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SEOUL (REUTERS) – North Korea’s recent ballistic missile tests were “concerning and counterproductive” for efforts to reduce tensions, and Pyongyang should instead engage in talks,…
View More US envoy urges North Korea to end 'provocations', accept offer of talks
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – The United States has offered to meet North Korea without preconditions and made clear that Washington has no hostile intent toward…
View More US to North Korea: It's time for sustained, substantive talks
SEOUL (REUTERS, AFP) – North Korea said it had test-fired a new ballistic missile from a submarine, state media reported on Wednesday (Oct 20), a…
View More North Korea confirms submarine launch of ballistic missile
SEOUL (AFP) – North Korea’s most vulnerable are “at risk of starvation”, with the economy worsening due to a self-imposed coronavirus blockade, and UN sanctions…
View More UN rights report warns of North Korea 'starvation risk'
SEOUL (REUTERS) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un urged officials to focus on improving citizens’ lives in the face of a grim economic situation,…
View More North Korea's Kim calls for improving people's lives amid grim economy
SEOUL (AFP) – North and South Korea have restored their cross-border communication, Seoul said Monday (Oct 4), with officials exchanging their first phone call since…
View More North and South Korea restore cross-border hotline: Seoul
UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES (AFP) – The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting on Friday (Oct 1) on North Korea’s recent missile tests but…
View More UN Security Council fails to agree on statement on North Korea
SEOUL – North Korea is making a last-ditch effort to extract concessions from dovish South Korean President Moon Jae-in before he becomes a lame duck…
View More North Korea ramps up pressure before South Korea's Moon becomes a lame duck
SEOUL (AFP, REUTERS) – Nuclear-armed North Korea fired an ‘unidentified projectile’ into the sea off its east coast, the South’s military said Tuesday (Sept 28).…
View More North Korea fires 'unidentified projectile': South Korea military
SEOUL (AFP) – The influential sister of North Korea’s leader said in a statement on Saturday (Sept 25) that an inter-Korean summit could take place,…
View More North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister says inter-Korean summit possible with 'respect'
SEOUL (BLOOMBERG, REUTERS) – North Korea test-fired what appeared to be two ballistic missiles, in Pyongyang’s second major weapons test in less than a week. South…
View More North Korea conducts second missile test in less than a week
TOKYO (BLOOMBERG) – US President Joe Biden’s envoy for North Korea said the door remains open for talks, after Pyongyang claimed it tested new long-range…
View More Biden's nuclear envoy tells North Korea door is open for talks
SEOUL — North Korea said on Monday it had successfully launched newly developed long-range cruise missiles, its first missile test in six months and a…
View More North Korea Reports Test of New Cruise Missile as Arms Race Intensifies
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Officials from the United States, South Korea and Japan will hold a meeting on North Korea next week in Tokyo, South Korea’s…
View More US, Japan, South Korea to meet over North Korea nuclear standoff