Tag: N Korea

New York: US President Donald Trump is proposing phased negotiations with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, starting with the planned June 12 summit in Singapore during which he does not expect a complete deal on denuclearisation. At the same time, Trump has also set an ambitious goal for his interactions with Kim aiming for an […]

Washington: China told the US that North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un visited Beijing this week, the White House has said. The communication on Monday between Beijing and Washington also included a message from Chinese President Xi Jinping for his US counterpart, Donald Trump, a statement said on Tuesday, Efe news reported. White House Press Secretary […]

Seoul: As a warning to North Korea over its latest intercontinental ballistic missile test, the US and South Korea began their largest-ever Air Force exercise involving some 230 warplanes including F-22 Raptors as well as F-35 Lightning II fighters, cloaked with the world’s most advanced stealth coating here on Monday. The five-day Vigilant Air Combat […]

Washington: White House National Security Advisor (NSA) H.R. McMaster has said that North Korea represents “the greatest immediate threat to the US” and that the potential for war with Pyongyang was increasing every day, the media reported. “I think it’s increasing every day, which means that we are in a race, really, we are in […]

Pyongyang: North Korea has claimed that the missile it tested on Wednesday held a warhead which is capable of re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere. The claim was not proven and experts have cast doubt on the country’s ability to master such technology, BBC reported on Wednesday. North Korean Kim Jong-un called the launch “impeccable” and a “breakthrough”. […]

Washington: The White House has said US military leaders had briefed President Donald Trump on options regarding North Korea nuclear issue. US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford on Tuesday briefed Trump on a range of options to respond to any form of “aggression” from North […]

Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has lauded his country’s nuclear weapons programme as the best way to defend its sovereignty and counter threats from the US. Speaking to the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) in Pyongyang on Saturday, Kim Jong-un said “nuclear weapons of North Korea are a precious fruition […]

Washington: The US Department of Treasury on Tuesday issued sanctions on eight banks and 26 individuals linked to North Korea’s financial networks in response to the country’s ongoing development of weapons of mass destruction. The individuals sanctioned are North Korean nationals operating in some foreign countries who act as representatives of DPRK banks, Xinhua quoted […]

United Nations: The UN Security Council has passed a resolution imposing new sanctions on North Korea for its continued intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) testing and violations of UN resolutions, the media reported. US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley, speaking at the Security Council meeting where the vote took place on Saturday, said: “Monday (July […]

Seoul: North Korea test-fired multiple projectiles believed to be ground-to-ship cruise missiles Thursday morning into its eastern waters, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said. The short-range surface-to-ship cruise missiles were launched from the city of Wonsan on Pyongyang’s east coast in the morning, the JCS said in a statement. The missiles flew about […]

Pyongyang: North Korea on Tuesday said the US military has conducted a nuclear bomb dropping drill in South Korea and called it an “extremely reckless” move presaging a nuclear war on the Korean peninsula. “On May 1, the US imperialists committed one more military provocation of conducting a nuclear bomb dropping drill against the major […]

Washington: US Acting Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan has confirmed that North Korea conducted a weapons test, but said that it was “not a ballistic missile”. “I’m not going to go into the detailed intelligence, but the way I’d characterise is it is not a ballistic missile,” Shanahan told the media here on Thursday. Pressed on whether […]

Washington: A new satellite image obtained by CNN has showed the smoke trail of a rocket launch by North Korea on May 4 that is likely a short-range missile, according to the group that analysed the picture. “The location of the launch, the thick, smoky appearance of the exhaust and the fact that there is only […]