SEOUL, August 20 (Reuters): North Korea's ruling party will hold a congress next year to decide a new five-year plan, state media reported on Thursday, after a party meeting noted serious delays in imp
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Seoul, August 14 (IANS): North Korean leader Kim Jong-un appointed a new premier during a politburo meeting of the ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, state-media reported on Friday. According to Pyongya
SEOUL, AUGUST 13 (IANS): Significant flooding has taken place along a river near North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear complex, and facilities could have been damaged as a result, a monitoring website said on Thur
SEOUL, August 9 (Reuters): North Korea's ruling party has delivered special aid packages of food and medical equipment to residents of Kaesong, near the border with the South, after imposing a lockdown
GENEVA/SEOUL, August 5 (Reuters): North Korea's test results for a man suspected of being the country's first coronavirus case were inconclusive, though authorities have quarantined over 3,635 prim
UNITED NATIONS, July 4 (Reuters): North Korea is pressing on with its nuclear weapons program and several countries believe it has "probably developed miniaturized nuclear devices to fit into the warh
SEOUL, July 28 (Reuters): North Korea introduced tougher prevention measures against the novel coronavirus on Tuesday, state media reported, after it locked down the border town of Kaesong to tackle w
SEOUL, July 26 (Reuters): North Korean leader Kim Jong Un declared an emergency and a lockdown in a border town after a person suspected of being infected with the novel coronavirus returned from South Kor
NEW YORK, July 24 (Reuters): More than 40 countries accused North Korea on Friday of illicitly breaching a United Nations cap on refined petroleum imports and called for an immediate halt to deliveries unt
SEOUL, JULY 23 (IANS): North Korea's handling of nuclear materials remains the worst in the world, a non-profit group said on Thursday. According to the report by the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), a W
SEOUL, JULY 16 (IANS): South Korean prosecutors have launched a probe into Kim Yo-jong, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's sister, and the Pyongyang's military chief on charges of blowing up an inter-Kor
WASHINGTON/SEOUL, JULY 9 (IANS): New satellite imagery has revealed a previously undeclared North Korean facility that experts suspect could be used to build nuclear warheads, a media report said on Thursday.
SEOUL, July 8 (Reuters): U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun rejected on Wednesday reports that he was seeking to meet North Korean officials during a visit to South Korea this week but reiterate
SEOUL, July 3 (Reuters): South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in on Friday tapped officials known for advocating inter-Korean engagement as chiefs of national security, intelligence and unification polic
Pyongyang, July 3 (IANS): North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called for "maximum alert" against the coronavirus pandemic, during a politburo meeting of the ruling Workers' Party, warning that pre
SEOUL, JULY 2 (IANS): North Korea ranks among the most dangerous places to live as its people are exposed to high risks of natural disaster, poverty and social injustice, a report showed on Thursday.
TOKYO, June 25 (Reuters): Japan is to consider the acquisition of weapons able to strike enemy missile launchers to bolster defence against North Korea after a decision to cancel the Aegis Ashore missile d
Pyongyang, June 24 (IANS): North Korea has suspended "military action plans" against South Korea during a Central Military Commission meeting presided over by leader Kim Jong-un, the official Korean C
SEOUL, June 17 (Reuters): North Korea said on Wednesday it had rejected a South Korean offer to send special envoys to ease escalating tension over defiance by North Korean defectors and stalled reconcilia
SEOUL, June 16 (Reuters): North Korea blew up an office set up to foster better ties with South Korea in its border town of Kaesong on Tuesday after it threatened to take action if North Korean defectors went a
