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North Korea says Pompeo's remarks make talks with US more difficult
North Korea has stepped up its criticism of Pompeo lately, calling him a 'diehard toxin', and casting doubt on attempts to restart talks.
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N Korea solidifies Kim Jong Un's 'monolithic' power
Kim is officially chairman of the ruling Workers' Party and chairman of the State Affairs Commission, the top government body, although his late grandfather remains the country's Eternal President despite dying in 1994.
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N. Korea's Kim supervised 'new weapon' test again - KCNA
Friday's launch was the North's sixth test in recent weeks as it protests the annual US-South Korea military exercises which Pyongyang considers rehearsals for invasion.
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Trump says Kim made 'small apology' for missile tests
Donald Trump, hours after North Korea carried out the fifth such test in two weeks, tweeted that Kim Jong Un made these statements in a letter to him. Trump said he looks "forward to seeing Kim Jong Un in the not too distant future!"
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North Korea threatens to take 'new road', launches more missiles
Analysts believe the tests are designed both to improve North Korean military capabilities and to pressure Washington to offer more concessions.
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North Korea fires short-range ballistic missiles - South Korean military
North Korea test-fired two new short-range ballistic missiles on 25 July, its first missile tests since leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump met on 30 June and agreed to revive stalled denuclearisation talks.
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North Korea fires missiles into sea, fresh nuclear talks in doubt
The firing of ballistic missiles will cast new doubt on efforts to restart denuclearisation talks after Trump and Kim met at the demilitarised zone (DMZ) between the two Koreas at the end of June.
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North Korea hails 'historic' Kim-Trump summit
The impromptu meeting in the DMZ - where the US president said they agreed to resume working-level talks within weeks on the North's nuclear programme - was full of symbolism.
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Trump becomes first-ever sitting US president to set foot in North Korea
Donald Trump on Sunday stepped into North Korean territory, the first time a sitting US president has ever set foot in the former enemy country.
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Trump confirms to meet Kim at DMZ
South Korean President Moon Jae-in said he would also go to the DMZ but the "focus" would be on the Trump-Kim encounter, with a possibility of a more formal sit-down at a later date.
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Xi meets North Korea's Kim ahead of Trump talks
Chinese President Xi Jinping is the first Chinese president to visit North Korea in 14 years after relations between the Cold War era allies deteriorated.
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North Korean leader's slain half-brother a CIA informant - Wall Street Journal
The 'Journal' cited an unnamed “person knowledgeable about the matter” for the report, and said many details of Kim Jong Nam’s relationship with the CIA remained unclear.
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Nuclear stalemate one year after Trump-Kim summit - analysts
In Singapore, the first-ever summit between a sitting US president and a North Korean leader, Kim signed a vaguely-worded deal on denuclearisation, touted by Trump as a historic breakthrough.
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North Korea state media hits out at 'imbecile' Biden
Joe Biden has been on the campaign trail since announcing last month his candidacy for the Democratic Party nomination in the 2020 presidential election.
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North Korea's missile tests not 'breach of trust' - Trump
Pyongyang fired two short-range missiles Thursday following an earlier drill the previous Saturday -- the first in 18 months.
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North Korea's Kim orders stronger strike power; US seizes cargo ship
News of the call for 'full combat posture' by Kim Jong Un follows a US announcement that it had seized a large North Korean cargo ship for carrying an illegal shipment of coal.
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'Nobody's happy' about N. Korea missile launch, says Trump
Since then Kim has accused Washington of acting in "bad faith" and given it until the end of the year to change its approach.
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North Korea warns of ‘undesired’ outcome if no change in US nuclear stance
Kim Jong Un has set a year-end deadline for the US to show more flexibility after his second summit with President Donald Trump failed to produce a deal to end a nuclear programme in return for sanctions relief.
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North Korean leader warns of a return to tension, blames US 'bad faith'
A second summit between Kim Jong Un and President Trump in Vietnam in February collapsed with no progress on a US demand that the North give up its nuclear programme.
