Pyongyang: Turnout in North Korea’s single-candidate elections touched 99.99 percent this year, state media said on Tuesday. The election turnout saw an increase of 0.02 percent from the previous elections that took place in 2014. The turnout was touch short of 100 percent as people working abroad or in oceans could[Read More…]
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Tokyo 2020: North Korea and South Korea to march and compete together?
Switzerland: The officials of the two nations of South Korea and North Korea met with the International Olympic committee. The countries showed their interest to march together in the upcoming 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics. Interests in presenting unified teams in some sports were also put forward. In 2006 Turin Winter Olympics[Read More…]
Guterres calls for clear roadmap of denuclearization of Korean Peninsula
United Nations, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for serious talks between the US and North Korea, and for a clear roadmap of denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. “We believe it’s high time to make sure that the negotiations between the US and North Korea start again seriously, and that[Read More…]
Live Streaming Football, Lebanon Vs North Korea, AFC Asian Cup 2019: Where and how to watch LEB vs PRK
Lebanon play DPR Korea in the AFC Asian Cup 2019 in Sharjah. The two nations are paired alongside Qatar and Saudi Arabia in Group E of the competition. The AFC Asian Cup Group Stage is coming to a close, with two places still up for grabs. And fighting for those two[Read More…]
Live Streaming Football, Saudi Arabia Vs North Korea, AFC Asian Cup 2019: Where and how to watch SAU vs NK
Gulf-heavyweights Saudi Arabia and minnows North Korea commence their respective campaigns of the AFC Asian Cup 2019 in Dubai. Saudi Arabia and North Korea are paired alongside Lebanon and 2022 World Cup hosts Qatar in Group E of the competition. North Korea themselves were at the World Cup just 9[Read More…]
Trump to hold second summit with Kim, but Japan remains lukewarm in its response
Though details of Kim’s letter were not publicized by the White House, it markedly reflected fast geo-political development of the Korean Peninsula.
North Korea’s Kim Jong-un crosses into South Korea
Goyang: South Korean President Moon Jae-in greeted Kim Jong Un, top leader of North Korea on Friday and become the first North Korean leader to set foot in South Korea by crossing the military line that has divided the peninsula since the end of the Korean War in 1953. Smiling and[Read More…]
North Korea suspends nuclear, missile tests
Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has announced the immediate suspension of nuclear and missile tests, media reports said on Saturday. “From April 21, North Korea will stop nuclear tests and launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles,” Efe quoted Kim as saying. North Korea will also “shut down a nuclear test[Read More…]
Trump ‘will walk out’ if North Korea talks not fruitful
Washington: US President Donald Trump has said that if his planned talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un are not fruitful he will “walk out”, media reported. He said this during a joint news conference with visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the BBC reported. Trump said if he did[Read More…]
Kim Jong-un secretly visits Beijing, meets Xi
Beijing: After keeping it under wraps and the world guessing, China on Wednesday announced North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was indeed in Beijing, and met Chinese President Xi Jinping. An arrival of a special North Korean train and heightened security in Beijing had led the media to believe Kim was[Read More…]
N.Korea agrees to hold high-level talks: Seoul
Seoul: South Korea on Saturday said that North Korea has accepted its proposal to hold high-level inter-Korean talks next week. In a statement, South Korea’s Unification Ministry said the talks were slated for March 29, reports CNN. The talks were first proposed by South Korea to be held in the[Read More…]
North Korea warns that nuclear war may break anytime
As the situation on the Korean plateau has reached the “touch-and-go point”, North Korea has warned that a nuclear war may break out at any time. According to media reports, the country’s deputy UN ambassador, Kim In-ryong, told the UN general assembly’s disarmament committee that Pyongyang has the right to[Read More…]
North Korea’s hydrogen bomb test quakes leaders’ globally
The state media of North Korea claimed that Pyongyang successfully conducted a hydrogen bomb test. Earlier on Sunday, the United States Geological Survey had reported a possible explosion in North Korea, at a site where Pyongyang has detonated nuclear explosions in the past. Pyongyang’s sixth underground test triggered a 6.3[Read More…]
PM Modi and Trump discuss peace across Indo-Pacific region, North Korea
President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have agreed to improve peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region by establishing a new two-by-two ministerial dialogue, which would elevate their strategic consultations, the White House said on Tuesday. After a conversation with PM Modi on the eve of India’s Independence[Read More…]
US sets official date for start of North Korea travel ban
The United States declared September 1 to be the date when they officially start a ban, prohibiting its citizens from travelling to North Korea. “The department of state has determined that the serious risk to United States nationals of arrest and long-term detention represents imminent danger to the physical safety[Read More…]
China: The new axis of evil power to its neighbours?
China has to its credit a great civilisation, the discovery of compass, centralised administration, gun powder etc. In the present day, China is known for making cheap and low-quality goods, anti-dumping and infamous for border disputes to most neighbouring countries (14 countries by land, and 6 by sea). China is[Read More…]
North Korea launched missile that can reach anywhere; Trump calls it ‘nonsense’
North Korea has conducted its first successful test of a long-range missile and claimed that it can “reach anywhere in the world.” The missile test, conducted on Tuesday morning, reached a height of 2,802 kilometers (1741 miles), reports state broadcaster Korea Central Television (KCTV). This is the highest ever altitude[Read More…]
North Korea and Pakistan: Nuclear rogue nations
India is one of the few countries in the world who is striving for peace development and security. It has always helped poor, underdeveloped, developing nations to strive for progress and peace. It conducted nuclear test only for its regional security and never violated any international norms or regulations. However,[Read More…]
North Korea fires third missile into Japanese waters in 3 weeks
On Monday, North Korea allegedly fired another missile off its east coast. This is its third such test in just over three weeks. The short-range ballistic missile fell in the ocean within 200 miles of its coastline. The missile landed within its Exclusive Economic Zone, an area of water extended[Read More…]
Trump says he’d meet Kim Jong Un if conditions are right
Despite the tension over NorthKorea’s nuclear weapons programme, US President Donald Trump said he would meet with Kim Jong Un if the circumstances were right. “If it would be appropriate for me to meet with him, I would absolutely, I would be honoured to do it,” Mr Trump said Monday[Read More…]
Ready for war if US chooses: North Korea
North Korea says ready for war with US
North Korea’s missile launch a clear violation of UN Security Council resolutions: Shinzo Abe
North Korea fired four ballistic missiles in the early hours of Monday morning into the sea off Japan’s northwest, South Korean and Japanese officials said. Military authorities in South Korea, Japan, and the United States all confirmed the launch of four intermediate range missiles, which traveled almost 1,000 kilometers (620[Read More…]
North Korean embassy official involved in Kim Jong-nam’s murder, says Malaysia
Malaysian police on Wednesday named a senior official at the North Korean embassy in Kuala Lumpur in connection with the killing of Kim Jong-un’s estranged half-brother. Royal Malaysia Police Inspector General Khalid Abu Bakar said the embassy official, identified as Hyon Kwang Song, holds the title of second secretary. According[Read More…]
CCTV footage shows a fatal assault on North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un’s half-brother
A CCTV footage showing the deadly assault of the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un by a woman has flooded the Televisions on Monday. The attacker, a woman is believed to have wiped a fast-acting poison on his face. Kim Jong Nam passed away last Monday a short[Read More…]