North Korean sports broadcast labels South Korea ‘puppets’
While North Korea has used derogatory and sharp-worded expressions to describe the South on political and military issues, the use of a derogatory term in relation to a sporting…
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Unification ministry urges North Korea to immediately send detained South Koreans back home
The ministry made the appeal in a statement marking 10 years after South Korean pastor Kim Jung-wook was arrested in Pyongyang in 2013 and then sentenced to hard labour for life…
Seoul’s Defence Ministry warns North Korean regime over nuclear buildup
Seoul's warning came a week after Pyongyang's decision to incorporate its policy of bolstering its nuclear capabilities into its constitution.
Kishida’s summit overture to Pyongyang
The writer says with Beijing and Moscow aligned to give North Korea better support, Kim Jong Un may be tougher for PM Kishida to deal with.
North Korea stipulates nuclear force-building policy in constitution
Leader Kim Jong-un also stressed the need to "exponentially" bolster the country's nuclear arsenal and diversify its nuclear strike capability, as well as deployment with…
North Korea decides to expel US soldier Travis King
Observers have said Pyongyang could seek to use King for its propaganda efforts or as a bargaining chip to demand concessions from Washington, as dialogue between the two sides…
Court finds ban on leafleting into North Korea unconstitutional
Meanwhile, the same court found a law to ban the act of praising or propagating the North Korean regime under the National Security Act, constitutional.
Russian top diplomat to visit North Korea, accuses US of fuelling tensions on Korean Peninsula
The confirmation of the visit to North Korea stands in contrast to a similar situation four years ago, when potential high-level talks in Pyongyang did not come to fruition,…
President Yoon’s speech at UN signals downturn ahead in inter-Korean relations: experts
The naming row reverses the trend that North Korea came first when referring to its bilateral relationship with other countries over the past decades.
Kim Jong-un heads home with drone gifts from Russia
Kim's stay in Russia for five nights and six days since arriving at the border station of Khasan on Sept. 12 marks his longest foreign trip.