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Opposition parties and internet users joined in, saying the incident epitomised the Asian giant's attitude towards its smaller neighbour. (Photo: AFP/ Representational)

South Korea angered over China betaing up journalist

The photographer was thrown to the floor and kicked, reportedly suffering fractured facial bones and ruptured vessels in an eye.

15 Dec 2017 3:12 PM

Kim's comments come as global powers scramble for a response to the crisis, with the US backing stringent economic and diplomatic sanctions on Kim's regime to halt its nuclear drive. (Photo: File)

North Korea vows 'to win victory in showdown with US'

The nuclear-armed North has rattled the international community with a flurry of nuclear blasts and missile launches.

13 Dec 2017 11:48 AM

Kim personally awarded medals to ‘those in the field of defence science who most faithfully and perfectly carried out the Party's plan for building strategic nuclear force, successfully test-fired ICBM Hwasong-15.’ (Photo: File)

Kim Jong-un praises rocket scientists, promises more weapons

The North Korean leader was speaking at the close of a rare two-day munitions conference to celebrate the Hwasong-15.

13 Dec 2017 11:30 AM

Washington and Seoul staged their biggest-ever joint air drill last week in a show of force against Pyongyang, which is subject to multiple sets of UN sanctions over its ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programmes. (Photo: File/Representational)

US, S Korea, Japan start missile-tracking drill against N Korea

Both South Korea and Japan have security alliances with the US, although their own relationship is marred by disputes.

11 Dec 2017 10:39 AM

The measures are in addition to those by the UN Security Council, which has hit the isolated and impoverished North with a package of sanctions over its increasingly powerful missile and nuclear tests. (Photo: AP/File)

South Korea imposes fresh sanctions on N Korea amid rising tensions

A total of 20 North Korean organisations, including banks and trading companies have been blacklisted.

10 Dec 2017 3:30 PM

The drills come a week after North Korea said it had tested its most advanced intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching the United States. (Photo: AFP)

US B-1B bomber joins military drill on Korean peninsula as N Korea tension escalates

The bomber flew from the Pacific US-administered territory of Guam and joined US F-22 and F-35 stealth fighters in the annual exercises.

06 Dec 2017 7:31 PM

The annual exercise comes five days after the nuclear- armed North test-fired a new ICBM, which it says brings the whole of the United States within range. (Photo: File/ Representational)

Days after N Korea’s missile test, US, S Korea conduct largest joint air drill ever

Pyongyang over the weekend blasted the drill, accusing US President Donald's Trump's administration of ‘begging for nuclear war.’

04 Dec 2017 4:16 PM

North Korea on Wednesday successfully tested a new intercontinental ballistic missile, with leader Kim Jong-Un declaring his country had now achieved full nuclear statehood. (Photo: AFP)

In a defiant act, North Korea celebrates latest ballistic missile test

The US in response warned that Kim Jong-Un's regime would be ‘utterly destroyed’ in North Korea it provokes a military clash.

02 Dec 2017 2:17 PM

The world's largest winter sports festival takes place from February 9 to 25, 2018. The Paralympics are scheduled to begin on March 9. (Photo: AFP/ Representative)

N Korea could deliver ‘fatal blow’ to 2018 Olympics, says worried S Korea

Tensions tend to rise during the drills, which are condemned by the North as rehearsals for invasion.

30 Nov 2017 6:15 PM

Pyongyang's state-run radio station said the announcement would be made at 0330 GMT without providing details. (Photo: AP)

North Korea to make important announcement at 0330 GMT

The nuclear-armed North test-fired Wednesday morning a missile that could bring the entire continental United States within range.

29 Nov 2017 2:33 PM

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Wednesday his country had achieved full nuclear statehood after the latest missile test fire. (Photo; AFP)

New missile can hit anywhere in US, claims North Korea

'Kim Jong Un declares with pride that now we have finally realised the great historic cause of completing the state nuclear force.'

29 Nov 2017 10:12 AM

In Picture: An earlier North Korean launch of an intermediate-range strategic ballistic rocket at an undisclosed location near Pyongyang in late August. (Photo: AFP)

North Korea fires highest ever ballistic missile, US says 'it poses worldwide threat'

Meanwhile, giving a guarded response, Trump says US 'we will take care of it' and it is 'a situation that we will handle'

29 Nov 2017 8:54 AM

The move comes as the US pushes what Donald Trump has called a ‘maximum pressure campaign’ against the North's nuclear program. (Photo: File)

In show of force to N Korea, US to send F-22 fighter jets to S Korea

Six fighter jets, normally based in Okinawa, Japan, will be deployed to the South for a five-day joint military exercise.

24 Nov 2017 1:47 PM

It is very rare for the North's troops to defect at Panmunjom, a major tourist attraction and the only part of the border where forces from the two sides come face-to-face. (Photo: AFP)

Shocking video of N Korean soldier’s defection shows racing across border under fire

The defector, who ran across the border at the Panmunjom truce village on November 13, has been recovering in a South Korean hospital.

22 Nov 2017 11:13 AM

South Korea have said that North Korea may have ballistic missile capable of reaching US this year. (Photo: AP)

N Korea may have ballistic missile capable of reaching US this year, says S Korea

‘No sign of an imminent nuclear test had been detected, though the North’s Punggye-ri complex appears ready for another detonation.’

20 Nov 2017 1:04 PM

Mr Song has already visited Vietnam and Laos to inform them of the results of the congress, a typical courtesy China extends other communist countries after such important meetings. (Photo: AP)

Amid pressure from US, China’s special envoy meets high-ranking N Korean official

Mr Song's trip comes just a week after Donald Trump visited Beijing as part of an Asia tour.

18 Nov 2017 3:40 PM

North Korea may be starting to feel the pinch of sanctions, tightened after its sixth and most powerful nuclear test in September. (Photo: AP)

Kim Jong Un resumes economic-related activities as testings take a back seat

The renewed focus on economic development could be a bid to unify North Koreans and strengthen support for the leadership.

15 Nov 2017 7:22 PM

An editorial in the ruling party newspaper Rodong Sinmun focused its anger on Trump's visit to South Korea last week, during which he denounced the North's ‘cruel dictatorship’ in a speech to legislators in Seoul. (Photo: AP/File)

North Korea slams Trump for insulting Kim Jong Un

Since becoming president, Trump has engaged in an escalating war of words with Kim Jong-Un

15 Nov 2017 6:06 PM

Doctors treat an unidentified person, believed to be a N. Korean soldier who defected, to the South. (Photo: AFP)

North Korean soldier shot 6 times during dramatic defection to the South

The Joint Chiefs of Staff official said he was found collapsed in a pile of fallen leaves and recovered by three S Korean soldiers.

14 Nov 2017 9:35 AM

The North Korean spokesman said nothing would deter Pyongyang from pursuing its nuclear weapons programme.(Photo: AP)

Trump has ‘begged’ for war, is a ‘destroyer,’ says North Korea

Trump had warned North Korea not to underestimate the United States as he wrapped up his visit to South Korea.

11 Nov 2017 3:45 PM

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