First US sanctions for N Korea leader
By BBC The US has sanctioned North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for the first time, accusing him of human rights abuses. A statement from the US Treasury named Mr Kim as directly responsible for...
View ArticleNorth Korea’s Kim says close to test launch of ICBM
By Reuters. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said on Sunday that the isolated nuclear-capable country was close to test-launching an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). “Research and development...
View ArticleNorth Korea conducts ballistic missile test
By BBC North Korea has fired a ballistic missile in the first such test since Donald Trump took office as US president. Mr Trump assured Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that “America stands behind...
View ArticleSecond arrest over death of Kim Jong-un’s brother
By BBC News A second woman has been arrested in connection with the death of Kim Jong-nam, the brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Kim died on Monday after apparently being poisoned while...
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Rodman returns from ‘really good’ North Korea trip
By Reuters Former National Basketball Association star Dennis Rodman arrived in Beijing on Saturday after what he said was a “really good” 5-day trip to North Korea. Rodman, 56, said last week before...
View ArticleNorth Korea and US ‘in direct contact’, says Tillerson
The US is in “direct contact” with North Korea, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said. Mr Tillerson said Washington was “probing” the possibility of talks with Pyongyang, “so stay tuned”. “We have...
View ArticleNorth Korea defector urges US to use soft power
A high-level defector has told the US Congress that spreading outside information in North Korea is the best way to deal with the regime. Thae Yong-ho said undermining Kim Jong-un’s God-like status...
View ArticleDonald Trump warns North Korea: ‘Do not try us’
US President Donald Trump has issued a blunt warning to North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un in an address to South Korea’s parliament. “Do not underestimate us. Do not try us,” he said, while also...
View ArticleNorth Korea leader’s sister to visit South for Olympics
The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is to attend Friday’s opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games, which are being held in the South, ministers in Seoul say. Kim Yo-jong is...
View ArticlePence skips Olympic dinner with N Koreans in Pyeongchang
US Vice-President Mike Pence has skipped a dinner at which he was due to share a table with North Korea’s ceremonial head of state Kim Yong-nam. Mr Pence briefly encountered Mr Kim but they tried to...
View ArticleSouth Koreans head to North to broker possible US talks
A South Korean delegation is heading to North Korea for rare talks aimed at restarting dialogue between Pyongyang and the US. The group will focus on establishing conditions for dialogue between the US...
View ArticleNorth Korea used VX nerve agent to kill leader’s brother
The half-brother of Kim Jong-un was killed by a chemical attack in Malaysia on the orders of the North Korean government, the US has concluded. Kim Jong-nam died after a bizarre encounter at Kuala...
View ArticleTrump, North Korea’s Kim Jong-un to hold ‘miracle’ meeting
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump are to meet in person as early as May, it has been announced, an extraordinary overture after months of mutual hostility. News of the...
View ArticleUS and South Korea set date for military drills
Large-scale military exercises involving the US and South Korea will go ahead on 1 April, the two countries have announced. The drills are a major point of contention on the Korean peninsula, as North...
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N Korea to discuss nuclear programme – US
North Korea has promised the US it is ready to discuss the future of its nuclear arsenal when the two nations’ leaders meet, US officials say. Preparations for the summit have included secret, direct...
View ArticleTrump ‘will walk out’ if North Korea talks not fruitful
US President Donald Trump says that if his planned talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un are not fruitful he will “walk out.” At a joint news conference, he and Japanese PM Shinzo Abe said...
View ArticleKim to meet Moon at Korean border for summit
Kim Jong-un will on Friday become the first North Korean leader to cross into South Korean territory since the end of the Korean War in 1953. In newly announced details, South Korea said President...
View ArticleUS hopeful Trump-Kim meet will go ahead
The Trump administration is hopeful its summit with North Korea will go ahead, despite threats of cancellation. A White House spokesperson said the US president remained ready. Hours earlier, North...
View ArticleNorth Korea’s Kim Jong-un ‘set on Trump summit’
It is North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s “fixed will” that a summit with US President Donald Trump in Singapore should go ahead, state media say. This followed a surprise meeting on Saturday between Mr...
View ArticleTrump says summit with Kim is back on
Donald Trump’s summit with Kim Jong-un in Singapore on 12 June is back on, the US president says, a week after it was scrapped. Mr Trump made the announcement after talks with a senior North Korean...
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