North Korea Archives

North Korea warns South Korea of retaliatory strikes

As IS Militants Fight Syria Rebels in North Syria Strongholds North Korea Saturday warned South Korea of “merciless retaliatory strikes”, a day after the South fired warning shots at North...

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South Korean navy fires warning shots after North incursion

G7 warns of Brexit as risk to global growth priority A South Korean naval vessel fired warning shots Friday after a North Korean patrol boat and fishing boat crossed...

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S. Korea, US, Japan plan joint drills on N. Korean threats

South Korea, the United States and Japan will hold their first joint military training next month to practice their cooperation on detecting signs of missile launches...

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North Korea stages rare political event

North Korea is holding its most important political gathering in a generation, where leader Kim Jong-un will cement his status. Thousands of delegates are meeting for...

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US man Kim Dong-chul jailed for spying in North Korea

North Korea has sentenced a US man to 10 years of hard labour for spying. Kim Dong-chul, a 62-year-old naturalised US citizen born in South Korea, was...

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Obama rejects North Korea’s nuclear offer: ‘You’ll have to do better than that’

As US is set ‘to send 250 more non-combat troops’ to Syria Barack Obama said on Sunday that he does not believe North Korea is sincere in...

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North Korea missile test fails, says South

As Powerful 6.5-Magnitude Earthquake Rattles Japan, Killing at Least 9 North Korea conducted a missile test off its east coast on Friday morning, but the launch...

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Top North Korean intelligence officer defected to South, Seoul says

A high-ranking officer from North Korea’s military intelligence agency fled to South Korea last year, the Seoul government confirmed Monday. The colonel, whose name was withheld...

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NDIC invites liquidated Enugu banks’ depositors to claim N60m

As US, China agree to co-operate on North Korea nuclear tests Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation, NDIC, yesterday called on depositors of liquidated banks in Enugu State...

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North Korea, again, demands halt to US-South Korea war games

As Trump says: Punish women for illegal abortions, then back-tracks It’s a demand North Korea has been making for decades: The United States and South Korea must...