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This image that was broadcast by North Korea's KRT on August 1, 2019 shows North Korean leader Kim ... Jong Un supervising a rocket launch test. KRT via AP Video On June 12, North Korea’s Foreign Minister Ri Son-gwon issued a highly unusual commemorative statement to mark the second anniversary…

South Korea convened an emergency security meeting on Sunday after the sister of North Korea’s leader threatened military action against South Korea in the latest escalation of tensions between the two neighbors.Kim Yo Jong, a trusted aide to her brother, Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un, said she would leave the…

As part of the effort to improve ties with the North, South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s administration has sought to discourage the leaflet and rice campaigns, and defectors have complained of pressure to avoid criticism of North Korea.On Sunday, South Korea’s National Security Council meeting was held with security and…

The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened military action against South Korea as she bashed Seoul on Saturday over declining bilateral relations and its inability to stop activists from floating anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the border. Describing South Korea as an "enemy," Kim Yo Jong repeated an…

The sister of North Korea leader Kim Jong Un bashed South Korea and has threatened military action after a recent decline in relations. Kim Yo Jong took aim at the inter-Korean liaison office in the border town of Kaesong, promising a “tragic scene” after she accused Seoul of not doing…

North Korea on Friday publicly questioned why it should continue its uneasy detente with the United States, citing the Trump administration’s “empty promises” and a lack of concrete results since the two countries’ leaders first met in Singapore two years ago. North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Son Gwon said through…

North Korea is angry at the activists, mostly defectors, in South Korea who send leaflets across the border by balloon. It has cut the hotline between the two countries and state television has shown protests of workers and trade union members North Korea said on Thursday the United States has…

FILE PHOTO: Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres speaks during a Security Council meeting about the situation in Syria at U.N. Headquarters in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., February 28, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File PhotoNEW YORK (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres regrets that…

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has said it is cutting communication hotlines with South Korea, a tactic the isolated country has used repeatedly during periods of rising tension. FILE PHOTO: South Korean Lieutenant Choi communicates with a North Korean officer at a military office near the demilitarised zone in Paju.…

Image copyright Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images Image caption The North wants the South to stop defector groups sending propaganda balloons over the border South Korea's daily call to a jointly-run liaison office in North Korea has gone unanswered for the first time.The break came days after North Korea said it would…