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North Korean leader Kim 'emaciated', citizens heartbroken: state TV
The impoverished, nuclear-armed country is more isolated than ever behind its self-imposed coronavirus barricade, and this month admitted it was tackling a food...
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US has 'wrong' expectation for NKorea dialogue: Kim's sister
Since US President Joe Biden's election, the two countries have adopted a wait-and-see attitude to relations following the diplomatic roller-coaster ride under Donald Trump that produced three historic summits but no agreement on dismantling the North's nuclear arsenal.
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NKorea must prepare for 'dialogue and confrontation' with US: Kim
At a plenary meeting of the central committee of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea on Thursday, Kim outlined his strategy for relations with Washington, and the "policy tendency of the newly emerged US administration", the Korean Central News Agency said.
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N. Korea says will not go to Olympics over COVID-19 fears
North Korea's Olympic Committee 'decided not to participate in the 32nd Olympic Games in order to protect players from the world public health crisis caused by COVID-19', said the Sports in the DPR Korea website, run by the sports ministry in Pyongyang.
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Biden warns of 'responses' if North Korea 'choose to escalate'
North Korea fired two suspected ballistic missiles into the sea Thursday, in its first substantive provocation to Biden's new administration.
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N. Korean leader's sister warns US as Biden envoys begin Asia trip
Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Japan on their first overseas trip, aimed at rallying military alliances as a bulwark against China and cementing a united front against the nuclear-armed North.
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Trump 'offered Kim Jong Un a ride home on Air Force One'
Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump first engaged in a war of words and mutual threats, before an extraordinary diplomatic bromance that featured headline-grabbing summits and a declaration of love by the former US president.
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North Korea's Kim pledges to strengthen nuclear arsenal
Kim is looking to grab the attention of the incoming Biden administration, analysts say, with his country more isolated than ever after closing its borders to protect itself against the coronavirus pandemic.
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From 'love' to 'thug': Biden win to change US-North Korea dynamic
Donald Trump's bizarre diplomatic engagement with Pyongyang veered from mutual insults and threats of war to "love letters" and the first ever meeting between a sitting US president and a North Korean leader.
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North Koreans rally wearing masks after military parade
Authorities held the rally on Monday at the start of an '80-Day Campaign', a mass mobilisation drive to boost the economy ahead of a ruling party congress in January.
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North Korea’s Kim throws down gauntlet with huge new ICBM: analysts
On Saturday North Korea put a gargantuan new missile on show at a military parade.
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N. Korea's Kim says no coronavirus cases in his country
Pyongyang closed its borders in January to try to protect itself from the disease and regularly said it had no cases.
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North Korea flouting nuclear sanctions: UN report
Pyongyang is subject to a range of restrictions imposed since 2017 that limit its oil imports and ban exports of coal, fish and textiles.
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UN watchdog concerned over N Korea nuclear 'violation'
Among activities during the period since its last report in August 2019, the IAEA said there were 'indications consistent with the production of enriched uranium' at the reported Yongbyon nuclear site.
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Typhoon causes little damage in North Korea: Kim
The official KCNA news agency made no mention of any fatalities and Kim gave an upbeat assessment of the storm's aftermath as he inspected a farming region southwest of Pyongyang.
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KCNA: Kim calls for prevention efforts against coronavirus, looming typhoon
An enlarged meeting of the politburo of the Workers Party took place amid a pandemic that is putting additional pressure on the North Korean economy, battered by recent border closures and flood damage.
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N Korean leader's sister is 'de facto second-in-command' - S Korean lawmaker
Kim Yo Jong is the leader’s only close relative with a public role in politics, recently spearheading a new, tougher campaign to put pressure on South Korea.
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North Korea's Kim inspects flood relief; worry grows about crops
Heavy rain across the Korean peninsula has brought flooding to both North and South Korea in recent days, and concern is growing about damage to North Korean crops and its potential impact on food supplies.
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North Korea declares emergency in border town over first suspected COVID-19 case
North Korea was for the first time reporting a suspected coronavirus case, a person suspected of being infected with the novel coronavirus who returned from South Korea after illegally crossing the border.
