North Korea called Thursday for replacing U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo with a "more careful and mature" negotiator, accusing the top American diplomat of failing to understand Pyongyang's position and causing the denuclearization talks to become "entangled." A senior North Korean fore
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has supervised a test-firing of a new tactical guided weapon, calling its development an "event of very weighty significance" in beefing up its military power, state media reported on April 18, 2019.The Korean Central News Agency said the test happened on April 17,
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has made a surprise visit to an air force unit and reviewed a flight exercise, the official news agency reported on April 17, 2019, in his first public inspection of military activities in five months.During the visit to the Unit 1017 of the Air and Anti-aircraft Forc
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been re-elected as chairman of the State Affairs Commission, the communist state's highest decision-making body, in a key parliamentary meeting, state media reported Friday. The North's Premier Pak Pong-ju has also been replaced with Kim Jae-ryong, a senio
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called strongly for "self-reliance," saying the communist nation should deal a "serious blow" to the belief that Pyongyang will give in to sanctions, according to state media. Kim made the remark during a plenary plenary session of the Central Committee of the
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un called the current situation "tense" and urged politburo officials to follow through on the party's strategic line of economic development with a spirit of "self-reliance," state media reported on April. 10, 2019.The remark, made on April. 9, 2019 at an enlarg
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited a northern county known to be the birthplace of his late father, state media reported on Apr. 4, 2019, amid speculation that he could soon announce his next steps after the breakdown of his February summit with U.S. President Donald Trump.Kim inspected Samjiyo
North Korea on Sunday released its first official statement on the break-in at its embassy in Spain last month by an anti-Pyongyang group, calling it a "grave terrorist attack." A spokesperson of North Korea's foreign ministry told the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), Pyongyang's officia
An inter-Korean liaison office in North Korea is operating normally, with officials of the two sides regularly meeting twice a day, after Pyongyang sent staff members back to the office earlier this week following a brief pullout, an official said Thursday.Last Friday, the North abruptly pulled its
U.S. President Donald Trump was open to easing sanctions on North Korea at last month's summit with Kim Jong-un, but was thwarted by his top aides, according to a senior Pyongyang official. Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui made the remarks at a press conference in the North Korean capital on M
The U.N. Security Council has granted a sanctions exemption to allow a humanitarian project meant to improve children's health and nutrition in North Korea to move forward, according to the U.N. website. The exemption, granted on March 14, paves the way for an aid organization, Mennonite Central
Dozens of South Korean officials headed to an inter-Korean liaison office in North Korea on Monday, the unification ministry said, despite Pyongyang's abrupt pullout of its staff from the office last week. Around 40 South Korean officials crossed the western land border on their way to the liais
North Korean officials withdrew from an inter-Korean liaison office in the country's border city of Kaesong on Friday, the unification ministry said, as the peace and denuclearization process reached a deadlock following last month's no-deal summit between the North and the United States. Th
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon said on Mar. 21, 2019 inter-Korean economic cooperation should be pursued in a way that does not hamper international sanctions.Lee also expressed hope that cross-border economic exchanges could induce North Korea to give up its nuclear program. "Under the
The U.S. intelligence chief is in South Korea, a government source said on Mar. 20, 2019, on a visit seen as aimed at sharing information and assessment of North Korea following the breakdown of last month's summit between the two countries.Earlier, a local newspaper reported that U.S. Director
For Kim Na-yeon, a 26-year-old college student, North Korea's nuclear weapons program is a timeworn issue that has dragged on for as long as she has been alive, and that she has little interest in.That's why, when the second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader
South Korea will push for talks with North Korea, including summits, this year to deepen inter-Korean relations and help stalled denuclearization talks move forward between Washington and Pyongyang, the unification ministry said Tuesday."In close coordination with the U.S., (we) will push for inter
North Korea held parliamentary elections Sunday, a key political event likely to cement national unity and leader Kim Jong-un's grip on power amid uncertainty over tough nuclear negotiations with the United States.The communist state will elect new deputies for the 14th Supreme People's Asse
South Korea is seeking to reduce the operation of coal power plants to cope with the alarming level of fine dust in the air, but its plan is facing hurdles in terms of stable energy supply and price issues, industry watchers said on Mar. 6, 2019.According to the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Ener
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un returned home Tuesday after a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump and an official visit to Vietnam last week, Pyongyang's news agency said. Kim arrived in Pyongyang at around 3 a.m. by train after "successfully" wrapping up his official goodwill visit to Vie