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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un oversaw the test-firing of “cutting-edge” hypersonic missiles to ready Pyongyang’s nuclear forces for war, state media
Relations with Beijing will also improve considerably. North Korea will seek normalisation of trade relations and economic assistance from China, while China will attempt to manage conflict escalation on the Korean Peninsula. Both China and Russia are likely to show a more tolerant attitude towards North Korea’s nuclear weapons status.
North Korea has fired a ballistic missile off its east coast, according to South Korea’s military. "The North has launched an unidentified ballistic missile toward the East Sea," the military said, referring to waters also known as the Sea of Japan.
South Korean President Lee meets Xi Jinping in Beijing to discuss trade and North Korean tensions amid recent missile launches.
An academic and former head of a research institute was Friday appointed as Seoul's new unification minister, the South's key point of contact on inter-Korean affairs. The appointment of Kim Yeon-chul comes days after the US and North Korea held a second ...
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Pyongyang briefly reports on New Year's greeting by China's Xi to N. Korea's Kim
Last month, the KCNA reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a New Year's message to Kim, which it disclosed in detail. Putin sent the New Year's message on Dec. 18 and the KCNA released it last Thursday, quoting him as hailing the North's "heroic" dispatch of troops in Russia's war against Ukraine.
SEOUL, March 13 (Reuters) - Seoul will pursue a bid for the 2036 Summer Games without reviving efforts to co-host an Olympics with the North Korean capital of Pyongyang, Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon told Reuters. Amid hopes for better relations with the nuclear ...
North Korea is demolishing a $37 million South Korean–built hotel at Mount Kumgang, signaling the end of tourism diplomacy and joint projects amid worsening security tensions.
SEOUL, March 13 (Reuters) - Seoul will pursue a bid for the 2036 Summer Games without reviving efforts to co-host an Olympics with the North Korean capital of Pyongyang, Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon told Reuters. Amid hopes for better relations with the nuclear ...
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