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Japanese PM calls for snap election

Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday called an early election as he seeks to secure a stronger mandate to overcome “a national crisis” amid rising threats from North Korea. Abe’s decision comes amid rebounding approval ratings after a record low over the summer and with the opposition largely in disarray. In a national […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Trump expands travel ban to N.Korea, Chad

Washington: US President Donald Trump has issued a new order banning almost all travel to the country from seven nations, including North Korea and Chad, saying that the citizens of these countries pose a threat to the US national security. According to a New York Times report on Sunday, the new order is more far-reaching […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
US bombers fly close to North Korea's coast

Washington: The US flew bombers near North Korea’s coast on Saturday, an action the Defense Department said was meant to send a clear message to Pyongyang about the country’s military options. “This mission is a demonstration of US resolve and a clear message that (President Donald Trump) has many military options to defeat any threat,” Pentagon […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Trump is mentally deranged, will pay: Kim Jong-un

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 […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
EU agrees on new sanctions against North Korea: Sources

Brussels: The EU agreed today on new sanctions against North Korea, diplomatic sources said, as the international community steps up efforts to punish the pariah state for its nuclear weapons programme. The bloc has agreed a new package of measures, including a ban on investments in North Korea and on European Union exports of oil, […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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US to put more sanctions on N. Korea: Trump

Washington:  US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that the US would impose more sanctions on North Korea. Before his meeting with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session in New York, Trump told reporters that his administration will put “more sanctions” on North Korea, Xinhua reported. North Korea […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Spain expels North Korean ambassador

New York: The Spanish government has informed North Korea’s ambassador to Madrid, Kim Hyok Chol, that he must leave the country before the end of the month, officials said. Spanish Foreign Minister Alfonso Dastis announced that the North Korean diplomat was called to the Foreign Ministry on Monday to be informed of Madrid’s decision to […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
N.Korea confirms another medium-range ballistic missile drill

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 […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
US seeks Kim Jong-un assets freeze

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 […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
North Korea nuke test poses threat to US, says Trump

Washington: US President Donald Trump on Sunday said the latest nuclear test by North Korea posed a danger to the US and raised questions about South Korea’s ability to control Pyongyang. “North Korea has conducted a major nuclear test,” Trump said in a series of Twitter posts. “Their words and actions continue to be very […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
India 'deplores' North Korea's nuke test

New Delhi: India on Sunday said it “deplores” the nuclear test conducted by the North Korea, which has once again violated its international commitments on de-nuclearisation of the Korean peninsula. It also called upon North Korea to “refrain” from actions which disturb peace and stability in the region “and beyond”. “India deplores the nuclear test […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Kim Jong-un observes missile-ready hydrogen bomb

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 […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
N.Korea fires missile over Japan

Tokyo: North Korea on Tuesday fired a missile over Japan which Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has called the “most serious and grave ever” threat to the country, the media reported. The missile was fired just before 6 a.m. in Japan. The launch set off warnings in the northern part of the country urging people to […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Guam radio stations accidentally air emergency alert

Hagatna (Guam): After a week of threats from North Korea aimed at Guam, the island’s residents on Tuesday thought the worst had happened when two radio stations accidentally broadcast an emergency civil danger warning, the media reported. The two stations, a music channel and a Christian network, alerted listeners at 12.25 a.m. (local time) of an […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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5.9-magnitude quake jolts N.Korea

Pyongyang: An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale struck off the coast of North Korea on Thursday morning, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. According to the USGS, the earthquake occurred at 4.18 a.m. (local time), 180 km off the northeastern coast of North Korea, close to where the Punggye-ri nuclear test site is located, […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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