Photo taken on Aug 16, 2022 shows the White House in Washington, DC, the United States. (PHOTO / XINHUA) SEOUL – The White House on Tuesday nominated a special envoy for human rights in the Democratic Prople's Republic of Korea, moving to fill a post that has been empty since 2017. President Joe Biden nominated […]
A man walks past a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a DPRK missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on Dec 31, 2022. (JUNG YEON-JE / AFP) SEOUL – The Democratic People's Republic of Korea fired a rocket shell towards the eastern waters early on Sunday, the official Korean […]
DPRK refuses to buckle to pressure as US stretches regional influence In this photo provided by the Republic of Korea's defense ministry, fighter jets of the US and the ROK's air forces fly in formation during a joint drill on June 7, 2022. (PHOTO / ROK DEFENSE MINISTRY VIA AP) On Sept 30, when Russian […]
DPRK refuses to buckle to pressure as US stretches regional influence In this photo provided by the Republic of Korea's defense ministry, fighter jets of the US and the ROK's air forces fly in formation during a joint drill on June 7, 2022. (PHOTO / ROK DEFENSE MINISTRY VIA AP) On Sept 30, when Russian […]
This picture taken on Nov 18, 2022 and released from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on Nov 19, 2022 shows the launch of North Korea's new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) "Hwasong Gun 17", at Pyongyang International Airport. (STR / KCNA VIA KNS / AFP) SEOUL – The Democratic People's […]
Flower wreaths are laid in honour of martyrs from the Chinese People's Volunteers Army at the Friendship Tower in Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, on April 4, 2019. (CHENG DAYU / XINHUA) SEOUL – China and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea held a wreath-laying ceremony on Tuesday at the Friendship Tower in Pyongyang […]
A TV screen showing a news program reporting about the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's missile launch with file footage, is seen at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, the Republic of Korea on Oct 4, 2022. (LEE JIN-MAN / AP) SEOUL – The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) test-fired two long-range strategic cruise […]
A TV screen showing a news program reporting about the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's missile launch with file footage, is seen at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea on Oct 6, 2022. (LEE JIN-MAN / AP) SEOUL/TOKYO – The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea on Thursday […]
In this photo provided by the Defense Ministry of the Republic of Korea, an Army Tactical Missile System or ATACMS, missile is fired during a joint military drill between US and the ROK at an undisclosed location in the ROK, Oct 5, 2022. The Joint Chiefs of Staff said the ROK and US militaries successfully […]
This handout photo taken on Nov 12, 2017 and provided by the ROK Defense Ministry in Seoul shows USS Nimitz (3rd left), USS Ronald Reagan (2nd left) and USS Theodore Roosevelt (left) conducting operations with ROK's destroyer "King Sejong" (front) during a joint naval drill in the waters east of ROK. (ROK DEFENSE MINISTRY / […]
US Vice President Kamala Harris arrives at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, the Republic of Korea, Sept 29, 2022. (JUNG YEON-JE/POOL PHOTO VIA AP) TOKYO – US Vice President Kamala Harris was headed to Seoul and the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas on Thursday, just hours after the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea […]
A woman walks past a screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a DPRK missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on June 5, 2022. (ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP) SEOUL – The Democratic People's Republic of Korea fired an unidentified ballistic missile toward its eastern waters, the Republic of Korea's Joint Chiefs […]
People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a DPRK missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on Sept 25, 2022. (JUNG YEON-JE / AFP) SEOUL – The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired a short-range ballistic missile into its eastern waters, the Republic of Korea's Joint Chiefs […]
ROK's Unification Minister Kwon Young-se speaks during a press conference at the Government Complex in Seoul, Sept 8, 2022. (AHN YOUNG-JOON / AP) SEOUL – The Republic of Korea (ROK) on Thursday proposed talks with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) for the reunion of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War. The ROK […]
Elizabeth Salmon, the UN special rapporteur for human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, listens to the Republic of Korea’s Unification Minister Kwon Youngse during their meeting at the Government Complex in Seoul, on Sept 2, 2022. (AHN YOUNG-JOON / AP) SEOUL – The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea's foreign ministry criticized a […]
