North Korea
NKorea successfully tests new submarine-launched ballistic missile
North Korea says it successfully test-fired a new submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) from the sea to contain external threats and bolster self-defence, ahead of fresh nuclear talks with...
Pompeo optimistic about ending NKorea's nuclear program
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the process of ending North Korea’s nuclear program would take time but he was optimistic that it would be done within a timeline set by the leaders of the...
Five reasons why Kim agreed to meet Trump
No sitting US president has ever met a North Korean leader before. The historic meeting on June 12 between US Donald Trump and North Korean Supreme leader Kim Jong Un ended with historic results....
World avoided nuclear catastrophe: Trump
Donald Trump accepted an invitation from Kim Jong Un to visit North Korea during their historic summit, Pyongyang state media reports, as the US president says the world had jumped back from the...
Trump, Kim arrive for US-N Korea summit
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump arrive in Singapore for an unprecedented summit, with Pyongyang's nuclear arsenal at the top of the agenda and the US president calling it a ...
N Korea 'military reshuffle' raises eyebrows in Seoul
South Korea is monitoring developments in the North's armed forces, it says after reports Pyongyang replaced three of its top military officials ahead of a summit with the United States.
North Korea dismantles nuclear test site
North Korea dismantles its nuclear test site, media invited to attend the ceremony says, in a planned move portrayed by the isolated regime as a goodwill gesture ahead of a potential summit next...
NKorea slams 'ignorant and stupid' Pence, renews summit threat
North Korea has called US Vice-President Mike Pence "ignorant and stupid" for his warnings over a planned summit with Donald Trump, renewing a threat to cancel as the US president said...
NKorea allows SKorea reporters to visit nuclear site
North Korea has accepted a list of South Korean reporters to visit their nuclear testing site after a days-long tug of war with Seoul, South Korea’s unification ministry says.
North Korea suspends talks with South, summit in doubt
North Korea throws next month’s unprecedented summit between Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump into doubt, threatening weeks of diplomatic progress by saying it may reconsider if Washington...
NKorea frees three Americans: Trump
US President Donald Trump says that three Americans detained by North Korea have been released and are on their way home with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.