Tag: Kim Jong Un

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 […]

Pyongyang: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has vowed to take the “highest-level” of action against “mentally deranged” US President Donald Trump’s threat to “totally destroy” Pyongyang over its nuclear and missile programmes, a state-media report said on Friday. In a rare direct statement, Kim said he “will consider with seriousness exercising of a corresponding, highest level […]

Pyongyang:  North Korea confirmed on Saturday that it conducted another medium-range ballistic missile drill Friday under the personal guidance of its top leader Kim Jong Un. “The launching drill was conducted with the aim at calming down the belligerence of the US which has recently cried out for using military muscle against North Korea, and […]

Washington: The US has proposed a range of new UN sanctions against North Korea, including an oil ban and a freeze on the country’s leader Kim Jong-un’s assets. The draft resolution circulated to the Security Council members came after North Korea’s sixth nuclear test and repeated missile launches, BBC reported. Pyongyang also claimed to have […]

Pyongyang: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspected a hydrogen bomb being loaded into a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) after the country claimed that it has succeeded in making a “more developed nuke”, state-media reported on Sunday. Kim made the inspection during a visit to the country’s Nuclear Weapons Institute, according to the Korean Central News […]

Pyongyang: North Korea on Monday confirmed the test firing of a medium long-range ballistic missile one day earlier. The official Korean Central News Agency said the test fire of a new gorund-to-ground strategic ballistic missile “Hwasong-12” was successfully carried out on Sunday by scientists and technicians in the field of rocket research. North Korea top […]

Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has threatened to destroy USS Michigan, an American naval submarine, if it gets any closer to the Communist nation’s waters. The Ohio-class nuclear-powered submarine is currently docked at a naval base in South Korea’s Busan, where it was recently joined by the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier group, the […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump said that with the new ballistic missile trial, the North Korean leader has disrespected China, the media reported. “North Korea disrespected the wishes of China and its highly respected President when it launched, though unsuccessfully, a missile today (Friday). Bad!,” Efe news quoted Trump as saying in a tweet. On […]

Washington: The US has ordered the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson and its strike force towards waters near North Korea, as a show of force against the military provocations of the Kim Jong-un regime. Pentagon sources on Saturday told CNN that US Pacific Command chief Admiral Harry B. Harris Jr. has ordered the Nimitz-class supercarrier […]

Kuala Lumpur: The Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia on Sunday accused the North Korean ambassador of manipulating the investigation into the murder here of Pyongyang’s leader Kim Jong-un’s half-brother Kim Jong-nam. The statement by Ahmad Zahid Hamidi came after the Foreign Minister announced the expulsion of North’s Ambassador Kang Chol from the country for not […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he looks forward to meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, a day after Pyongyang warned of considering a change of approach if Washington maintains pressure. Trump’s response comes after Kim said in his New Year Speech that he wants good relations with the US but […]

Seoul: North Korea is believed to be preparing to launch a ballistic missile ahead of an upcoming joint naval drill by the US and South Korea, a news report said today, citing a government source. The US navy said yesterday that a US aircraft carrier will lead the drill in the coming week, a fresh […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump has announced that he will meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Hanoi, Vietnam, on February 27 and 28, for their second high-stakes summit meeting intended to eliminate a potential nuclear threat. “My representatives have just left North Korea after a very productive meeting and an agreed upon time and […]

Hanoi: A summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Vietnam’s capital was cut short on Thursday without any agreement, the White House announced. Trump and Kim had been scheduled to hold a working lunch before holding a joint press conference later, but those plans were abruptly abandoned around midday. “The […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump has said that trade talks between the Washington and Tokyo were “moving along very nicely” and suggested a deal might be reached by late May as he met visiting Japanese Prime Minster Shinzo Abe at the White House. During his meeting with Abe at the White House on Friday, Trump […]