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North Korea could be preparing to launch a missile or rocket in the near future, according to satellite images of activity at the Sanumdong facility, U.S. radio network NPR reported. The images, taken Feb. 22, show trucks and cars parked near the facility. Rail cars sit in a nearby yard, where two cranes are erected,…
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The parents of Otto Warmbier pushed back on President Donald Trump’s claim that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had nothing to do with their son’s death after he spent nearly a year and a half in captivity there. “We have been respectful during this summit process. Now we must speak out. Kim and his…
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President Donald Trump’s belief that North Korea Leader Kim Jong Un did not know about American hostage Otto Warmbier’s torture and imprisonment is at odds with court testimony, the Washington Examiner is reporting. After meeting with Kim in Vietnam this week, Trump said: “He felt badly about it. He tells me that he didn’t know about it and…
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The United States and North Korea will have to do “some hard work” in the lead-up to the upcoming US-North Korea leaders’ summit, the top US envoy for North Korea said after holding talks in Pyongyang. Stephen Biegun held three days of talks in the North Korean capital and agreed to meet his counterpart Kim…
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Beijing on Tuesday at the start of a four-day visit, in what’s likely an effort to coordinate with his major ally ahead of a second summit with US President Donald Trump that could happen early this year. A long motorcade including motorcycle outriders reserved for state…
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Thae Yong-ho, a former DPRK’s deputy ambassador to the United Kingdom who defected with his family to South Korea in 2016, has revealed Kim Jong Un’s discontentment with high-ranking officials in North Korea’s military. Image: Thae Yong-ho According to The Dong-a Ilbo, Kim is furious over an alleged misappropriation of state funds by military…
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A resident throws water at his house on fire at a residential neighborhood of an informal settlement, in Muntinlupa, Metro Manila, Philippines, June 4. REUTERS/Erik De Castro A man gets stuck under debris at a damaged site after an airstrike in the Saqba area, in the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta, Syria, January 9.…
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Fred and Cindy Warmbier, bereaved parents to Otto Warmbier, who was arrested for allegedly stealing a propaganda poster in faraway North Korea in January 2016, are demanding $1.1 billion from Kim Jong-un’s government in compensation for their son’s death. Image: Otto Warmbier Warmbier was arrested for theft and originally sentenced to 15 years of hard…
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Security experts this week identified a highly sophisticated hacking group as the mastermind behind a troublesome spate of cyber attacks that have left financial firms across the world rattled since 2016. Drawing links between a spate of global cyber attacks orchestrated by a gang of cybercriminals, experts have managed to unmask a malware attack…
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An Italian player and a Latvian player during a European Beach Rugby Championship match between the women’s national teams of Italy and Latvia. August 5. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un smiles as he provides field guidance at a catfish plant in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA)…
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Chinese president Xi Jinping played a crucial role in the US-North Korea Summit by repeatedly urging both presidents to toss their differences for global peace and emphasizing on the need for trust among Asian leaders, including Kim Jong Un, who represents an important ally and economic partner. Image: Xi Jinping and Kim Jong Un (Source:…
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President Donald Trump says the U.S. will halt military exercises with South Korea because they are “provocative” and “tremendously expensive.” At Tuesday’s press conference in Singapore following his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, President Trump surprised America’s Asian allies, and reportedly his own Pentagon, by surrendering a major bargaining chip in the form…
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Ahead of the historic US-North Korea Summit, Kim Jong Un reportedly reshuffled his military ranks for improved security and his arrival in Singapore together with a “mobile toilet” buttresses this fact. Image highlights Kim’s mobile toilet in the background (Source: Korean Central News Agency) The DPRK leader took appropriate steps to guarantee his safety…
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President of the United States of America Donald Trump arrived in Singapore to meet with the leader of the DPRK Kim Jong-un, the Associated Press reported. Air Force One, which carried Trump, landed at Paya Lebar Air Base after a nearly 20-hour flight from Canada, where he attended the Group of Seven summit. Kim Jong-un landed…
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President Donald Trump will beat a hasty retreat from the Group of Seven Nations industrialized summit. Image: Donald Trump The White House announced Thursday night the president would leave the G-7 gathering in Canada at 10:30 a.m. ET on Saturday and head directly to Singapore, where he will meet June 12 with North Korean leader…
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Japan’s defence minister has urged the international community to keep sanctions and surveillance on North Korea, saying it has a history of reneging on agreements. Image shows Mark Pence and Itsunori Onodera (Source: Aljazeera) Itsunori Onodera said North Korea agreed to give up nuclear weapons as early as 1994, but has continued to develop them in…
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