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NKorea's Kim admits troubled medical system amid virus fears

N Korea says Kim Jong Un supervised weapons tests

9:08 am August 11, 2019

Seoul, South Korea: North Korea said Sunday leader Kim Jong Un supervised test-firings of an unspecified new weapons system, which extended a streak of launches that are seen as an attempt to build leverage ahead of negotiations with the United States while driving a wedge between Washington and Seoul. The report by North Korean state […]

North Korea fires ballistic missile ahead of nuclear talks

Trump: Kim wants to meet again, apologized for missile tests

3:05 am August 11, 2019

Berkeley Heights: President Donald Trump said Saturday that North Korea’s Kim Jong Un wants to meet once again to “start negotiations” after joint U.S.-South Korea military exercises end. He also said Kim apologized for the flurry of recent short-range missile tests that has rattled U.S. allies in the region. Trump is tweeting more details from […]

Trump warns Kim has 'everything' to lose through hostility

Kim says North Korean launches were warning to US, South

2:54 pm August 7, 2019

Seoul: North Korea said Wednesday leader Kim Jong Un supervised a live-fire demonstration of newly developed, short-range ballistic missiles intended to send a warning to the United States and South Korea over their joint military exercises. The official Korean Central News Agency said two missiles launched from a western airfield flew across the country and […]

North Korea begins key meeting before year-end deadline for US

Seoul repatriates three North Korean fishermen

3:01 pm July 29, 2019

Seoul: Seoul sent three North Koreans who crossed the maritime border in a fishing boat back home on Monday after they said they wanted to return, the Unification ministry said. “All of the three crew members, as well as the wooden vessel, will be returned to the North,” the ministry told reporters in Seoul. The […]

Seoul says N Korean weapons were new missiles

7:44 pm July 25, 2019

Seoul: South Korea says the two weapons North Korea fired on Thursday were a new type of ballistic missile. South Korea’s presidential office issued the assessment after a national security council meeting. Seoul said earlier based on analysis of the launches that one missile flew 690 kilometers and the other 430 kilometers (270 miles) before […]