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N.Korea enhanced nuclear, missile programs in 2019 in breach of sanctions: UN report

Michelle Nichols, Reuters
Posted at Feb 11 05:24 PM

North Korea continued to enhance its nuclear and ballistic missile programs last year in breach of United Nations sanctions, according to a confidential UN report seen by Reuters on Monday. Read more »

Trump sends birthday wishes to North Korea's Kim Jong Un

Sangmi Cha and Josh Smith, Reuters
Updated as of Jan 11 04:15 PM

North Korea has received birthday greetings to its leader Kim Jong Un from US President Donald Trump, but their personal relationship is not enough for a return to talks, according to a statement published on Saturday by state news agency KCNA. Read more »

North Korea warns US could 'pay dearly' for human rights criticism

Joyce Lee, Reuters
Posted at Dec 21 12:23 PM

North Korea lashed back at the United States for taking issue with its human rights record on Saturday, saying Washington's "malicious words" would only aggravate tensions on the Korean Peninsula, state news agency KCNA reported. Read more »

North Korea breaks off nuclear talks with US in Sweden

Johan Ahlander and Philip O'Connor, Reuters
Posted at Oct 06 02:50 PM

Working-level nuclear talks in Sweden between officials from Pyongyang and Washington have broken off. Read more »

US-North Korea talks end in contrasting assessments

Tom Little, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Oct 06 09:17 AM

North Korea and the United States walked away on Saturday with opposing assessments of nuclear talks in Sweden, which Pyongyang said broke down but Washington called "good discussions." Read more »

N.Korea's Kim invited Trump to Pyongyang in new letter

Reuters
Posted at Sep 16 11:07 AM

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un invited U.S. President Donald Trump to visit Pyongyang in a letter sent in August, a South Korean newspaper reported on Monday, citing diplomatic sources. Read more »

Japan says North Korea developing warheads to penetrate missile defenses

Reuters
Posted at Aug 27 04:11 PM

TOKYO - Pyongyang appears to be developing warheads to penetrate a ballistic missile shield defending Japan, the country's defense chief said on Tuesday, pointing to the irregular trajectories of the latest missiles launched by North Korea. Read more »

N. Korea launches short-range missiles again, complicating US attempts for talks

Reuters
Posted at Aug 24 10:15 AM

SEOUL - Japan's Coast Guard said it detected suspected ballistic missile launches from North Korea on Saturday, while the South Korean military said North Korea had fired two projectiles into the sea off its east coast. Read more »

N.Korea fires projectiles, rejects S.Korea's dialogue pledge

Reuters
Posted at Aug 16 09:26 AM

SEOUL - North Korea launched at least two projectiles into the sea on Friday, South Korea's military said, shortly after Pyongyang described South Korea's president as "impudent" and vowed that inter-Korean talks are over. Read more »

Trump says North Korea's Kim wants to resume nuclear talks

Daniel Woolls, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 11 01:17 AM

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump said Saturday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wants to resume denuclearization talks after US-South Korean war games end. Read more »

North Korea fires 2 projectiles into sea off eastern coast, South Korea claims

Ju-min Park and Joyce Lee, Reuters
Updated as of Aug 10 11:16 AM

North Korea fired 2 unidentified projectiles into the sea off its eastern coast on Saturday, South Korea's military said. Read more »

North Korea's Kim Jong Un inspects new rocket system again

Reuters
Posted at Aug 03 11:24 AM

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un again on Friday inspected the test firing of a "newly-developed large-caliber multiple launch guided rocket system," North Korean state media reported early on Saturday. Read more »

Trump in North Korea

KCNA via Reuters
Posted at Jul 01 09:04 AM

U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un cross over a military demarcation line at the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea, Sunday.  Read more »

Trump offers to meet North Korea's Kim at DMZ this weekend

Roberta Rampton, Reuters
Posted at Jun 29 10:35 AM

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would like to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this weekend at the demilitarized zone (DMZ) on the border of North and South Korea. Read more »

North Korea says time running out for talks as US envoy due in South

Hyonhee Shin, Reuters
Posted at Jun 27 08:03 PM

Time is running out for the United States to formulate a new strategy to revive denuclearization talks, a senior North Korean diplomat said on Thursday, as a US envoy for North Korea is due to visit South Korea ahead of President Donald Trump's trip. Read more »

Kim, Xi agree to grow ties whatever external situation

Reuters
Posted at Jun 22 02:31 PM

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and China's President Xi Jinping reached a consensus on "important issues," and agreed to build on their countries' friendly relations "whatever the international situation," North Korean state media reported. Read more »

'I Love Thee, China': North Korea woos Xi in lavish state visit

Joyce Lee and Josh Smith, Reuters
Posted at Jun 21 05:20 PM

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed that strengthening bilateral ties, at a time of "serious and complicated" international affairs, is good for regional peace, North Korean state media said on Friday. Read more »

Xi, Kim say boosting China-North Korea ties good for regional peace: KCNA

Joyce Lee, Reuters
Posted at Jun 21 11:42 AM

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed that amid "serious and complicated" international affairs strengthening bilateral ties was good for both countries and regional peace, North Korean state media KCNA said on Friday. Read more »

North Korea's Kim visits factories linked to missile launches

Josh Smith, Reuters
Posted at Jun 01 01:07 PM

The factories have innocuous names, but analysts say several ostensibly civilian facilities visited by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un recently are also used to build ballistic missile launchers and other weapons. Read more »

70 countries urge North Korea to scrap nuclear, ballistic weapons

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 11 10:53 AM

UNITED NATIONS - Seventy countries urged North Korea Friday to scrap its nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles and related programs, decrying the "undiminished threat" posed to world peace. Read more »