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US targets Kim Jong-un’s assets, oil supply to North

Pyongyang pledges more powerful counter-measures to sanctions, pressure by Washington.

08 Sep 2017 6:56 AM

N Korea celebrates nuclear test, says 'No-one can stop us on our road to future'

North Korea in July carried out its first two successful tests of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).

07 Sep 2017 5:38 PM

US pushes oil embargo on North Korea, takes aim at Kim Jong-Un

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un would be added to a UN sanctions blacklist that would subject him to a global travel ban.

07 Sep 2017 12:17 PM

Monumental follies: When will statues of Kim crumble?

Pyongyang, meanwhile, does not restrict its ambitions to nuclear and missile technologies.

07 Sep 2017 12:23 AM

World on edge, but talks with Kim vital

The US President’s rhetoric has also risen in direct proportion to the scale of Kim’s insouciance.

05 Sep 2017 12:04 AM

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After nuclear test, Pentagon chief warns N Korea of 'massive military response'

Trump threatened drastic economic sanctions, including 'stopping all trade with any country doing business with North Korea.'

04 Sep 2017 10:51 AM

As tensions soar, N Korea warns Japan of 'imminent self-destruction' for siding with US

The authorities in North Korea are highly nationalistic and promote resentment of the US and Japan as part of their claim to legitimacy.

31 Aug 2017 10:01 AM

Days after N Korea missile fire, Trump says 'talking not the answer'; Mattis disagrees

Trump’s comment, a day after Pyongyang fired a ballistic missile over Japan that drew UN and other international condemnation.

31 Aug 2017 9:40 AM

Amid N Korea tensions, US conducts missile defence test off Hawaii coast

Japan has been worried that the United States has so far declined to arm it with powerful new radar, Reuters reported on Wednesday.

30 Aug 2017 5:15 PM

Kim-Don row: World is at risk

A worried Xi Jinping, in a telephonic conversation with Mr Trump, called on all parties to “exercise restraint”.

25 Aug 2017 12:30 AM

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North Korean media reveals missile plans as Kim orders more ICBM production

Pyongyang has made rapid strides in its ballistic missile technology, which it is banned from pursuing under United Nations resolutions.

23 Aug 2017 11:33 AM

North Korea's Kim Jong-Un starting to respect US, claims Donald Trump

Tensions between North Korea and the United States and its allies soared last month after Pyongyang tested two long-range missile.

23 Aug 2017 10:29 AM

Doklam: Lessons from 1962

On India's Independence Day, Chinese and Indian forces clashed in Ladakh, north of Pangong Tso (lake).

19 Aug 2017 1:33 AM

Kim Jong-Un made very wise decision to back down

The alternative would have been both catastrophic and unacceptable!" Trump wrote on Twitter.

16 Aug 2017 6:51 PM

Palestinian Prez Mahmud Abbas congratulates N Korea on its independence day

In a separate message also carried by Wafa, Abbas congratulated South Korean President Moon Jae-In on the anniversary.

16 Aug 2017 10:50 AM

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Washington says open to talk if North Korea ready to disarm: Rex Tillerson

Tillerson would not go into more detail as to how N Korea could demonstrate a commitment to the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.

16 Aug 2017 8:26 AM

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un briefed on plan to fire missiles near Guam

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un urged the US to 'stop at once arrogant provocations' against the North and not provoke it any longer.

15 Aug 2017 9:50 AM

Following pressure from US, China suspends North Korean iron, seafood imports

The ministry said on its website that all imports of coal, iron, iron ore and seafood will be 'completely prohibited' from Tuesday.

14 Aug 2017 2:39 PM

As Trump flounders, Xi set to make gains

Washington has levers against Beijing but using them in the form of tweets in making foreign policy as he goes along is a road to disaster.

14 Aug 2017 12:29 AM

'Fire and fury’ warning to N Korea maybe ‘wasn't tough enough’: Trump

Earlier on Thursday, Pyongyang said it was readying plans to launch missiles towards the Pacific territory of Guam.

11 Aug 2017 2:23 PM

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