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Reuters — North Korea said on Thursday (June 15) it had released American citizen Otto Warmbier “on humanitarian grounds” after he had been held prisoner for 17 months. Warmbier, 22, a University of Virginia student from suburban Cincinnati, was medically evacuated to the United States on Wednesday (June 14). His family said he arrived in a state of coma. The North’s KCNA news agency said in a one-sentence dispatch that Warmbier’s release followed a court […]
by Sebastien Berger Agence France Presse PYONGYANG, North Korea (AFP) — Snapping their heads from side to side, marching into the roads in close-fitting blue uniforms and black heels, the “traffic ladies” who marshal vehicles at the intersections of Pyongyang are an emblematic image of the North Korean capital. Officially known as traffic security officers but universally referred to as traffic ladies, they are chosen for their looks in a society that remains traditionalist in many […]
by Cat Barton Agence France Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Flamboyant former NBA star Dennis Rodman arrived in North Korea Tuesday after saying he wants to “open the door” to the regime and claiming that United States President Donald Trump would be pleased with his mission. Sporting a baseball cap, sunglasses, multiple facial piercings and a black t-shirt emblazoned with the logo of sponsor PotCoin — a cryptocurrency for the legal cannabis industry — […]
by Dave Clark Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — An American student who fell into a coma while imprisoned in a North Korean labor camp returned to the United States late Tuesday after Pyongyang allowed him to be flown home, US media reported. A military airplane carrying Otto Warmbier landed in his hometown of Cincinnati shortly before 10:20 pm (0220 GMT Wednesday), CBS News reported. The release of Warmbier, 18 months into a […]
WASHINGTON DC, United States (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday (June 13) it was “grateful” for the release of Otto Warmbier, a U.S. university student held captive in North Korea for 17 months. Warmbier, 22, a University of Virginia student from suburban Cincinnati, was on his way back to the United States. State Department Spokeswoman Heather Nauert said Warmbier was “in the air” and would not comment further on his physical condition, […]
Reuters – Former National Basketball Association player Dennis Rodman is expected to arrive in North Korea on Tuesday (June 13) for a trip the United States State Department said was not an official US visit, CNN reported on Monday (June 12). Rodman, who has met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on past trips to Pyongyang, declined to answer questions when he was seen by CNN reporters at Beijing International Airport, the network said. […]
(Reuters) – North Korea fired what appeared to be multiple land-to-ship missiles off its east coast on Thursday (June 8), South Korea’s military said, the latest in a fast-paced series of missile tests defying world pressure and threats of more sanctions. The launches comes less than a week after the United Nations Security Council passed fresh sanctions on the reclusive state, which said it would continue to pursue its nuclear and weapons program without delay. […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Hundreds of residents of a small Japanese coastal town took part in an evacuation drill Sunday as fears grow that a North Korean missile could hit the country. The drill in the town of Abu, about 800 kilometers (500 miles) west of Tokyo facing the Sea of Japan, simulated a ballistic missile attack in the surrounding mountains in Yamaguchi prefecture which hosts a major United States Marine Corps air station, a […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea warned Wednesday it was prepared to launch intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) at any time, as the United States successfully tested a system designed to intercept them. The fresh saber-rattling from Pyongyang appeared to up the stakes as the Pentagon announced Tuesday it had intercepted a mock-up of an ICMB in a first-of-its-kind test. The success of the test is a watershed moment for the US military’s effort to […]
SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in has ordered a probe into the introduction of four additional anti-missile launchers to the two deployed by the United States military before his election, his spokesperson said on Tuesday (May 30). Moon was “shocked” to hear that the four additional Terminal High Altitude Area Defense launchers deployed to counter the North Korean missile threat, were brought in without this being reported to the new government […]
(Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised the test of a ballistic missile controlled by a precision guidance system, and ordered the development of more powerful strategic weapons, the North’s state-run television KRT reported on Tuesday (May 30). Video and still photographs aired by KRT showed Kim watching the missile being launched with his top military aides and soldiers cheering. He expressed conviction that the country “would make a greater leap forward in this […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea confirmed its test-firing of a precision-guided ballistic missile was “successful,” the state-run news agency KCNA reported Tuesday, a day after the projectile landed in waters provocatively close to Japan. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un supervised the launch of the “new-type precision guided ballistic rocket” — the third missile test by the nuclear-armed regime in less than three weeks and carried out in defiance of United Nations sanctions warnings […]
