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SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — The Lazarus hacking group, widely believed to be connected to North Korea, is “highly likely” responsible for the WannaCry global cyberattack that hit earlier this month, US anti-virus firm Symantec said. North Korea has angrily dismissed earlier reports linking its isolated regime to the worm that crippled hundreds of thousands of computers, demanding payment in Bitcoin to return control to users. But Symantec said the ransomware had many of […]
by Carole LANDRY / with Hwang Sunghee in Seoul Agence France Presse UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — The UN Security Council on Monday vowed to push all countries to tighten sanctions against North Korea as it prepared for a closed-door meeting called in response to the latest missile launch. In a unanimous statement backed by China, Pyongyang’s ally, the council strongly condemned the test-firing on Sunday and instructed the UN sanctions committee to redouble […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) – China called on Monday for dialogue to ease tensions on the Korean peninsula after North Korea carried out a new missile test. “The (UN) Security Council has clear stipulations prohibiting DPRK against using ballistic missiles and China opposes this as well,” foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told a regular press briefing, using the initials of North Korea’s official name. “The situation on the Korean peninsula is complex and sensitive. We urge […]
by Hwang Sunghee Agence France Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea on Monday declared its medium-range Pukguksong-2 missile ready for deployment after a weekend test, the latest step in its quest to defy UN sanctions and develop an intercontinental rocket capable of striking US targets. The state-run Korean Central News Agency said the North’s leader Kim Jong-Un oversaw Sunday’s launch, which sparked a fresh chorus of international condemnation and threats of tougher sanctions. […]
by Mike Smith Agence France-Presse JERUSALEM, Israel (AFP) – US President Donald Trump visits Jerusalem Monday to seek ways to achieve Israeli-Palestinian peace, a goal that has eluded his predecessors but which he says could be easier than “people have thought”. Trump’s visit is part of his first trip abroad as president and follows an initial stop in Saudi Arabia, where he urged Islamic leaders to take a stand against violence committed in the name […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea on Monday confirmed the “successful” launch of a medium-range ballistic missile, Pyongyang’s state media said, adding the weapon was now ready to be deployed for military action. Leader Kim Jong-Un oversaw the launch, the state-run Korean Central News Agency reported, adding that he “approved the deployment of this weapon system.” KCNA said the missile tested was the Pukguksong-2, a land-based version of Pyongyang’s submarine-launched weapon, which uses solid-fuel […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea fired off an “unidentified projectile” Sunday according to South Korean defense officials, a week after its latest missile launch. “North Korea fired an unidentified projectile at Pukchang, South Pyongan province in the afternoon today,” the South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. There was no further information given about the nature of the projectile. Last week Pyongyang launched an intermediate-range missile named the Hwasong-12 its longest-range […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China’s foreign minister urged South Korea’s new government on Thursday to remove “obstacles” to good relations amid Chinese anger at the United States’ deployment of an anti-missile system on the Korean peninsula. Greeting South Korean presidential envoy Lee Hae-Chan in Beijing, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said bilateral relations have made immense progress over the years. “But this year we’ve had some undeserved setbacks,” Wang said, likely in a veiled reference to […]
by Carole Landry Agence France Presse UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — The United Nations Security Council met behind closed doors on Tuesday to discuss tightening sanctions on North Korea after it fired its latest ballistic missile. United States Ambassador Nikki Haley said the US was working with China, Pyongyang’s main ally, on a new sanctions resolution and warned that all countries must step up action against North Korea or face measures themselves. “We all […]
by Rob Lever / with Alice Tidey in London Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Security researchers on Monday reported signs of a potential North Korea link to the massive cyberattack campaign that sparked havoc in computer systems worldwide and opened fresh political rifts between Russia and the United States. After days of disruptions affecting networks worldwide, a top US official said the number of computers affected had reached 300,000, but that infection […]
SEOUL , South Korea (AFP) — North Korea Monday celebrated the launch of what appeared to be its longest-range ballistic missile yet tested in a bid to bring the United States mainland within reach, saying it was capable of carrying a “heavy nuclear warhead.” Leader Kim Jong-Un personally oversaw the test on Sunday, the official Korea Central News Agency (KCNA) said, and pictures by state media showed him gazing at the missile in a hangar […]
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (AFP) – North Korea’s latest missile launch was a successful test of a new type of rocket, Pyongyang’s state media reported Monday. Sunday’s launch was of a “newly-developed mid/long-range strategic ballistic rocket, Hwasong-12,” the official KCNA news agency said, adding that leader Kim Jong-Un “personally oversaw the test-launch of the new type of rocket.” The isolated North is under multiple sets of United Nations sanctions over its nuclear and missile programs, which […]
