SEOUL, NORTH KOREA | TASS | North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said at a meeting with Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov that strikes inside Russia with longer-range Western weapons represent direct interference in the conflict in Ukraine, the Korean Central News Agency reported. “Comrade Kim Jong Un said the …
Read More »North Korea’s Kim Jong Un makes multiple military inspections
SEOUL | Xinhua | Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), made multiple military inspections, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Friday. The inspections include a guiding tour to …
Read More »KCNA releases text of comprehensive strategic partnership treaty with Russia
PYONGYANG, North Korea | TASS | The Korean Central News agency has released the text of the North Korean-Russian treaty on comprehensive strategic partnership that was signed during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s state visit to that country. The key provisions of the open-ended treaty are: Immediate mutual assistance in case …
Read More »Strategic partnership, rejection of sanctions: results of talks between Putin, Kim Jong Un
The treaty will take interaction between the two countries “to a new level” rather than resting on laurels that already exist PYONGYANG, North Korea | TASS | Russia and North Korea signed a comprehensive strategic partnership agreement and several other important documents after the Russian-Korean talks in which President Vladimir …
Read More »DPRK to obliterate South Korea if provoked militarily — Kim Jong Un
TOKYO | TASS | Pursuing a policy of confrontation with Pyongyang is suicidal for Seoul and, in the event of a military provocation, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) will be ready to engage its entire arsenal to eliminate the Republic of Korea (ROK), North Korean leader Kim Jong …
Read More »DPRK ruling party hails Kim Jong Un’s visit to Russia as big success
Seoul, N.Korea | Xinhua | The ruling party of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) held a politburo meeting on Wednesday, hailing the visit to Russia by Kim Jong Un, the DPRK’s top leader, as a success with desired results attained, the country’s state news agency reported Friday. In a …
Read More »Kim congratulates Xi on successful Beijing Winter Olympics
Beijing, China | Xinhua | Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea, has sent a verbal message to Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), to express warm congratulations on the successful Beijing Winter Olympics. In the message, Kim …
Read More »Strongman admirer Trump sees US protests in warlike terms
Washington, United States | AFP | From the White House, President Donald Trump delivered blunt — some say alarming — instructions to local leaders confronting nationwide street protests against police brutality: “dominate.” “If you don’t dominate, you’re wasting your time,” he told state governors. And if they tried, but failed? “Then I …
Read More »North Korea’s Kim reappears after weeks of speculation
Seoul, South Korea | AFP | North Korea’s Kim Jong Un has made his first public appearance in nearly three weeks, state media reported Saturday, following intense speculation that the leader of the nuclear-armed nation was seriously ill or possibly dead. The North reported that Kim had attended the opening of …
Read More »Why North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s health matters
Seoul, South Korea | AFP | Nearly three weeks after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s no-show at a key event sparked rumours he was seriously ill or even dead, state media published photos Saturday showing him in public. Kim’s conspicuous absence from the April 15 celebrations for the birthday of …
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