North Korean troops killed missing South Korean official
North Korean troops shot dead a South Korean fisheries official who went missing earlier this week, before dousing his body in oil and setting it on fire...
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N.Korea rejects South’s offer of envoys, vows to redeploy troops to border
North Korea on Wednesday rejected South Korea’s offer to send special envoys to ease escalating tensions over defector activity and stalled reconciliation efforts and vowed...
N.Korea blows up liaison office on its side of border with South (updated)
North Korea blew up and destroyed an inter-Korean liaison office in its border city of Kaesong on Tuesday, South Korea said, after Pyongyang threatened to...
S.Korean officials call for caution amid reports that N.Korean leader Kim is ill
South Korean officials are calling for caution amid reports that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may be ill or is being isolated because of...
N.Korea fired multiple short-range cruise missiles into sea – S.Korea military
North Korea launched what were believed to be multiple short-range cruise missiles into the sea between the Korean peninsula and Japan on Tuesday, South Korea’s...
N.Korea fires more missiles than ever amid coronavirus outbreak
North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles into the ocean off its east coast on Sunday, the latest in an unprecedented...
Trump’s birthday message for North Korean leader ‘not enough to restart talks’
The US and South Korea are “dreaming” if they think that Donald Trump birthday’s message to Kim Jong Un will lead the North Korean leader...
N.Korea warns U.S. could ‘pay dearly’ for human rights criticism
North Korea lashed back at the United States for taking issue with its human rights record on Saturday, saying Washington’s “malicious words” would only aggravate...
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...
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...
