North Korea
North Korea beefs up military on border
By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL, Nov 27 (Reuters) - North Korea warned on Monday it would continue to exercise its sovereign rights, including…
North Korea scraps military deal with South, vows to deploy new weapons at border
By Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL, Nov 23 (Reuters) - North Korea said on Thursday it would deploy stronger armed forces and new weapons…
North Korea claims success in launching first spy satellite
North Korea successfully placed its first spy satellite in orbit on Tuesday, its space agency said, defying international condemnation from the United…
North Korea vows more offensive response to US ‘threats’
SEOUL, Nov 16 (Reuters) - North Korea on Thursday criticised a recent visit to South Korea by top U.S. defence officials and…
North Korea closes multiple embassies around the world
By Hyonhee Shin North Korea is poised to close as many as a dozen embassies including in Spain, Hong Kong, and multiple…
North Korea’s Kim vows to ‘faithfully’ fulfil agreements made with Russia’s Putin
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL, Oct 20 (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un expressed his resolve to fulfil agreements made at…
Russia’s Lavrov to arrive in North Korea as cooperation deepens
By Josh Smith SEOUL, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is due to arrive in Pyongyang on Wednesday for…
North Korea denies its weapons used by Hamas against Israel
By Jack Kim and Josh Smith North Korea denied on Friday its weapons were used by Hamas in the attack against Israel,…
North Korea’s next spy satellite launch attempt may come in October – KINU think tank
By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea will try this month to launch a spy satellite, a Seoul-based think tank said,…
Buildup of train traffic on Russia-North Korea border
Train traffic between North Korea and Russia has dramatically increased after the recent following summit between leaders Kim Jong-un and Vladimir Putin,…
North Korea halts nuclear reactor, likely to extract bomb fuel
SEOUL, Oct 5 (Reuters) - North Korea has halted the nuclear reactor at its main atomic complex, probably to extract plutonium that…
North Korea amends constitution on nuclear policy, cites US ‘provocations’
By Soo-hyang Choi and Hyonhee Shin SEOUL, Sept 28 (Reuters) - North Korea has adopted a constitutional amendment to enshrine its policy…