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By AFP     Dec 31, 2020 in World Kim Jong Un thanked North Koreans for supporting his leadership in "difficult times" in a rare hand-written New Year letter released Friday ahead of a crucial ruling party congress that will set the country's economic goals. The personal message came after…

SEOUL—North Korea wants to have good ties with the U.S., a diplomat said in a December meeting with a European lawmaker, in one of Pyongyang’s only exchanges with the West in recent months, according to people familiar with the matter. The Kim Jong Un regime has cut contact with much…

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has chaired a Politburo meeting on preparations for a rare party congress in early January, state media said on Wednesday. The congress, which is expected to set out a new economic and political plan, will be the first such meeting in five years,…

Last Updated: 23rd November, 2020 13:27 IST North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s nephew Kim Han-sol has gone missing after ‘meeting with CIA’ and is under ‘protective custody’, according to media reports. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s affluent nephew Kim Han-sol went missing after ‘meeting with CIA’ after fleeing North…

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Author of the article: Jane Stevenson This combination of pictures created on November 4, 2020 shows Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden after speaking during election night at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware, and President Donald Trump during election night in the East Room of the White House. Photo by…

The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un lambasted South Korea's foreign minister for questioning the North’s claim to be coronavirus free, warning Wednesday of potential consequences for the comments. South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said over the weekend that it’s hard to believe North Korea’s claim…

December 1, 2020 | 12:55am | Updated December 1, 2020 | 12:24pm North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his family were recently given an experimental coronavirus vaccine from China, a US analyst said on Tuesday. The Kims were vaccinated “within the last two to three weeks thanks to a…

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President Trump’s cool-headed nuclear envoy told the North Koreans it was “a window of opportunity.”Here was a U.S. president willing to venture far outside traditional diplomacy, particularly with regard to a pariah nation like North Korea. As quick as he was to fire off insults on Twitter and threaten “fire…