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N Korea protecting nuclear missiles: UN monitors

North Korea is working to ensure its nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities cannot be destroyed by military strikes, UN monitors say ahead of a meeting between US and North Korean officials to prepare a second denuclearisation summit.

UN chief says no communication with N Korea is dangerous

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres tells the UN Security Council that he is alarmed by the risk of military escalation on the Korean Peninsula.

Malaysia expels N Korean ambassador after Kim murder

Malaysia expels the North Korean ambassador to the country, declaring him "persona non grata" and asking the envoy to leave Malaysia within 48 hours.

N Korea threatens retaliation over possible US terror listing

North Korea warns the US will "pay dearly" if it puts Pyongyang on a terror list over the killing of its leader's half-brother, as a suspect in the murder claims he was the victim of a conspiracy.

Obama dismisses NKorea nuclear ‘offer’

US President Barack Obama dismisses North Korea's proposal to suspend nuclear tests if the US ends its annual military exercises with the South.

February 5, 2019
February 5, 2019

N Korea protecting nuclear missiles: UN monitors

North Korea is working to ensure its nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities cannot be destroyed by military strikes, UN monitors say ahead of a meeting between US and North Korean officials to prepare a second denuclearisation summit.

April 28, 2017
April 28, 2017

UN chief says no communication with N Korea is dangerous

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres tells the UN Security Council that he is alarmed by the risk of military escalation on the Korean Peninsula.

March 4, 2017
March 4, 2017

Malaysia expels N Korean ambassador after Kim murder

Malaysia expels the North Korean ambassador to the country, declaring him "persona non grata" and asking the envoy to leave Malaysia within 48 hours.

March 4, 2017
March 4, 2017

N Korea threatens retaliation over possible US terror listing

North Korea warns the US will "pay dearly" if it puts Pyongyang on a terror list over the killing of its leader's half-brother, as a suspect in the murder claims he was the victim of a conspiracy.

April 25, 2016
April 25, 2016

Obama dismisses NKorea nuclear ‘offer’

US President Barack Obama dismisses North Korea's proposal to suspend nuclear tests if the US ends its annual military exercises with the South.

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