The U.S. and South Korean militaries said on Wednesday they will conduct their annual springtime exercises next month to bolster their countries’ combined defense capabilities against a backdrop of a deepening diplomatic freeze with nuclear-armed North Korea.
Kim reelected to top post of North Korea’s ruling party as it hails his nuclear buildup
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was reelected to the top post of the ruling Workers’ Party, with delegates crediting him for bolstering the country’s nuclear arsenal and strengthening its regional standing, state media reported Monday.
Spy agency says Kim Jong Un’s daughter is close to being designated North Korea’s future leader
South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers on Thursday that it believes the teenage daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is close to being designated as the country’s future leader as he moves to extend the family dynasty to a fourth generation.
North Korea says its longtime ceremonial head of state Kim Yong Nam has died
Kim Yong Nam, a quintessential North Korean bureaucrat whose lifelong loyalty to the ruling Kim dynasty allowed him to serve as the country’s ceremonial head of state for two decades, has died, North Korea’s state media reported Tuesday.
South Korea’s top diplomat says his nation has asked Trump to be a ‘peacemaker’ with North Korea
South Korea’s president has asked President Donald Trump to become “a peacemaker” and use his leadership to get North Korea to talks to reduce military tensions on the Korean Peninsula, the South’s top diplomat said Friday.
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un arrives in Beijing for military parade alongside Putin and Xi
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Beijing by train on Tuesday to attend a military parade with his Chinese and Russian counterparts, an event that observers say could potentially demonstrate three-way unity against the United States.
North Korea says it has repaired its damaged second destroyer, a claim met with outside skepticism
North Korea said Friday it has repaired its damaged second destroyer and launched it into the water in the presence of leader Kim Jong Un, about three weeks after it capsized during an earlier, botched launch ceremony.
South Korea says North Korea has fired at least one ballistic missile toward the sea
North Korea on Thursday fired at least one ballistic missile toward its eastern waters, South Korea’s military said, adding to a run of weapons tests that have raised animosity in the region.
North Korea sent 3,000 more troops to Russia, according to South’s assessment
North Korea sent around 3,000 additional troops to Russia in January and February in continued support for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine, South Korea’s military said Thursday in its latest assessment.
Preoccupied with its troops in Russia, North Korea unlikely to embrace Trump’s overture soon
In its first direct criticism of the Trump administration, North Korea lashed out at U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio for calling it a “rogue” state and warned Monday that such “coarse and nonsensical remarks” will never contribute to U.S. interests.
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