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First N. Korean commercial flight in 3 years lands in Beijing
AFP, Published on 22/08/2023
» BEIJING: North Korea's first international commercial flight in three years landed in Beijing on Tuesday, according to an arrivals board seen by an AFP journalist at the airport.
Will airline bailouts fly?
Business, Published on 04/11/2020
» As airlines and hotels with their backs to the Covid wall plead with governments for help, it is not unusual for nationalist fervour to override economics in the search for quick fixes. In many cases though, this would be folly.
Embassies close in N Korea as diplomats evacuated over virus
AFP, Published on 09/03/2020
» SEOUL: Several embassies in North Korea closed Monday as many diplomats were flown out following weeks of tight quarantine restrictions imposed by Pyongyang over the spread of the novel coronavirus.
US North Korea envoy in Moscow as Russia plans for Kim-Putin talks
AFP, Published on 17/04/2019
» MOSCOW - The US special envoy for North Korea was due in Moscow on Wednesday as the Kremlin said it was preparing for possible talks between Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un.
Malaysia won't drop case against Vietnamese in Kim killing
Online Reporters, Published on 14/03/2019
» SHAH ALAM, Malaysia: Malaysia's attorney-general ordered the murder case to proceed against a Vietnamese woman accused in the killing of the estranged half brother of North Korea's leader, prosecutors said in court Thursday.
North Korea's Kim 'planning China visit': report
AFP, Published on 19/06/2018
» TOKYO: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may visit China as early as Tuesday to brief President Xi Jinping on last week's summit with US President Donald Trump, according to Japanese reports.
N. Korea plane drives speculation over Kim visit to China
AFP, Published on 08/05/2018
» BEIJING: An airplane normally used by North Korean VIPs flew out of China on Tuesday, Japanese media reported, sparking speculation that Kim Jong Un may have made a secret visit to the country.
N Korean underdogs win on screen
B Magazine, Published on 06/05/2018
» North Korean movies rarely make it to the outside world, but 2012's Comrade Kim Goes Flying not only received a limited international release, it also earned the distinction of becoming the first North Korean production to be shown at a film festival in South Korea.
Kim heralds more N. Korea economic reforms: analysts
AFP, Published on 22/04/2018
» SEOUL - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's promise to build "socialist economic construction" in his nuclear-armed but impoverished and isolated country could herald more Chinese-style economic reforms, according to analysts -- but he will never explicitly say so.
Airport video shows N.Korean official with murder suspects
Reuters, Published on 06/11/2017
» KUALA LUMPUR: A North Korean embassy official and a manager of Air Koryo, the national airline, met suspects wanted for the killing of Kim Jong Nam shortly after the murder, according to video recordings shown at the trial in Kuala Lumpur on Monday.