By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top diplomats of the United States, South Korea and Japan on Wednesday condemned North Korea’s recent ballistic missile launches and urged Pyongyang to…
SEOUL (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol condemned North Korea’s “provocative nuclear rhetoric” and reaffirmed their commitment to the complete denuclearisation of the…
By Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL – North Korea’s economy shrank in 2021 for a second straight year after suffering its biggest contraction in more than two decades the previous year amid…
By Josh Smith SEOUL – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un convened an unprecedented conference aimed at strengthening the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea’s (WPK) “monolithic” leadership across society, state…
By Josh Smith SEOUL -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called on the country’s military to “bolster up their strength in every way to annihilate the enemy”, state media reported…
By Josh Smith and Hyonhee Shin SEOUL -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has pledged to speed up development of his country’s nuclear arsenal while overseeing a huge military parade…
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for a propaganda campaign to increase popular support for the country’s ideology of self-reliance amid “the worst…
By Josh Smith SEOUL – It is unclear if the apparent failure of a missile launch on Wednesday dealt a lasting blow to North Korea’s plans, but analysts say failures…
SEOUL – Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un the significance of cooperation between the two countries, North Korea’s state media KCNA reported on Saturday.…
By Josh Smith SEOUL – The COVAX global COVID-19 vaccine-sharing programme has scaled back the number of doses allocated for North Korea, international aid organisations said, as the country has…
By Josh Smith SEOUL – This January has been one of the busiest months ever for North Korea’s missile testing, with launches displaying a dizzying array of weapon types, launch…