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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister condemned Seoul as "presumptuous" and "silly" over its response to a weapons drill by Pyongyang, state media reported Tuesday.Kim Yo Jong -- long one of her brother's closest advisers -- was named in January as a first vice-department director of the Central Committee…

In this Monday, March 2, 2020, photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects a military drill at undisclosed location in North Korea. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government.  …

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits a drill of long-range artillery sub-units of the Korean People's Army, in North Korea in this image released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on March 2, 2020.?KCNA?via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS…

North Korea fired two presumed short-range ballistic missiles into the sea as it resumed weapons demonstrations following a months-long hiatusBy KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIMMarch 2, 2020, 9:27 AM5 min readSEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea fired two presumed short-range ballistic missiles into its eastern sea on Monday, South Korean…

By Hyonhee Shin and Sangmi ChaSEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea fired two short-range missiles off the east coast into the sea on Monday, resuming testing after a three-month pause, South Korea's military said.The missiles were launched from the eastern coastal city of Wonsan and flew 240 km (149 miles) and…

Seoul (AFP) - South Korea reported its biggest surge in new coronavirus cases on Saturday as concerns grew of a possible epidemic in the United States and the World Health Organization raised its risk alert to its highest level.The virus has rapidly spread across the world in the past week,…

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw military drills on Friday, state media KCNA said, a rare public outing amid efforts to prevent an outbreak of the coronavirus in the isolated country. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a drill by a unit of the Korean…

Bernie Sanders heads into Tuesday night's debate as the current frontrunner in hte Democratic primary, his rivals are stepping up their attacks against the Vermont senator. "We've trained our eyes on him," one Michael Bloomberg campaign aide told POLITICO.On Monday, his opponents released a barrage of criticism in the form…

Key point: The need to properly secure the country’s weapons of mass destruction will necessitate an invasion of North Korea, much of which will come by sea.In the event of a conflict on the Korean Peninsula, U.S. and South Korean forces will root and and destroy the regime of Kim Jong-un.…

Thae Yong-ho has declared a run for a seat in South Korea’s National Assembly.February 19, 2020, 3:53 PM7 min readSEOUL, South Korea -- A high-level North Korean official who defected to South Korea in 2016 plans to run for a seat in South Korea’s National Assembly elections this April. If…