Tag: NKorea

European UN council members condemn NKorea missile launches

UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — European members of the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday condemned North Korea’s “provocative” ballistic missile launches and reaffirmed the need to enforce sanctions against the country. “Belgium, Estonia, France, Germany, Poland, and the United Kingdom are deeply concerned by the continued testing of ballistic missiles by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, including the missile launches of 28 November,” read the statement. The Europeans noted that Pyongyang “has […]

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N.Korea warns Trump it will use ‘corresponding’ force if attacked

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea on Wednesday warned that if the United States used military force against Pyongyang it would take “prompt corresponding actions at any level”, in response to comments by US President Donald Trump. Denuclearization negotiations between Pyongyang and Washington have been deadlocked since a summit in Hanoi broke up in February, and the renewed threats come as a deadline set by Pyongyang for fresh concessions approaches. Trump on Tuesday indicated […]

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N. Korea fires ‘projectiles’ after offering talks with US

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea on Tuesday fired projectiles toward the sea, South Korea’s military said, hours after Pyongyang said it is willing to hold working-level talks with the United States in late September. Negotiations between Pyongyang and Washington have been gridlocked since a second summit between the North’s leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump in February ended without a deal. North Korea twice launched “unidentified projectiles” Tuesday morning in an […]

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N.Korea wants reduced UN aid presence

UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — The United Nations said Thursday it is negotiating with impoverished North Korea over its aid presence, which Pyongyang alleges has been politicized and wants reduced. North Korea requested in a letter last month that the UN reduce its involvement in the isolated country, spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a daily press conference without giving details. The letter, obtained by AFP, asked that the drawdown occur before the end of […]

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Kim sends missile ‘warning’ to S.Korea, US as tensions rise

by Claire LE SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un says the country’s latest missile launches were a warning to Washington and Seoul over their joint war games, state news agency KCNA reported on Wednesday, as tensions rise on the Korean peninsula. The latest launch by the nuclear-armed North came after the South Korean and US militaries began mainly computer-simulated joint exercises on Monday to test Seoul’s ability to take operational […]

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N. Korea threatens more launches after fourth test in 12 days

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea threatened Tuesday to carry out more weapons tests after it fired its fourth set of projectiles in less than two weeks following the start of joint exercises between the US and the South. The rising temperature on the peninsula threatens to derail putative negotiations between Pyongyang and Washington, with the North saying the combined drills were a “flagrant violation” of the process. Pyongyang has always been infuriated by […]

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US, S.Korea lack ‘political will’ on peace talks: KCNA

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea on Tuesday said US-South Korean war games are a “flagrant violation” of efforts to reach peace on the Korean peninsula and reflect a lack of “political will” to improve relations. The comments by an unnamed North Korean foreign ministry spokesman, carried by state news agency KCNA, came as Pyongyang fired two “unidentified projectiles” off its eastern coast, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said. There were no further […]

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Trump has ‘no problem’ with latest North Korean missile tests

by Sebastien BERGER / with Chris Stein in Washington SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea carried out its third missile test in eight days Friday, according to the South’s military, but US President Donald Trump said he had “no problem” with the spate of launches by Pyongyang. The nuclear-armed North is barred from ballistic missile tests under UN resolutions and its actions have drawn condemnation from European members of the Security Council but a […]

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Moon hails Trump-Kim meeting as result of ‘astounding imagination’

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday hailed the third meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un in the Demilitarized Zone as the result of an “astounding imagination” and thinking outside the box. All three held an impromptu encounter at the truce village of Panmunjom on Sunday when Trump became the first sitting US president to set foot in North Korea and agreed with Kim to resume working-level talks, […]

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Wife voices ‘concern’ for Australian missing in N. Korea

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — The wife of an Australian man who has gone missing and is feared detained in North Korea said she had no hint that anything was wrong before his disappearance. Japanese Yuka Morinaga, 26, told Australia’s News Corp that Alek Sigley’s disappearance in Pyongyang was “very concerning” and there was not “anything weird” last time they spoke on Monday. Sigley, who speaks fluent Korean and is one of only a handful of Western […]

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Xi arrives in North Korea to meet Kim ahead of Trump talks

by Sebastien Berger with Poornima Weerasekara in Beijing PYONGYANG, North Korea (AFP) — President Xi Jinping arrived in Pyongyang on Thursday on a historic trip to reboot a troubled alliance, as he and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un face their own challenges with US President Donald Trump. Xi is the first Chinese president to visit North Korea in 14 years after relations between the Cold War era allies deteriorated over Pyongyang’s nuclear provocations and […]

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Xi heads to North Korea to meet Kim ahead of Trump talks

by Sebastien Berger with Poornima Weerasekara in Beijing BEIJING, China (AFP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping makes a historic trip to Pyongyang on Thursday, rebooting a troubled alliance as he and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un face their own challenges with US President Donald Trump. Xi will be the first Chinese president to visit North Korea in 14 years after relations between the Cold War era allies deteriorated over Pyongyang’s nuclear provocations and Beijing’s […]

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