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North Korea proposes high-level talks with U.S.
North Korea proposed high-level talks with the US on denuclearisation and easing tensions on the Korean peninsula, just days after it abruptly cancelled a rare meeting with the South. Tension has been high on the peninsula since the North’s third nuclear test in February that triggered new UN sanctions which…
North and South Korea prepare to negotiate directly after years of mistrust
North and South Korea will sit down to their first talks for years on Sunday, confronting decades of mutual distrust in an apparent search for some positive end to months of soaring military tensions. The working-level discussions in the border truce village of Panmunjom are intended to pave the way…
N. Korea to reopen hotline, pushes back on talks with South
North Korea said Friday it would restore an official hotline with rival South Korea, but pushed back at Seoul’s proposal of ministerial-level talks to be held in Seoul next week. Pyongyang’s Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea (CPRK) said the hotline — suspended by the North in March as…
South Korean president warns North over returned refugees
South Korean President Park Geun-Hye warned North Korea on Monday that it would be held responsible for the safety of nine young asylum seekers forcibly repatriated after their capture in Laos. “What’s most important is to ensure (their) lives and safety, and that they will not receive unfair punishment,” Park…
N. Korean envoy stresses dialogue in China talks
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un’s special envoy told a top Chinese defence official Friday that his country wants to solve problems on the Korean peninsula through dialogue, Beijing’s state media said. The comments by Kim’s emissary Choe Ryong-Hae were reported by the official Xinhua news agency and came a day…
North Korea releases Chinese fishermen after briefly holding them hostage
North Korea has released 16 Chinese fishermen and their boat, Chinese state-run media said Tuesday, after reports that armed assailants had taken the sailors hostage and demanded a ransom. “All the fishermen with the boat are safe on their way back,” China’s Xinhua news agency said, citing a Chinese embassy…
North Korea test-fires another short-range missile amid military drill
North Korea Sunday test-fired a short-range missile off its east coast, its fourth in two days, despite pleas from South Korea and the UN chief to halt the launches at a time of high tensions. The guided missile was fired into the East Sea (Sea of Japan) on Sunday afternoon,…
North Korea fires short-range missiles into Sea of Japan
North Korea on Saturday launched three short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan, apparently as part of a military drill, South Korea’s defence ministry said. US and South Korean forces had been on heightened alert for a medium-range ballistic missile test in recent weeks amid tensions triggered by North Korea’s…
North Korea has ‘no nuclear warhead’ to fit on a missile: U.S. official
North Korea has yet to develop a nuclear warhead small enough to fit on a missile, a senior US official said on Wednesday, contradicting a recent US military intelligence report. The North claimed its third atomic test staged in February involved a “miniaturised and lighter” warhead, prompting speculation that it…
Arrival of U.S. aircraft carrier infuriates North Korea
North Korea has criticised the arrival of the US aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the South for a joint drill as an “extremely reckless” provocation and a rehearsal for war against the communist state. A US naval strike group led by the nuclear-powered Nimitz arrived off the South’s southern port…
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