President Yoon Suk-yeol of the Republic of Korea speaks at a news conference to mark his first 100 days in office at the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, Aug 17, 2022. (CHUNG SUNG-JUN / POOL PHOTO VIA AP) SEOUL – Kim Yo-jong, sister of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea's leader Kim Jong-un, said on Friday […]
DPRK's leader Kim Jong-un (left) speaks to Russian President Vladimir Putin during their talks in Vladivostok, Russia, April 25, 2019. (ALEXEI NIKOLSKY / SPUTNIK / KREMLIN POOL PHOTO VIA AP) SEOUL – Russian President Vladimir Putin told Democratic People’s Republic of Korea top leader Kim Jong-un the two countries will "expand the comprehensive and constructive […]
This picture taken on July 27, 2022 and released by DPRK's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on July 28 shows DPRK leader Kim Jong-un (center) delivering a speech at the 69th anniversary of the victory in the Korean War in Pyongyang. (STR / KCNA VIA KNS / AFP) SEOUL – The Democratic People’s Republic […]
In this photo taken on June 25, 2022, people attend a mass rally to mark the "day of struggle against US imperialism", on the 72nd anniversary of the three-year Korean War, which began on June 25, 1950, at the plaza of the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum in Pyongyang. (KIM WONG JIN / AFP) SEOUL […]
In this photo taken on June 25, 2022, people attend a mass rally to mark the "day of struggle against US imperialism", on the 72nd anniversary of the three-year Korean War, which began on June 25, 1950, at the plaza of the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum in Pyongyang. (KIM WONG JIN / AFP) SEOUL […]
In this photo provided by the government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, DPRK leader Kim Jong-un delivers his speech during a ceremony to mark the 69th anniversary of the Korean War armistice, in Pyongyang, July 27, 2022. (KOREAN CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY/KOREA NEWS SERVICE VIA AP) SEOUL – The leader of the Democratic People’s […]
Visitors walk past a military fence covered with ribbons with messages calling for peace and reunification at the Imjingak peace park near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Republic of Korea in Paju on Jan 1, 2021. (JUNG YEON-JE / AFP) SEOUL – The Republic of Korea's presidential […]
In this Nov 29, 2010, file photo, loaded trucks line up to cross the Friendship Bridge, linking China and the DPRK, near the town of Sinuiju of the DRPK. (ANDY WONG / FILE / AP) SEOUL – Towns of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea along the border with China were flooded this week after heavy […]
United Nations special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in DPRK, Tomas Ojea Quintana, speaks during a press conference wrapping up his visit to ROK, in Seoul on June 29, 2022. (JUNG YEON-JE / AFP) SEOUL – The Republic of Korea's 2019 decision to deport without legal process two Democratic People’s Republic of Korea […]
In this photo taken on June 25, 2022, people attend a mass rally to mark the "day of struggle against US imperialism", on the 72nd anniversary of the three-year Korean War, which began on June 25, 1950, at the plaza of the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum in Pyongyang. (KIM WONG JIN / AFP) SEOUL […]
In this photo provided by the government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DPRK leader Kim Jong-un attends a meeting of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea, which were held between June 21 and 23, 2022, in Pyongyang. (KOREAN CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY/KOREA NEWS SERVICE VIA AP) PYONGYANG/SEOUL – The top leader […]
Health officials of the Pyongyang Sports Goods Factory disinfect the floor of a work place in Pyongyang, the DPRK, June 14, 2022. (CHA SONG HO / AP) SEOUL – The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un and other senior officials prepared aid to send to 800 families suffering from an unidentified intestinal epidemic, […]
In this file photo taken on Jan 20, 2022, a woman walks past a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a DPRK missile test, at a railway station in Seoul. (JUNG YEON-JE / AFP) SEOUL – The Democratic People's Republic of Korea fired multiple projectiles, the Republic of Korea’s Joint Chiefs […]
ROK Minister of National Defense Lee Jong-sup speaks at the Shangri-La Dialogue summit in Singapore on June 12, 2022. (ROSLAN RAHMAN / AFP) SINGAPORE – Republic of Korea Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup said on Sunday that his country would dramatically enhance its defense capabilities and work closely with the United States and Japan after the […]
In accordance with new rules requiring the United Nations General Assembly to examine any veto wielded in the Security Council by any of its five permanent members, China and Russia defended their vetoes of a resolution that would have imposed new sanctions on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on Wednesday. China and Russia oppose […]