Ki-moon Urges DPRK To Stop Inflammatory Actions
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday urged the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to comply with UN Security Council resolutions and halt inflammatory and escalatory actions. Enditem...
View ArticleMarch 19 world news summary at 0030 GMT
BRUSSELS — A migration deal between the European Union (EU) and Turkey was adopted here by EU leaders on Friday, according to media reports. “Deal with Turkey approval. All illegal migrants who reach...
View ArticleDPRK leader leads test firing of huge caliber rocket launcher
The top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Un has again guided a test firing of a new, large-caliber multiple rocket launcher, the country’s official news agency KCNA...
View ArticleSouth Korea president directs army to toughen up amid strains with DPRK
Park issued the order to all South Korean armed forces nationwide, saying that the military should maintain a complete preparedness to respond actively to “reckless provocations” from the DPRK, her...
View ArticleMarch 26 world news summary at 1530 GMT
MOGADISHU — Somali local forces killed 60 Al-Shabaab militants and arrested 38 others in central Somalia, Abdikarim Hussein Guled, head of Galmudug troops, said on Saturday. Guled said the Al-Shabaab...
View ArticleObama to confer with South Korean and Japanese leaders on DPRK
Obama’s meeting with South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will be held on the margins of the Nuclear Security Summit, which is slated for Thursday and Friday....
View ArticleApril 2 world news summary at 1530 GMT
PYONGYANG — The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has test-fired “new-type anti-air guided rockets” under the observation of its top leader Kim Jong Un, the country’s official KCNA news...
View ArticleApril 9 world news summary at 0040 GMT
BRUSSELS — Belgian police have arrested Mohamed Abrini, who is believed to be involved in the attacks in both Paris and Brussels, the Belgian federal prosecutor confirmed in a press conference Friday...
View ArticleBallistic missile firing by DPRK unwise
The BM-25 missile, also known as Musudan with a range of 3,000 km, is able to reach the U.S. territory of Guam in the Pacific, according to the South Korean new agency Yonhap. Although Pyongyang has...
View ArticleJapan: DPRK’s Musudan Missile Pose No Threat To National Security
Japan’s Defense Minister Gen Nakatani told a press briefing that there were no inbound projectiles found headed towards Japan and as such there was no impact on the nation’s security. “We have not...
View ArticleSouth Korea keeps watch over DPRK’s likely underground nuke test
Defense Ministry spokesman Moon Sang-Kyun told a press briefing that there is a possibility for the DPRK to conduct another nuclear test in consideration of the recent moves, saying the military is...
View ArticleSouth Korea hints on DPRK readiness for 5th nuke test
“Recently, (the DPRK’s) preparations for the fifth nuclear test are being detected,” Park told a meeting with senior presidential secretaries. Park said the DPRK could conduct any abrupt provocations...
View ArticleMedia believes DPRK’s 5th Nuclear Trial draws closer
An unidentified South Korean military official was quoted by local newspaper Donga Ilbo as saying that the DPRK seemed to have been in a state of pushing a button at any time to detonate another...
View ArticleSouth Korea Condemns DPRK Missile Test
DPRK diplomats have demanded suspension of the joint war games as a prerequisite for Pyongyang’s halt of nuclear test. Seoul’s foreign ministry said in a statement that the government strongly...
View ArticleApril 26 Asia-Pacific news summary at 1000 GMT
SEOUL — South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday said that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) can conduct its fifth nuclear test at any time when the country determines. Park told...
View ArticleApril 27 world news summary at 0030 GMT
WASHINGTON — World Bank on Tuesday raised its forecast for crude oil prices in 2016 to 41 U.S. dollars per barrel, saying that the oversupply in markets is expected to recede. In its latest Commodity...
View ArticleDPRK jabs US for suppressing other countries with sanctions
A spokesman for the DPRK’s Foreign Ministry was quoted by the official news agency KCNA as saying that the United States has always regarded sanctions as a way to implement its aggressive foreign...
View ArticleSouth Korea-born American Sentenced To Ten Years By DPRK
Kim Dong-chul, who was born in 1953 in Seoul and immigrated to the United States in 1972, was charged with plotting to subvert the DPRK system, slandering the supreme leadership of the socialist...
View ArticleMay 6 world news summary at 1530 GMT
DUBLIN — The Dail Eireann,the lower house of Irish parliament, voted on Friday to seat Fine Gael (United Ireland Party) leader Enda Kenny as Taoiseach (prime minister). Kenny, current caretaker...
View ArticleMay 8 world news summary at 0030 GMT
PYONGYANG — Top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Un said that the DPRK, as a responsible nuclear weapons state, will strive for world denuclearization and faithfully...
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