NorthKorea

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  President Moon says N. Korea-U.S. in dialogue on 3rd summit: Yonhap SEOUL -- President Moon Jae-in said Wednesday that North Korea and the United States are in "behind-the-scenes talks" on another bilateral summit with the peace process on the Korean Peninsula making steady progress. "Both sides have been engaged in dialogue in regard to a third summit," he said in a written interview with Yonhap News Agency and six other global news agencies. What's noteworthy is, he added, that "The behind-the-scenes tal 2019-06-26
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  Chinese leader demonstrates firm alliance with N. Korea ahead of G-20 meeting SEOUL -- Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, demonstrating the firm friendship of the two traditional allies ahead of a showdown with U.S. President Donald Trump at the Group of 20 meeting in Japan. Kim and his wife, Ri Sol-ju, greeted Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan, at Pyongyang's Sunan International Airport on Thursday, with some 10,000 North Koreans waving flowers and chanted welcoming slogans, according to China's st 2019-06-20
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  Xi leaves for N. Korea amid trade tensions with U.S.: Yonhap BEIJING -- Chinese President Xi Jinping left for North Korea on Thursday, in a high-profile trip likely to highlight the countries' traditional alliance amid escalating Sino-U.S. competition on trade and other tricky geopolitical fronts. It marks the first trip to the North by a Chinese head of state in 14 years and the fifth since Beijing and Pyongyang established diplomatic relations in 1949. Then Chinese President Hu Jintao visited Pyongyang in October 2 2019-06-20
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  S. Korea offers to send 50,000 tons of rice to N. Korea through U.N. agency SEOUL -- South Korea will ship 50,000 tons of rice through a United Nations agency to ease North Korea's acute food shortage. It would be South Korea's first rice aid in nine years and Seoul promised to send more by considering the food situation and other factors in its drought-ridden neighbor. Rice will be handed over to the World Food Program (WFP) at a South Korean port. The U.N. agency will be responsible for the shipment and distribution of rice in the 2019-06-19
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  S. Korea ready to send $8 mln for U.N. support project in N. Korea SEOUL -- South Korea will make a remittance of $8 million this month to two United Nations agencies after a state committee approved a humanitarian economic assistance package aimed at easing North Korea's food shortage. The South and North Exchange and Cooperation Promotion Council approved the remittance of $8 million to the World Food Program (WFP) and the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), the South's unification min 2019-06-05
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  S. Korea decides to go ahead with $8 mln aid package for N. Korea through U.N. bodies SEOUL -- As a follow-up to a consensus between U.S. and South Korean leaders on humanitarian food aid to North Korea, Seoul decided to provide an $8 million economic assistance package through U.N. agencies that was to be sent two years ago. South Korea's aid will be delivered through the World Food Program (WFP) and the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) to support maternal and child health projects and provide nutrition 2019-05-17
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  American spy planes work hard at their job near inter-Korean border SEOUL -- A high-performance American spy plane capable of detecting signals used by missile units apparently flew across the sky of Seoul for its fourth high-altitude surveillance flight in a week as U.S. and South Korean troops maintained an unusually cautious stance over the latest launch of short-range North Korean missiles. U.S. planes such as RC-135V/W Rivet Joints and RC-12Xs are invisible to public eyes, although they make regular flights on and ou 2019-05-17
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  N. Korea's latest firing drill triggers debate about Russia's Iskander ballistic missile SEOUL -- The test launch of what North Korea called "tactical guided weapons" triggered conflicting assessment among experts, although U.S. and South Korean leaders characterized them as short-range missiles. Some said North Korea has tested a version of Russia's ground-to-ground ballistic missile, Iskander. Two missiles fired on Thursday traveled about 420 kilometers (260 miles) and 270 km, respectively, before falling into the sea, according to the Sou 2019-05-10
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  N. Korean leader stresses strong physical force in supvervising missile launch SEOUL -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un emphasized a strong physical force as he guided the strike drill of "various long-range strike means," Pyongyang's state media said, a day after the launch of what were presumed to be short-range missiles. The latest launch came five days after North Korea tested "large-caliber long-range multiple rocket launchers and tactical guided weapons". Two missiles fired on Thursday traveled about 420 kilom 2019-05-10
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  U.S. and S. Korean leaders discuss food aid to soothe impatient N. Korea SEOUL -- As North Korea put out a danger signal, showing fatigue and impatience with a prolonged deadlock in denuclearization talks, South Korean and U.S. leaders appeared to have shared their thoughts about the shipment of humanitarian food aid. At a telephone conversion that followed the sudden launch of short-range projectiles by North Korea on May 4, U.S. President Donald Trump discussed North Korea's food situation with South Korean President Moon Jae-in. Trum 2019-05-08
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  S. Korea spy agency plays down severity of N. Korean missile launch SEOUL -- South Korea's spy agency played down the severity of North Korea's sudden missile launch, saying it appeared to be controlled action intertwingled with diplomatic pressure as denuclearization negotiations were in a stalemate following a failed summit between U.S. and North Korean leaders in Vietnam in February. Pyongyang has not test-fired a ballistic missile since November 2017 to expedite a grand deal with Washington. Trump has advocated a &qu 2019-05-07
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  Kim blames Washington's 'unilateral attitude in bad faith' at talks with Putin: KCNA SEOUL -- At his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un blamed Washington's "unilateral attitude in bad faith" for stalling denuclearization talks, warning the situation on the Korean peninsula has reached a critical point and may return to its original state, according to the North's state media. Kim's warning came at a reception hosted by Putin following their summit Thursday in Russia's Far East 2019-04-26
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  N. Korean leader supervises test firing of new tactical guided weapon SEOUL -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un supervised the test firing of a new tactical guided weapon at a sensitive time when as denuclearization talks were in a deadlock following a failed summit between U.S. and North Korean leaders in Vietnam in February. The new-type tactical guided weapon was tested Wednesday by the Academy of Defense Science, according to the North's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). The academy has been involved in North Ko 2019-04-18