North Korea held a significantly toned-down parade on Sunday for the 70th anniversary of its founding; it lacked the usual display of nuclear-capable weapons but prominently featured China’s special envoy to the country, representing communist leader Xi Jinping.
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un will seek to project a new image of economic prosperity and greater international diplomacy during the country’s 70th-anniversary celebrations on Sunday, according to reports.
The Justice Department has charged a computer programmer working on behalf of the North Korean government with the hack of Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2014, along with the massive WannaCry ransomware attack last year and an $81 million theft from a bank in Bangladesh.
China is continuing to undermine international sanctions on North Korea by increasing trade with their close communist ally, NBC News revealed in a report Wednesday.
South Korea’s special envoy to the North, Chung Eun-yong, met with Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang on Wednesday and said the North Korean dictator wants to denuclearize during U.S. President Donald Trump’s first term. Chung said Kim professed “unwavering trust for President Trump” despite recent diplomatic tensions between the United States and North Korea.
The North Korean communist regime – through state media, ministry statements, and words attributed to dictator Kim Jong-un – changed its approach towards the United States on Thursday, urging President Donald Trump to restart denuclearization talks.
President Donald Trump thanked North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Thursday after the chairman signaled faith in the peace process.
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un met with a special delegation representing South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday, continuing ongoing talks on denuclearizing the Korean peninsula.
An NGO specializing in the proliferation of cluster bombs released a report Thursday at the United Nations accusing the communist government of North Korea of continuing to build and stockpile the weapons.
China recently held a trade fair on the North Korean border, attracting thousands and promoting economic and trade ties with the Kim regime, South Korean media reported Thursday.
President Donald Trump published a statement from the White House Wednesday asserting that he does not believe that there is a good reason “at this time to be spending large amounts of money on joint U.S.-South Korea war games,” as his relationship with dictator Kim Jong-un is “a very good and warm one.”
Human rights violations and infringements on the right to life have worsened since North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un came to power in 2012, a new study released on Wednesday has indicated.
North Korea’s state media chided America’s “good-for-nothing military moves” and “gunboat diplomacy” in a column Tuesday about an unconfirmed military exercise, the same day Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis confirmed that the Pentagon has no plans to cancel any other exercises with Seoul to show goodwill.
North Koreans who fled the regime and live in South Korea say the government and major national institutions are pressuring them to treat the human rights atrocities they experienced as “taboo” and to refrain from criticizing the leftist government for warming up to dictator Kim Jong-un, the South China Morning Post reported Tuesday.
The South Korean government remains eager for another summit between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, a presidential office spokesperson said on Tuesday.
North Korea’s state newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, accused the United States in a column Sunday of “hatching a criminal plot to unleash a war.” The accusation came shortly after President Donald Trump’s announcement that he had instructed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo not to travel to North Korea until China resumes productive participation in denuclearization.
Contents: China, North and South Korea confounded by cancellation of Kim Jong-un meeting; Trump pursues risky strategy, trying to avoid a greater risk
A group of North Korean defectors filed suit in Tokyo this week against the regime in Pyongyang, demanding $5 million in damages for human rights violations. The group charges North Korea with tricking Koreans who lived in Japan into repatriating after the Korean War.
President Donald Trump has instructed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo not to return to North Korea until China begins again helping to make significant progress on denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Pyongyang next week for the next step in denuclearization talks with North Korea, the State Department confirmed on Thursday. State Department officials said Pompeo is not expected to meet dictator Kim Jong-un during his visit, the second such occasion where he will not do so.
China’s Foreign Ministry said it had “no information” Monday about persistent rumors that Communist Party leader Xi Jinping may make his first visit to North Korea in September, an answer South Korean newswire service Yonhap reports it only made public on Wednesday.
President Donald Trump said in an interview on Monday that “a lot of good things are happening” with respect to North Korea, although he faulted China for scaling back its assistance due to trade disputes with the United States. Trump said he will “most likely” meet in person again with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un.
North Korea sent its vice chairman of the Central Committee of the North’s Workers’ Party Choe Ryong-hae, considered second in power only to dictator Kim Jong-un, to Cuba this week to reinforce bilateral ties as denuclearization talks continue with the United States.
Contents: US imposes new North Korea sanctions on Chinese and Russian shipping companies; Profound connection between the sanctions on Turkey and North Korea
Russian President Vladimir Putin sent North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un “greetings” and “sincere congratulations” for the country’s independence celebrations, state media reported.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo could soon make another visit to Pyongyang to further negotiations for the possible denuclearization of North Korea, South Korea’s JoongAng Ilbo reported Tuesday.
North Korean state newspaper Rodong Sinmun on Monday asked the U.S. to drop sanctions in light of the nation’s good faith gestures of returning the remains of American troops killed in the 1950-1953 Korean War, and because North Korea has ostensibly ended nuclear weapons testing.
On Monday’s “PBS NewsHour,” National Security Adviser John Bolton stated that North Korea has not “taken effective steps” to denuclearize. Bolton said, “[W]hat was significant about Singapore was the North Korean commitment to denuclearize, and they have not taken effective
In an interview on “Fox News Sunday,” National Security Adviser John Bolton said President Donald Trump is giving North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a “master class” in negotiation tactics. Bolton said, “There is no one in this administration starry-eyed about
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi expressed support for a formal end to the Korean War on Thursday, stating that China has no desire to see further conflict on the peninsula.
President Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un continue communicating after their Singapore summit in June.
North Korea’s state newspaper Rodong Sinmun published a column Wednesday urging North Koreans not to be enticed by other cultures or ways of life, insisting instead that the brutally repressive communism of the Kim family regime is the “best in the world.”
North Korea’s foreign minister will give a keynote address to the United Nations General Assembly in September, Yonhap News Agency reported on Wednesday.
Satellite photos published on Monday appear to show North Korea revamping a facility outside of Pyongyang used to build intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), the Washington Post reported.
North Korea repatriated on Friday morning what appears to be 55 sets of remains from U.S. troops killed in the Korean War, prompting President Donald Trump to personally thank North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un on Twitter.
President Donald Trump thanked North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un for returning some of the remains of American servicemen killed in the Korean War.
Unidentified American and South Korean sources told various outlets on Thursday that North Korea will hand over the remains of at least 55 American soldiers killed during the active period of the Korean War, possibly by the end of the week.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday that the U.S. government had reason to believe North Korea was still producing fissile material despite vowing the complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.
Contents: North Korea appears to dismantle its Sohae satellite launch site; North Korea’s denuclearization timeline seems to be extending out indefinitely
South Korea’s defense ministry announced plans on Tuesday to reduce its military presence on the Demilitarized Zone with North Korea, Yonhap News Agency reported.
