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Mon, October 18, 2021 | 01:11

Top nuke envoys of S. Korea, U.S., Japan likely to discuss Pyongyang's hostile acts

The chief nuclear negotiators of South Korea, the United States and Japan are expected to discuss ways to cope with North Korea's recent bellicosity, according to Pyongyang watchers. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced, Friday, that Noh Kyu-duk, Seoul's top nuclear envoy, and his U.S. and Japanese counterparts, Sung Kim and Takehiro Funakoshi, will hold a trilateral mee...

Kang Seung-woo | 2021-10-15 14:53

US needs to reassure allies against North Korean threats: US expert

The United States must reassure its allies of American commitment to help defend them against possible North Korean attacks to prevent key strategic alliances from falling apart, a former U.S. ambassador to NATO said Thursday.

2021-10-15 10:07

US awaits North Korean response to US proposals for dialogue: State Department

The United States continues to be prepared to meet with North Korea without preconditions as it awaits the North's response to its "specific proposals," a State Department spokesperson said Thursday.

2021-10-15 09:46

Defectors sue North Korea's Kim Jong-un in Tokyo over repatriations

North Korean defectors in Tokyo symbolically summoned Kim Jong-un to court on Thursday over a repatriation program they describe as "state kidnapping".

2021-10-14 14:42

US, South Korea working to restart dialogue with North Korea: Ambassador Lee

South Korea and the United States are working closely together to restart the Korean Peninsula peace process, South Korea's ambassador to the U.S., Lee Soo-hyuck, said Wednesday.

2021-10-14 10:06

UN investigator: North Korea kids and elderly risk starving

North Koreans living under strict pandemic restrictions are facing a growing food crisis and the most vulnerable children and elderly people in the isolated Asian nation are at risk of starvation, a U.N. investigator said in a report released Wednesday.

2021-10-14 09:41

T-shirt with portrait of Kim Jong-un appears at North Korea's event

A T-shirt with a printed portrait of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was spotted during a public event in Pyongyang for the first time, state media showed, amid the reclusive regime's push to rev up an image of being a "normal state."

2021-10-13 14:21

North Korean soldier in blue generate buzz on social media

North Korean soldier in blue generate buzz on social media

A North Korean soldier clad in a super-tight blue outfit in a state media photo has generated a buzz on social media, with some calling him ``a superhero,'' ``a captain DPRK,'' or ``a rocket man.``

2021-10-13 13:51

T-shirt with portrait of Kim Jong-un appears at North Korea's event

North Korea continues to seek sanctions lifting, recognition as nuclear state

North Korea has doubled down on its ambition to be declared a nuclear state, while urging the United States to change its “hostile” policy toward the country, and offer sanctions relief. The country's leader Kim Jong-un made the remarks in a speech at a defense development exhibition to mark the 76th founding anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, Sunday. In the s...

Kang Seung-woo | 2021-10-12 16:23

North Korean leader says boosting military capabilities is 'not for war with South or US'

Eliminating prejudice, discrimination should be policy goal for North Korean defectors: resettlement agency chief

The ultimate goal of policy on North Korean defectors living in South Korea should go beyond helping their economic stability but making them accepted as "ordinary neighbors" facing no prejudice and discrimination, the head of South Korea's state-run resettlement agency said.

2021-10-12 11:40

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