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Published June 12, 2022 11:08pm SEOUL — North Korea on Sunday fired multiple artillery shots between 8:07 a.m. and 11:03 a.m. local time, South Korea's military said, in another show of force a day after leader Kim Jong Un vowed to boost the reclusive nation's military power. The Joint Chiefs of…

PLENTY ON HIS PLATE This photo released by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Saturday, June 11, 2022, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaking during a plenary meeting of the ruling Workers’ Party’s Central Committee held from Wednesday to Friday. KCNA/KOREA NEWS SERVICE PHOTO VIA AP Read…

Published June 11, 2022 5:55am SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea appointed a key nuclear negotiator, Choe Son Hui, as its new foreign minister, state media said on Saturday, as the country concluded a ruling party meeting chaired by leader Kim Jong Un. Kim presented goals to boost the country's…

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has convened a political conference where he’s expected to review state affairs, including a COVID-19 outbreak, and possibly address relations with Washington and Seoul amid his revived nuclear brinkmanship. The plenary meeting of the ruling Workers’ Party’s Central Committee began…

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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and other top officials discussed revising stringent anti-epidemic restrictions during a meeting Sunday, state media reported, as they maintained a widely disputed claim that the country’s first COVID-19 outbreak is slowing. The discussion at the North’s Politburo meeting suggests…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A huge number of North Koreans including leader Kim Jong Un attended a funeral for a top official, state media reported Monday, as the country maintained the much-disputed claim that its suspected coronavirus outbreak is subsiding. In this photo provided by the North Korean government,…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A huge number of North Koreans including leader Kim Jong Un attended a funeral for a top official, state media reported Monday, as the country maintained the much-disputed claim that its suspected coronavirus outbreak is subsiding. Since admitting earlier this month to an outbreak of…

President Joe Biden, in Seoul before heading to Japan as part of his first Asia trip as president, had a simple message for North Korea’s Kim Jong Un: “Hello... period,” he told reporters on the last day of his visit to South Korea on Sunday. Biden said he was “not…

Seoul (CNN)Before President Joe Biden concluded a visit to South Korea on Sunday, he offered a brief message to the nuclear-armed dictator to the north, who US officials believe could be preparing for a provocation during the US leader's visit to Asia. "Hello," Biden said when asked his message for…