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North Korea plans high-level nuclear test ‘aimed at the U.S.’
North Korea said on Thursday it planned to carry out a nuclear test aimed at its “arch-enemy” the United States in response to tightened UN sanctions, but offered no timeframe. “We do not hide that the various satellites and long-range rockets we will continue to launch, as well as the…
North Korea grants rare citizenship to American businessman
The US boss of a joint venture run by North Korea and the Unification Church of South Korea said Tuesday he has been granted rare honorary citizenship by Pyongyang, in a bid to encourage new investment by him. Park Sang-Kwon, CEO of Pyeonghwa Motors told South Korea’s Yonhap news agency…
Google chairman Schmidt and ex-Gov. Richardson to visit N. Korea
Former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson and Google chairman Eric Schmidt will head to North Korea next week on a “private humanitarian mission,” Richardson’s office said. Richardson, a veteran troubleshooter on North Korea, will hold a press conference at the airport in Beijing on Thursday, his office said in a…
State Department criticizes Google CEO’s North Korea visit
WASHINGTON — The US State Department criticized Thursday a trip by Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Internet giant Google, and senior colleagues to visit North Korea’s isolated totalitarian regime. “Frankly we don’t think the timing of this is particularly helpful,” spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said, stressing the executives were traveling…
U.S. think-tank says N.Korea is nuclear test-ready
North Korea has repaired extensive rain damage at its nuclear test facility and could conduct a detonation on two weeks notice, a US think-tank said on Friday, citing satellite imagery analysis. With the UN Security Council debating possible sanctions against the North following the launch earlier this month of a…
North Korea confirms arrest of U.S. citizen
North Korea confirmed Friday that it had arrested a US citizen in November, saying legal action would be taken against him but giving no details of the charges. The man, identified as Pae Jun-Ho, entered North Korea on November 3 as a tourist, and “committed a crime” against the country,…
Defiant N.Korea holds mass rally, promises more launches
Hundreds of thousands of North Koreans held a mass rally on Friday to celebrate the nuclear-armed state’s rocket launch, as its youthful leader vowed new launches in defiance of US-led outrage. Days before his first anniversary in charge of the isolated country, Kim Jong-Un upheld North Korea’s “unshakable stand” that…
North Korean rocket launch plan sparks global fury
Global fury over North Korea’s long-range rocket launch heightened pressure Wednesday for tougher sanctions against its regime, as the UN Security Council held urgent talks. The 15-member council was to hold closed formal consultations on North Korea, with western nations looking for signs of China’s willingness to punish its neighbor,…
North Korea launches long-range rocket despite international pressure
North Korea successfully launched a long-range rocket on Wednesday, in defiance of UN sanctions threats over what Pyongyang’s critics have condemned as a disguised ballistic missile test. North Korea said the three-stage rocket, which Pyongyang insists was solely aimed at placing a satellite in orbit, had achieved all its objectives.…
American detained in North Korea
An American citizen has been detained by the communist authorities in North Korea, a country that has no diplomatic ties with the United States, a US official said Tuesday. “We’re obviously aware of these reports that a US citizen has been detained in North Korea. We obviously have no higher…
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