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North Korea fires two short-range ballistic missiles
AFP, Published on 15/06/2023
» SEOUL: North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles, South Korea's military said Thursday, shortly after Pyongyang warned of an "inevitable" response to ongoing US-South Korea joint military drills.
North Korea fires 'medium range or longer' ballistic missile
AFP, Published on 13/04/2023
» SEOUL - North Korea fired a ballistic missile Thursday, Seoul's military said, prompting Japan to briefly issue a seek shelter warning to residents of the northern Hokkaido region.
Pyongyang blames Covid on ‘alien things’
Published on 01/07/2022
» North Korea has claimed that people who had touched “alien things” near the border with South Korea were the first to be infected with the coronavirus.
North, South Korean leaders exchange letters
Kyodo News, Published on 22/04/2022
» North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and outgoing South Korean President Moon Jae In have exchanged personal letters, the North's official media reported Friday, despite rising tensions over Pyongyang's military provocations.
North Korea to redevelop flagship tourist resort
AFP, Published on 20/12/2020
» SEOUL: Pyongyang plans to redevelop its flagship Mount Kumgang tourist complex into an international resort, a year after leader Kim Jong Un ordered South Korean-built buildings there demolished, state media reported Sunday.
Kim Jong Un 'very sorry' over killing of South Korean, Seoul says
AFP, Published on 25/09/2020
» SEOUL - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un issued a rare apology Friday over what he described as the "unexpected and disgraceful" killing of a South Korean at sea, Seoul's presidential office said.
North Korea shot dead South Korean defector: officials
AFP, Published on 24/09/2020
» SEOUL - North Korean soldiers shot dead a suspected South Korean defector at sea and burned his body as a coronavirus precaution after he was interrogated in the water over several hours, Seoul military officials said Thursday.
N. Korea's Kim issues warning on virus as health speculation swirls
AFP, Published on 26/08/2020
» SEOUL - North Korean state media on Wednesday showed leader Kim Jong Un at a meeting of a top committee issuing warnings about the coronavirus and a looming typhoon, following international speculation over his state of health.
16m infections, 645,000 deaths: Virus world update
AFP, Published on 26/07/2020
» SEOUL: North Korea declared its first suspected coronavirus case on Sunday, becoming one of the last countries to do so as the number of people infected worldwide passed 16 million.
North Korea declares emergency over suspected virus case
AFP, Published on 26/07/2020
» SEOUL: North Korean authorities have imposed a lockdown on the border city of Kaesong after discovering what they say is the country's first suspected coronavirus case, state media reported Sunday.