The recent cases of “fever” detected earlier this week in North Korea are due to the flu and not the re-emergence of covid-19 in the country, contrary to early speculation, the country’s state news agency KCNA reported today. The clarification comes a day after Pyongyang announced the imposition of a curfew in parts of Ryanggang […]
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South Korea: Joint military high schools with US amid concern over Pyongyang’s missile tests
South Korea and the United States began their annual joint military drills today, seeking to boost their readiness against North Korea, which it says is ready for new missile tests. The summer military drills, renamed the “Ulchi Freedom Shield” this year and scheduled to last until Sept. 1, come in the wake of a pledge […]
Japan is considering developing long-range missiles capable of hitting North Korea and China
Japan is considering developing 1,000 long-range cruise missiles capable of hitting coastal areas in North Korea and China, according to Japanese newspaper Yomiuri. The missiles will be modified to extend their range from 100 kilometers to 1,000 kilometers, the Japanese newspaper reported citing government sources. They will be developed mainly around the Nansei Islands, in […]
North Korea rejected the South’s proposal for denuclearization
The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un today rejected South Korea’s offer of financial aid in exchange for denuclearization, calling it a “provocative plan”. South Korean President Yun Sukgel this week proposed a plan to help Pyongyang in the food, energy and infrastructure sectors on the condition that it abandon its nuclear weapons […]
North Korea fired 2 cruise missiles to the west
LAST UPDATE: 10.28 North Korea fired two cruise missiles today, South Korea’s defense ministry said, ending a month-long lull in Pyongyang’s record-breaking series of weapons tests earlier this year. “North Korea fired two cruise missiles in the direction of the Yellow Sea from Onchon, South Pyongan province,” a source close to the South Korean defense […]
South Korea proposes aid plan in exchange for North Korea’s denuclearization
South Korean President Yun Suk-yeol announced today that he is offering Pyongyang a major aid package in exchange for denuclearization, an offer long rejected by North Korea. Calling denuclearization “essential” to a lasting peace on the peninsula, Yun presented his offer, which includes food, energy, and aid to modernize infrastructure such as ports, airports and […]
Putin’s opening to Kim Yong Un: ‘Russia and North Korea will expand their relations’
Russian President Vladimir Putin has assured North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that the two countries will “expand broad and constructive bilateral relations with joint efforts,” North Korea’s state-run KCNA news agency reported. In a letter to Mr Kim on the occasion of the anniversary of North Korea’s liberation, Mr Putin says that closer relations […]
North Korea criticizes UN chief after he calls for denuclearization
North Korea lashed out at United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres today, calling his call for Pyongyang to denuclearize during a visit to Seoul “dangerous”. During his two-day visit to the South Korean capital, Mr. Guterres assured last Friday that he “fully supports” the denuclearization of North Korea, which he reduced to a “fundamental goal for […]
The UN pledges to fully support efforts to denuclearize Pyongyang
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who is in Seoul for meetings with South Korean leaders, said today that he fully supports efforts to fully denuclearize North Korea. “I would like to take this opportunity to express my unequivocal support for the complete, credible and irreversible denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, particularly North Korea, and to […]
North Korea: Kim Jong Un declares ‘victory’ over coronavirus pandemic
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Wednesday declared his country’s “victory” over the new coronavirus pandemic, after nearly two weeks of not having a single case of a patient “with a fever,” as the North Korean term is used. Pyongyang, while the young leader’s sister, Kim Jo Jong, said he too had a fever, singling […]