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North Korea conducts 'very important test': KCNA

AFP
Posted at Dec 08 05:15 PM

North Korea said Sunday it had carried out a "very important test" at its space launch centre, as Pyongyang ramps up pressure on Washington over stalled nuclear talks. Read more »

After 4 years, China's top diplomat visits South Korea to mend ties

Sangmi Cha, Reuters
Posted at Dec 04 02:54 PM

During his two-day stay, the State Councilor Wang Yi will meet South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha and President Moon Jae-in, officials in Seoul said. 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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

North Korean leader open to third Trump summit: KCNA

Claire Lee, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 13 03:20 PM

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is willing to meet with US President Donald Trump a third time if Washington comes to the table with the "right attitude", state media reported Saturday. Read more »

Trump, Moon to meet in Washington in April: Seoul

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 29 01:47 PM

US President Donald Trump will host his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in next month. Read more »

US, South Korea to end key joint military exercises

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Mar 03 10:37 AM

The US and South Korea said Sunday they will end their annual large-scale joint military exercises as Washington pursues efforts to improve ties with North Korea. Read more »

Trump face-to-face with Kim

Leah Millis, Reuters
Posted at Feb 28 05:24 PM

U.S. President Donald Trump looks towards North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during the one-on-one bilateral meeting at the second North Korea-U.S. summit in Hanoi, Vietnam on Thursday. Read more »

Trump, Kim begin second summit in Vietnam

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 28 12:13 AM

US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un officially began their second summit in Hanoi, Vietnam. Read more »

Two Koreas to field unified teams in 4 sports at 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 16 12:33 PM

The 2 Koreas are preparing to field unified teams for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in basketball, judo, field hockey and rowing, the International Olympic Committee said on Friday. Read more »

Trump says summit with Kim to take place in Hanoi

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 09 09:51 AM

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump announced Friday that his upcoming summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will take place in Hanoi on February 27 and 28.   Read more »

North Korean soldier defects to South Korea, South's military says

Reuters
Posted at Dec 01 11:00 AM

A North Korean soldier defected to South Korea on Saturday, the South Korean military said, but there were no unusual movements by North Korea's military in response. Read more »

North Korea preparing toned-down military parade - analysts

Josh Smith, Reuters
Posted at Sep 01 02:31 PM

Satellite imagery shows North Korea is poised to stage another military parade amid new worries that diplomatic efforts on denuclearization are stalling, though analysts say it is unclear whether it will showcase any of the country's largest ballistic missiles. Read more »

Many issues in Korean peninsula remain after Trump-Kim summit: analyst

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 13 06:09 PM

The situation in the Korean peninsula remains complex since other issues were left unresolved after the historic meeting of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump, an analyst said. Read more »

Singapore Summit: When Trump met Kim

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 12 08:43 PM

North Korea's Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump made history after an unprecedented summit at Sentosa Island in Singapore on June 12. Read more »

Hopes for peace as Kim takes historic step to inter-Korean summit

Jung Hawon, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 24 06:23 PM

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will walk across the Demilitarized Zone on Friday for a historic summit with the South's President Moon Jae-in, the highest-level encounter yet in a whirlwind of nuclear diplomacy. Read more »