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Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi. (Photo: AP)

Always supported talks: China on US seeking dialogue with N Korea

China has signed up for increasingly tough UN sanctions against North Korea, but has also pushed for a resumption of...

3 Aug 2017 8:11 PM IST

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un. (Photo: AP)

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

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

14 Aug 2017 2:39 PM IST

Quick reaction surface-to-air missile of the DRDO is test fired successfully from ITR Chandipur, off the Odisha Coast. (Photo: PTI)

Take cover, avoid bomb flash: Guam issues nuclear guidelines

Guam is home to about 163,000 people and a US military base that includes a submarine squadron, an air base and a Coast...

12 Aug 2017 10:58 AM IST

According to the report, the complex has three distinct entrances and a separate support area and the entrances are large and can accommodate even the largest possible vehicles. (Photo: AP/Representational)

Pak builds nuclear warhead underground storage site in Balochistan: US...

The report said it could serve as a storage site for strategic reserves and a means of protecting a counterforce nuclear...

11 Aug 2017 12:59 PM IST

North Korea said Wednesday that it was examining operational plans for attacking Guam, an angry reaction to U.N. punishment for recent North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile tests and a U.S. suggestion about preparations for possible preventive attacks to stop the Norths nuclear weapons program. (Photo: AP)

As tensions soar, South Korean media urge nuclear arms

The South, which hosts US 28,500 troops on its soil to defend it from the North, is banned from building its own nuclear...

11 Aug 2017 12:51 PM IST

In this file photo, distributed by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, second from right, inspects the preparation of the launch of a Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in North Koreas northwest. (Photo: AP)

NKorea nukes, missiles top concerns in Japan defense

N Korea second ICBM missile was fired at an extremely lofted angle and landed about 200 kilometers (120 miles) off...

8 Aug 2017 8:48 AM IST

US President-elect Donald Trump and Indian-American Nikki Haley, the Governor of South Carolina. (Photo: AP)

US not scared of North Korea's threats, says Nikki Haley

Haley praised both Russia and China for the UN Security Council vote on North Korean sanctions.

8 Aug 2017 8:11 AM IST

In this file photo, distributed by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, second from right, inspects the preparation of the launch of a Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in North Koreas northwest. (Photo: AP)

How Trump is being tested by North Korea and China

Trump has been very conscious of North Korea since 2013 and has tweeted about it more than 50 times in various contexts.

17 July 2017 3:02 AM IST

North Korea conducted two nuclear tests and a slew of rocket test firings last year in attempts to expand its nuclear weapons and missile programme.

Pyongyang may possess more nuclear bomb fuel than thought: US think...

The think tank said images of the uranium enrichment facility at Yongbyon could also indicate operation of centrifuges.

14 July 2017 7:46 PM IST

US President Donald Trump (Photo: AP)

Trump weighs stepping up pressure on North Korea

American officials had been describing improved coordination with China as the centerpiece of their North Korea...

1 July 2017 1:12 PM IST

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (Photo: AP)

CIA special unit to focus on nuclear threat of North

The US has not ruled out a military strike to prevent Pyongyang from advancing its nuclear capabilities.

12 May 2017 3:16 AM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Photo: AP)

Vladimir Putin asks nations seek peaceful solution to North Korea...

Putin said he was briefed by his defence minister after North Korea's latest missile test.

15 May 2017 6:29 PM IST