines operating off its east coast went missing earlier last week. According to the media report, the DPRK navy searched for...
View ArticleS. Korea military carry out rear area drills contrary to DPRK attacks
The South Korean army’s second headquarters of operations in charge of defending rear areas in the country’s southern region commanded the maneuvers that mobilized about 250 South Korean special forces...
View ArticleMarch 15 world news summary at 0030 GMT
BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday that the results of state elections in Germany on Sunday “make her party think.” Eligible German voters cast their ballots on Sunday in the...
View ArticleDPRK leader says they will conduct nuclear warhead explosion test soon
Top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Un said the country will conduct a test of nuclear warhead and test-fire several different ballistic rockets capable of carrying...
View ArticleSouth Korea ready for awful reprisal against DPRK nuclear intimidations
Foreign Ministry spokesman Cho June-hyuk told a regular press briefing that if Pyongyang conducts any other provocation, the DPRK will face the international community’s relations it can no longer...
View ArticleSouth Korean president wishes for DPRK to take the path for change
Park told a Cabinet meeting that if Pyongyang continues unreasonable provocations and strong confrontations with the international community while refraining from coming to a path for change, the DPRK...
View ArticleWarmbier bags 15 year sentence
Warmbier, 21, was a student of finance from the University of Virginia. He admitted in court to committing the crimes of trying to take a political slogan from a hotel. The sentence of hard labor is...
View ArticleDPRK reckless hunt of nuclear weapon worsens regional tensions
Pyongyang came under glaring spotlight again Tuesday when it announced plans to test a nuclear warhead and several different ballistic rockets capable of carrying nuclear warheads in a short time. The...
View ArticleUS asks DPRK to release detained student
Pyongyang is using U.S. citizens as “pawns to pursue a political agenda,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest said. Otto Warmbier, 21, a student at the University of Virginia, was sentenced to 15 years...
View ArticleObama forwards new sanctions on DPRK
The White House said the “robust new sanctions” are part of its response to the DPRK’s Jan. 6 nuclear test and Feb. 7 ballistic missile launch. The executive order blocks certain transactions on...
View ArticleKorean Peninsula heightened tensions calls for urgent caution
The United States on Wednesday hit the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) with its own sanctions after the UN Security Council already did so earlier this month, which would deteriorate the...
View ArticleMarch 18 world news summary at 0030 GMT
NEW YORK — The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Friday fired a ballistic missile which flew about 800 km before falling into the sea off the country’s east coast, South Korea’s Yonhap...
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