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The United Nations Security Council in session (Photo: AP)

UNSC unanimously imposes sanctions on North Korea for its 6th nuclear...

United States dropped initial demands for a full oil embargo and a freeze on the foreign assets of North Korean leader...

12 Sept 2017 4:17 PM IST

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un. (Photo: AP)

Major US allies in Asia welcome new UN Security Council sanctions on...

Monday's decision was the 9th sanctions resolution unanimously adopted by 15-member UNSC since 2006 over North Korea's...

12 Sept 2017 10:55 AM IST

Washingtons UN ambassador Nikki Haley said North Koreas missile test is unacceptable. (Photo: PTI)

US relaxes few sanctions from N Korea resolution ahead of UN vote to...

The US had originally pushed for a strict oil embargo, as well as a freeze on the assets of North Korean leader Kim...

11 Sept 2017 3:23 PM IST

The United Nations Security Council in session (Photo: AP)

UN to vote on new N Korea sanctions on Monday as China, Russia remains...

The draft resolution also no longer proposes an asset freeze on the military-controlled national airline Air Koryo.

11 Sept 2017 11:31 AM IST

At present, there is a 10 per cent import duty on gold. (Photo: PTI)

Gold spikes to 11-month high on Korean worries

However, demand from jewellers remained low in view of the ongoing inauspicious fortnight of Shradh.

9 Sept 2017 7:35 AM IST

US President Donald Trump thanks the audience at the end of joints statements with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (Photo: PTI)

Use of US force will be sad day for North, says Trump

North has said it would respond to any new UN sanctions.

9 Sept 2017 3:11 AM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin (Photo: AP)

Russian president Putin warns of 'global catastrophe' in North Korea...

Putin's comments came after US called for the 'strongest possible measures' against N Korea for detonating what it...

5 Sept 2017 12:57 PM IST

In this undated image distributed on Sunday by Pyongyang shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at an undisclosed location. North Koreas state media said Kim inspected the loading of a hydrogen bomb into a new ICBM. (Photo: AP)

China has tools to pressure Kim Jong-Un but worries of consequences

Beijing tried to head off the latest nuclear test by warning Pyongyang that such an event would lead to even more...

5 Sept 2017 12:10 PM IST

South Koreas Hyunmoo II Missile system fire missiles during the combined military exercise between the U.S. and South Korea against North Korea (Photo: AP)

South Korea continues live-fire military drills after North Korean...

The most recent advance came Sunday in an underground test of what leader Kim Jong Un's government claimed was a...

5 Sept 2017 11:21 AM IST

U.S. UN Ambassador Nikki Haley. (Photo: AP)

US says North Korea 'begging for war,' pushes for tougher UN sanctions

The South's defence minister said Seoul believed the North had succeeded in miniaturising a bomb to fit into a missile.

5 Sept 2017 11:05 AM IST

The United Nations Security Council in session (Photo: AP)

UN Security Council sets 2nd emergency meeting in week after N Korea...

Washington said there is no comparison between its openly conducted, internationally monitored military drills, N...

4 Sept 2017 11:23 AM IST

In this undated image distributed on Sunday, Sept. 3, 2017, by the North Korean government, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at an undisclosed location. (Photo: AP)

N Korea earthquake suggests sixth nuclear test as Trump, Abe discuss...

The first, more powerful quake measured magnitude 6.3 and was 10 km deep, the US Geological Survey said.

3 Sept 2017 12:10 PM IST