N.Korea says it successfully tested new submarine-launched ballistic missile
By Joyce Lee SEOUL, Oct 3 (Reuters) – North Korea said on Thursday it had successfully test-fired a new submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) from the...
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N.Korea fires possible submarine-launched ballistic missile-S.Korea
By Joyce Lee and Chang-Ran Kim SEOUL/TOKYO, Oct 2 (Reuters) – North Korea fired at least one missile off its east coast on Wednesday that...
Typhoon knocks out power in S.Korea, North braces for storm
A powerful typhoon slammed into South Korea early on Saturday, killing at least one person and disrupting power to 57,000 households before turning toward North...
N.Korea’s two short-range missiles in show of force, more can come – S.Korea
By Ju-min Park SEOUL, Aug 10 (Reuters) – North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range missiles on Saturday, SouthKorea said, in a “show of force” against...
Kim says missile launches are warning to U.S., S.Korea over drill
By Joyce Lee and Hyonhee Shin SEOUL, Aug 7 (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country’s latest launch of tactical guided missiles...
Korea fires missiles into sea, fresh nuclear talks in doubt
By Joyce Lee and Hyonhee Shin North Korea fired two short-range missiles on Thursday from its east coast, a South Korean official said, its first...
Freed Australian denies North Korean spy charges
The Australian student released last week after being detained inNorth Korea said on Tuesday Pyongyang’s accusation that he was a spy was “pretty obviously” false, but that...
Trump says he received a ‘beautiful’ letter from North Korea’s Kim
U.S. President Donald Trump cozied up anew to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday, praising a “beautiful” letter he received from Kim and...
N.Korean leader warns of a return to tension, blames U.S. ‘bad faith’
By Joyce Lee North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told Russian President Vladimir Putin peace and security on the Korean peninsula depended on the United...
North Korean leader oversees testing of a new weapon
By Joyce Lee and Josh Smith SEOUL, April 18 (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the testing of a new tactical guided...
N.Korea rebuilds part of missile site as Bolton warns of more sanctions
By David Brunnstrom and Lisa Lambert North Korea has restored part of a rocket test site it began to dismantle after pledging to do so...
Sanctions remain but pressure waning ahead of Trump-Kim summit
By Josh Smith HANOI, Feb 25 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump says sanctions on North Korea are “on in full” ahead of his summit...
Trump vows to build border wall, announces new Kim meeting
By Steve Holland and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON, Feb 5 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump vowed in his State of the Union speech on Tuesday to...
U.S. envoy raises prospect of U.S. compromise in N.Korea talks
By David Brunnstrom and Steve Holland WASHINGTON, Jan 31 (Reuters) – Washington is willing to discuss “many actions” to improve ties and entice Pyongyang to...
N. Korea media: denuclearisation includes ending ‘US threat’
Any deal for North Korea to give up its nuclear arsenal must include “completely removing the nuclear threats of the US”, North Korean state media said on Thursday,...
North Korea intends to abolish all nuclear weapons, South says
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un intends to abolish all nuclear weapons, materials and facilities to achieve “complete” denuclearisation, South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who held his...
Trump says next meeting with North Korea’s Kim being set up
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday plans were being made for his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and he thinks...
Kim to allow international inspections in bid to revive nuclear talks
North Korea said it would permanently abolish its key missile facilities in the presence of foreign experts, the latest gesture by leader Kim Jong Un...
Trump hails Kim, sees no need to resume US-South Korea war games
Days after canceling a planned visit to North Korea by his top diplomat citing insufficient progress in denuclearisation talks, US President Donald Trump hailed his personal relationship...
N. and S. Koreans hold emotional reunions after 65 years
Some 90 families from the two Koreas were reunited in the North on Monday, weeping and embracing each after being torn apart for more than six...
