Pyongyang
North Korea fires ballistic missile in latest show of force
Pyongyang has conducted 14 weapons tests since January, including firing an intercontinental ballistic missile at full-range for the first time since 2017.
Five participants in the repatriation scheme who later escaped from North Korea are demanding 100 million yen ($880,000) each in damages as they make their case in the Tokyo District Court.
The report came just days after Donald Trump said of Kim Jong Un: 'I like him. He likes me. We get along. I respect him. He respects me.'
South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency and two US think tanks reported on Tuesday that work was underway at the Sohae Satellite Launching Station at Tongchang-ri, even as Trump met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at a second summit in Hanoi last week.
UN special rapporteur Tomas Ojea Quintana was speaking to reporters in Geneva days before the Singapore summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Moon Jae-in and Donald Trump spoke over the phone for about 20 minutes, and exchanged their views on North Korea’s recent reactions.
US Secretary of State nominee and CIA Director Mike Pompeo became the most senior US official known to have met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un when he visited Pyongyang.
State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said in a statement the US government made the formal determination about the use of VX on 22 February.
North Korea has not carried out any weapons tests since late November, when it tested its largest intercontinental ballistic missile.
The delegation, the highest-ranking to visit the South, concludes its visit later on Sunday having charmed and intrigued the South Korean public, but still faces deep scepticism over the North’s sincerity towards improving relations.
A South Korean defence ministry official said up to 20 warning shots were fired at North Korean troops who approached too closely to the 'military demarcation line'.
Washington-based 38 North, a North Korea monitoring project, cited images taken on 5 November showing activity at North Korea’s Sinpo South Shipyard.
US President Donald Trump used some of his toughest language yet against North Korea in a wide-ranging address that lodged specific accusations of chilling human rights abuses against Pyongyang.
In the mid 1990s, Carter travelled to Pyongyang over the objections of President Bill Clinton, the Times report said.
Regional tensions have risen markedly since the reclusive North conducted its sixth, and by far its most powerful, nuclear test on 3 September.
US President Donald Trump said Monday’s sanctions were just a small step towards what is ultimately needed to rein in Pyongyang over its weapons programmes.
Last year's inaugural festival along the Taedong River was a surprise hit with tourists and Pyongyang residents alike.
The Chinese government has repeatedly said there can be no military solution for the North Korea issue.
US President Donald Trump warned in an interview in late April that a "major, major conflict" with the North was possible, but he would prefer a diplomatic outcome.