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North Korea hints at further missile launches to follow

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was on site to personally oversee the launch of the Hwasong-12 missile, the North Korean media reported on Aug. 30. This confirms that the missile that flew through Jap..

Aug.31,2017 16:46
Trump reiterates “all options on the table” with regard to North Korea

US President Donald Trump responded to North Korea’s latest ballistic missile launch on Aug. 29 by declaring that “all options are on the table.” The White House also reported Trump as reaching an agr..

Aug.30,2017 17:44
[News analysis] Experts call for South Korean policy shift on North Korea

North Korea is once again ratcheting up its provocations. After firing a short-range missile on Aug. 26, it launched an intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM) on Aug. 29 that passed through Japan..

Aug.30,2017 17:36
North Korean IRBM launch rattles Japan

At 5:57 am on Aug. 29, North Korea fired an intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM) that passed through Japanese airspace. The Japanese government announced that the North Korean missile flew abov..

Aug.30,2017 17:32
[Photo] UN Security Council condemns North Korean missile launch

The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a presidential statement condemning North Korea’s Aug. 29 IRBM launch during an emergency meeting, labeling the action as “outrageous” and calle..

Aug.30,2017 17:26
North Korea launches Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile over Hokkaido

North Korea’s launch of a missile on Aug. 29 was “assessed to be an Intermediate Ballistic Range Missile (IRBM),” the Blue House announced, while also terming the situation as being as “very serious” ..

Aug.29,2017 15:27
North Korea fires three ballistic missiles into East Sea

North Korea launched three short-range ballistic missiles on Aug. 26. Although they continue to display confrontational behavior through intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) tests, it appears Nor..

Aug.28,2017 17:21
Unification Minister raises possibility of reopening Kaesong Industrial Complex

“If sanctions lead to a change in the North Korean nuclear program, our first priority will be tackling the issue of reopening the Kaesong Industrial Complex,” South Korean Unification Minister Cho My..

Aug.27,2017 14:30
North Korean missile program presses ahead

North Korea’s state owned newspaper the Rodong Sinmun reported on August 23 that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had visited the Chemical Material Institute of the Academy of Defense Science that is c..

Aug.24,2017 17:24
Trump, Tillerson offer praise as North Korea shows restraint

On Aug. 22, US President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson made an overtly conciliatory gesture to North Korea, praising it for recently exercising restraint on behavior that could inc..

Aug.24,2017 17:21
Last US defector to North Korea reported to have died last year

James Dresnok, the last US defector believed to be living in North Korea, died last year, according to a CNN report on Aug. 22 that quoted Uriminzokkiri, the website of North Korea’s Committee for the..

Aug.23,2017 17:03
North Korean Foreign Minister expected to give keynote address at UN General Assembly

North Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs Ri Yong-ho is expected to take part in the UN General Assembly to be held at the UN Headquarters in New York next month for the second year in a row. A source..

Aug.22,2017 18:06
[Interview] British author sheds light on North Korea’s transition to capitalism in “North Korea Confidential”

In 2012, Daniel Tudor, who was the Economist’s correspondent in South Korea at the time, asserted in print that South Korean beer tasted worse than North Korea’s Taedonggang Beer. The next year, the m..

Aug.20,2017 11:36
Chinese merchants hit hard by North Korean seafood ban

In order to fulfill the new sanctions placed on North Korea by UN Security Council Resolution 2371, China banned seafood imports from North Korea starting on Aug. 15. There has been a great deal of re..

Aug.20,2017 11:14
Academic conference held to commemorate the 8th anniversary of former President Kim Dae-jung’s death

On Aug. 18, the very day that South Korean President Moon Jae-in announced he would uphold the Sunshine Policy of former President Kim Dae-jung, an academic conference on the 8th anniversary of Kim’s ..

Aug.19,2017 16:13