North Korea said Saturday that it has tested a "new weapon" under the guidance of its leader, Kim Jong-un, in the launch of two projectiles the previous day.Kim "guided the test-fire of (a) new weapon again on Friday morning," the Korean Central News Agency said. "The national defense scientist

North Korea said Friday that Pyongyang has no intention to talk with South Korea again, calling it a "senseless" hope to expect talks to be resumed when Seoul's joint military exercise with the United States is over. The spokesperson of the North's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification

The top intelligence officials of the two Koreas met secretly in April after the North's spy chief was replaced following February's no-deal summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump, a government source confirmed Tuesday. The meeting between National Int

North Korea appears to be seeking the resumption of working-level nuclear talks with the United States after ongoing joint military drills between Seoul and Washington end, South Korea's presidential office said Monday. A senior Cheong Wa Dae official was responding to a statement issued by a No

North Korea said Sunday it won't even have contact with South Korea, let alone dialogue, unless Seoul gives a "plausible excuse" for its ongoing military exercise with the United States, calling it an "aggressive war exercise against" the North. Kwon Jong-gun, North Korean foreign ministry&#

The United States is aware of reports of a missile launch from North Korea and is consulting closely with its allies, South Korea and Japan, a senior U.S. government official said Friday.North Korea fired two unidentified projectiles off its east coast Saturday (Seoul time), according to South Korea

North Korea blasted South Korea on Thursday for conducting joint military exercises with the United States and deploying high-tech U.S. fighter jets, warning Seoul will "pay dearly" for escalating tensions on the peninsula. "The joint military exercises which have been conducted by the South Kore

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said this week's missile launches were an "adequate warning" against the joint military exercise between South Korea and the United States that kicked off earlier this week, state media reported Wednesday. On Tuesday, North Korea fired two projectiles believed t

North Korea fired two projectiles believed to be short-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea on Tuesday, South Korea's military said, in an apparent show of force against the ongoing joint military exercise between Seoul and Washington. The projectiles were fired at 5:24 a.m. and 5:36 a.m.

[코리아포스트 김도균 기자] 강경화 외교부 장관이 지난 3일 참석한 아세안 관련 외교장관회의 결과에 이목이 쏠리고 있다.강 장관은 태국은 한국전에 파병한 전통적 우방으로, 양국 관계가 1958년 이래 정무, 경제, 문화, 인적교류 등 제반 분야에서 진전된 것을 평가한 것으로 전해졌다. 이어서 강 장관은 돈 쁘라맛위나이 태국 외교부 장관이 최근 새로 출범한 태국 정부의 외교장관으로 유임된 것과, 아울러 금년 아세안 관련 외교장관 회의를 성공적으로 개최한 것을 축하하면서, 금년 아세안 관련 정상회의의 성공적

North Korea on Friday fired unidentified short-range projectiles off its east coast, South Korea's military said, its third launch in a week. The Joint Chiefs of Staff said the projectiles were fired at 2:59 a.m. and 3:23 a.m. from Yonghung, South Hamgyong Province, into the East Sea. "We are m

U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he is not upset by North Korea's ballistic missile launches earlier this week, signaling a commitment to continuing nuclear talks with the regime.Trump's remarks came after North Korea test-fired two short-range ballistic missiles on Thursday (Seoul ti

North Korea has fired its "new tactical guided weapon" under leader Kim Jong-un's guidance in a demonstration of power, state media reported Friday, a day after the communist state launched two short-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea. The firings were aimed at sending a "solemn warni

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has expressed hope that negotiations with North Korea over its nuclear weapons program will resume soon, citing North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's earlier commitment, his office said Friday.U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un agreed

North Korea has revised its constitution to stipulate that leader Kim Jong-un is the official head of state, according to a state media outlet. The new constitution, revised in April's Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) session, states that the chairman of the State Affairs Commission (SAC), th

North Korea's trade with Russia's Far Eastern region nearly tripled in the first quarter from a year earlier, data showed Tuesday, amid intensifying efforts by the two neighbors to strengthen bilateral relations. According to the data by South Korea's Consulate General in Vladivostok, th

A North Korean media outlet Monday slammed Japan's recent restriction on high-tech exports to South Korea, calling the measure a "shameless" act that indicates a lack of remorse for Tokyo's historical wrong-doings against the Korean people. Japan began to tighten regulations last week on s

Top U.S. nuclear envoy Stephen Biegun will travel to Europe this week to meet with European officials and his South Korean counterpart to discuss ways to achieve North Korea's denuclearization, the U.S. government has said. Biegun will visit Brussels on Monday and Tuesday and Berlin on Wednesday

Climate and engineering setbacks have forced North Korea to shift its strategy for hydroelectric power production, a source of great pride for the late former leader, Kim Jong-il, according to a U.S. monitor. 38 North, which provides analysis and satellite imagery of North Korea, said

President Donald Trump of the United States said today that he will travel to the inter-Korean border together with President Moon Jae-in later in the day.President Trump made the announcement during a meeting with a group of South Korean business leaders at a Seoul hotel. It marks the first officia