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North Korea has announced that it tested a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile, marking an end to a self-imposed moratorium on long-range testing in place since 2017 and attracting international condemnation. North Korean state media said leader Kim Jong Un directly guided the test of the Hwasong-17, a “new type” of intercontinental ballistic missile…
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Tomas Ojea Quintana, U.N. special rapporteur for human rights in North Korea, has asked the communist country to release those Koreans believed to be languishing in political prison camps. “I have heard accounts that…the system, the political regime in North Korea, would not survive without the existence of political prison camps,” Ojea Quintana told a…
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When the South Korean president, Moon Jae-in, called for an end to the war on the Korean peninsula recently, the initial response was a rebuff from North Korea’s vice foreign minister. This has been the standard response from Pyongyang whenever the idea has been raised of turning the 1953 armistice between the two warring Koreas into an actual peace…
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North Korea has taken note of the George Floyd protests, and it’s not exactly sending a note of support. “Demonstrators enraged by the extreme racists throng even to the White House,” says a statement in one of the main state-run newspapers. “This is the reality in the US today.” The context: The North says the…
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No one knows for sure if Kim Jong Un is dead or alive, or if someone else has already wrested power from him, but satellite images taken by a website that monitors North Korea offer new hints as to the whereabouts of the nation’s leader. According to a report from NK Pro, luxury boats often used by…
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With North Korea saying nothing so far about outside media reports that leader Kim Jong Un may be unwell, there’s renewed worry about who’s next in line to run a nuclear-armed country that’s been ruled by the same family for seven decades. Questions about Kim’s health flared after he skipped an April 15 commemoration of…
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for his military and diplomats to prepare unspecified “offensive measures” to protect the country’s security and sovereignty, the North’s state media said on Monday, before his end-of-year deadline for the Trump administration to make major concessions to salvage a fragile nuclear diplomacy. Kim during a ruling Workers’ Party…
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Leaders from China, Japan and South Korea were meeting Tuesday against the backdrop of increasing threats from North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs. The trilateral meeting in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu comes amid demands by Pyongyang for sanctions relief by the end of the year and threats that it may take unspecified actions…
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An ominous threat from North Korea about a “Christmas gift” will keep the world on edge through New Year’s Day — and beyond, The Hill reported Thursday. With no delivery of a missile from the increasingly nuclear-armed nation, anxiety has only ramped up for what, where and when North Korea might make good on its warning. No nation…
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North Korea said Thursday it has “no interest” in dialogue unless Washington stops “escalating hostile military moves”, as a senior US envoy visited Seoul with an eye on reviving nuclear talks with Pyongyang. Talks between Pyongyang and Washington have stalled since a second summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong…
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What’s the background? After World War II, China went through a civil war. This ended with the communist forces of Mao Zedong forcing the nationalist forces of Chiang Kai-shek to retreat to Taiwan in 1949. Chiang and his supporters took over the island and set up a dictatorship. Since then, Taiwan has claimed its independence…
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The State Department on Thursday cleared a massive arms deal for Taiwan, worth up to $1.3 billion. The move comes as at a time when the Trump administration continues to rely on China to pressure North Korea into dismantling its nuclear weapons program. The potential package includes seven different items sought by the Taiwanese…
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Donald Trump is looking forward to negotiating with a “fully independent Britain” after Brexit, according to his national security adviser. John Bolton said the US president had been a supporter of Brexit, and hoped to do a trade deal with the UK soon. Mr Bolton told Sky News: “President Trump has made it clear that…
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Russia by train on Wednesday, a day before his much-anticipated summit with President Vladimir Putin that comes amid deadlocked diplomacy on his nuclear program. Kim, dressed in a black coat and a fedora, first met with Russian officials at Russia’s Khasan train station near its border with…
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In one of the biggest leadership shake-ups in years, North Korea named a new nominal head of state and a new premier, and gave leader Kim Jong Un a new title, state media reported Friday, moves analysts said solidify Kim’s grip on power. In an expected move, Kim Jong Un was re-elected as chairman of…
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North Korea said Sunday it wants an investigation into a raid on its embassy in Spain last month, calling it a grave terrorist attack and an act of extortion that violates international law. The incident occurred ahead of President Donald Trumps second summit with leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi on Feb. 27-28. A mysterious…
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