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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, visits a western coastal area in South Hwanghae province, North Korea. (AP)

'Severe' punishment for North Korea officials after typhoon casualties

Natural disasters tend to have a greater impact in North Korea due to its creaking infrastructure

5 Sept 2020 11:58 AM IST

North Korea cut the hotlines in June 2020 as cross-border ties soured after a failed second summit in February 2019 between Kim and former U.S. President Donald Trump. (AP file photo)

South, North Korea have restored hotlines as leaders seek to rebuild...

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have exchanged multiple letters and agreed to...

27 July 2021 11:25 AM IST

This photo shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter posing with soldiers who were involved in the the recent launch of what it says a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile, at an unidentified location in North Korea. (Korea News Service via AP)

Kim vows North Korea to have world's most powerful nuclear force

Kim exhorted the scientists and workers to 'expand and bolster up the nuclear war deterrent of the country at an...

27 Nov 2022 1:25 PM IST

$People walk past a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on January 11, 2022, after North Korea fired a \suspected ballistic missile\ into the sea, South Koreas military said, less than a week after Pyongyang reported testing a hypersonic missile. (Anthony WALLACE / AFP)$ World

North Korea fires second suspected missile in less than a week

The early-morning launch came as the UN Security Council met to discuss last week's test of what Pyongyang called a...

11 Jan 2022 10:58 AM IST

This photo provided by the North Korean government, shows what it says a test launch of a hypersonic missile in North Korea Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. (AP)

N Korea says hypersonic missile tested to modernise weaponry

Wednesday's test indicates that the country will press ahead with plans to build powerful, sophisticated missiles

6 Jan 2022 11:02 AM IST

People watch the screening of the BBC documentary India: The Modi Question, in Thiruvananthapuram. (PTI)

Farrukh Dhondy | Allegations in a democracy: It's best to debate, not...

In healthy democracies, allegations will be argued over. They shouldn't be subject to a total niqab being drawn over...

28 Jan 2023 12:05 AM IST

People watch a TV screen showing file footage of US President Donald Trump, right, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea.(Photo: AP)

Kim Jong Un reaffirms intent to fully denuclearise N Korea, meet Trump

In Washington, Trump signalled that preparations for the summit with Kim were going ahead.

27 May 2018 10:28 AM IST

The summit would be an unprecedented meeting between a sitting US president and a North Korean leader, which Washington hopes will result in the full denuclearization of the reclusive state. (Photo: AFP)

Trump says North Korea summit talks may continue after 'productive...

Trump said in a tweet that 'very productive talks' were ongoing with North Korea about reinstating the summit.

26 May 2018 9:12 PM IST

Moon said Trumps decision left him perplexed and was very regrettable. (Photo: AP)

North, South Korean leaders hold surprise meeting, talks for 2nd time

South Korean presidential spokesman Yoon Young-chan said Moon will reveal the outcome of his surprise meeting with Kim...

26 May 2018 6:33 PM IST

A meeting between US president Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un would mark a dramatic breakthrough in efforts to resolve the tense standoff over North Koreas effort to develop a nuclear-tipped missile capable of hitting the US mainland. (Photo: AFP)

Trump says North Korea summit could still happen

US defence secretary Jim Mattis said there was possibly some good news on the summit.

26 May 2018 6:23 AM IST

A meeting between US president Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un would mark a dramatic breakthrough in efforts to resolve the tense standoff over North Koreas effort to develop a nuclear-tipped missile capable of hitting the US mainland. (Photo: AFP)

Trump was too hasty

Kim's move to destroy some of his nuclear testing infrastructure buried in a mountain may be hollow as the process is...

26 May 2018 4:50 AM IST

North Korean media appeared to have had no major coverage of Kims invitation to meet US President Donald Trump or South Korean President Moon Jae-in to discuss the future of Pyongyangs nuclear weapons programme. (Photo: File)

North Korea still open to US talks after Trump abruptly cancels summit

Trump on Thursday called off his planned June meeting with Kim Jong Un, blaming "open hostility" from the North Korean...

25 May 2018 11:53 AM IST