A senior North Korean official in charge of the country's international relations has arrived in Havana, state media said Wednesday. A delegation headed by Ri Su-yong, vice chairman of Workers' Party of Korea, arrived in the Cuban capital on Tuesday, the Korean Central Broadcasting Station s

North Korea's official news agency has bristled angrily at former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's criticism of leader Kim Jong-un as a dictator and tyrant, lashing out at the Democratic presidential hopeful as a "fool of low IQ."Biden made the remark during a campaign speech over the weeke

How North Korea reacts to Seoul's decisions to provide humanitarian aid and allow business people to visit a joint industrial complex in the communist nation is expected to set the tone for inter-Korean relations going forward.Experts say that a positive reaction could help move the stalemated i

South Korea believes that food shortages in North Korea remain serious and the country needs outside assistance, despite media reports that rice prices are dropping there, the unification ministry said Wednesday. Some media reports have claimed that rice prices in North Korean markets have been on t

South Korea is pushing to send food assistance to North Korea no later than September to help ease worsening food shortages in the impoverished state, a unification ministry official said Tuesday. Seoul is drawing up plans to provide food aid as the North is suffering food shortages apparently aggra

North Korea demanded Tuesday that the United States release a cargo ship seizedon suspicions of violating U.N. sanctions.A spokesperson for the North's foreign ministry made the demand in a statement carriedby the Korean Central News Agency, blasting the seizure as a violation of the spirit ofth

North Korean state media said Tuesday South Korea has no right to criticize Pyongyang over its recent launch of projectiles into the East Sea.Radio Pyongyang made the claim, referring to the North's recent launch as a"normal" military exercise within its territorial waters. The media also clai

The Pentagon chief said that the United States has focused on diplomacy aboutthe denuclearization of North Korea although its military will be prepared in the eventthat effort fails.Patrick Shanahan, U.S. Defense Secretary said in an interview, "The strategy with North Korea hasn't changed," t

Half of South Koreans say their government should seek dialogue with North Korea, asurvey showed, as inter-Korean ties remained stalled amid the deadlocked nuclear talksbetween the US and North Korea.Of the 1,003 adults surveyed in April, 51.4 percent of people said the government should follow talk

South Korea's military has not yet determined the details of the short-range missiles that North Korea fired last week, including whether they were ballistic missiles, an official said Sunday.After the North fired the projectiles on Thursday, the South's military said they were believed to b

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said the United States will "stand firm" with North Korea over its nuclear weapons program.In an interview with Fox News aired Friday, Pence was asked about the future of denuclearization negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang following the North's renewed

North Korea has conducted long-range strike drills, state media reported Friday, a day after the communist state launched what were presumed to be two short-range missiles into the East Sea. "At the command post, Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un learned about a plan of the strike drill of various long-ra

Unification Minister Kim Yeon-chul crossed the inter-Korean border Wednesday to visit a joint liaison office in North Korea's border town of Kaesong in his first trip to the communist state since taking office last month.Kim plans to meet South Korean officials stationed there and check progress

North Korea has conducted a "strike drill" for multiple rocket launchers and tactical guided weapons to test their performance, state media reported on May 5, 2019, a day after the communist nation fired unidentified short-range projectiles into the East Sea.North Korean leader Kim Jong-un supervi

North Korea fired a barrage of unidentified short-range projectiles into the East Sea on Saturday, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said, in apparent saber-rattling amid stalled nuclear talks with the United States.The JCS had earlier said the North fired multiple short-range "missiles

U.S. President Donald Trump expressed confidence on May 4, 2019 that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will keep his promise on denuclearization despite Pyongyang's firing of unidentified projectiles."Anything in this very interesting world is possible, but I believe that Kim Jong Un fully realiz

North Korean propaganda outlets lashed out at the United States over recent exercises involving a THAAD missile defense battery stationed in South Korea, calling them provocations and a menace.Last month, U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) conducted the weeklong exercises with a Terminal High Altitude Area De

An independent U.S. government commission has asked the State Department to keep North Korea on its blacklist of countries that repress freedom of religion, citing Pyongyang's "systematic" and "egregious" human rights violations. In an annual report recently disclosed on its website, the U.S

North Korea's media outlets on Sunday redoubled calls for "self-reliance" as its nuclear negotiations with the United States remain in limbo, with little progress in its efforts to ease international sanctions. In recent weeks, Pyongyang has been hammering away at the self-reliance campaign, a

North Korea on Saturday pressed South Korea to ignore pressure from the United States and move ahead with inter-Korean cooperation. The special message by the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Country (CPRC) came as the two Koreas commemorate the first anniversary of the