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Reuters: North Korea declares emergency in border town over first suspected COVID-19 case
The suspect illegally crossed the demarcation line on July 19.12:45, 26 July 2020
North Korean leader Kim oversaw testing of multiple rocket launchers – media
The new, solid fuel ballistic missiles can fly as far as 500 kilometers putting the entire Korean Peninsula within its range and are capable of neutralizing the advanced U.S. anti-missile defense system deployed in South Korea, according to a military analyst.15:30, 05 May 2019
Ex-CIA official says Kim Jong-un may visit Russia
Three senior North Korean officials made back-to-back visits to Russia earlier this month.09:00, 21 March 2019
"I believe Putin": Trump dismissed U.S. intel advice on N.Korea threat, former FBI acting chief says
McCabe said he was shocked when he found about the president’s alleged comments.13:20, 18 February 2019
North Korea rejects U.S. proposals on denuclearization
The U.S. has made, and continues to make, "specific proposals for starting and proceeding to the end point of fully verified denuclearization," including a timeline, senior diplomatic sources said.14:40, 11 August 2018
Trump says Russia meddles in U.S. affairs, but so do others
“It's a lot of people. We have to stop it. We have to stop meddling and stop everybody from attacking us. But there are a lot. Russia is there."23:30, 05 August 2018
Trump, Kim sign agreement at historic summit in Singapore
The United States and the DPRK will join their efforts to build a lasting and stable peace regime on the Korean Peninsula.12:08, 12 June 2018
Koreas to march under single 'united' flag in Olympic Games - BBC
<p>North and South Korea have agreed to march together under a single "unified Korea" flag at next month's Winter Olympics in the South, according to the BBC.</p>19:10, 17 January 2018
North Korea: Urgent need to open channels, UN says after visit – BBC
<p>A top UN official told senior North Korean figures there was an "urgent need" to keep channels open to avoid the risk of war, the organisation says, according to the BBC.</p>12:50, 10 December 2017
U.S. warns DPRK leaders to be "utterly destroyed" in case of war while Trump brands Kim "sick puppy"
<p>Speaking at an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting, U.S. ambassador Nikki Haley warned North Korea’s leadership it would be “utterly destroyed” if war were to break out, after Pyongyang test fired its most advanced intercontinental ballistic missile, putting the U.S. mainland within range, Reuters wrote.</p>13:00, 30 November 2017
Reuters update: North Korea fires ICBM, splashes in Sea of Japan
<p>North Korea fired what appeared to be an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that landed close to Japan on Wednesday, officials said, Pyongyang's first test launch since sending a missile over its neighbor in mid-September, according to Reuters.</p>22:32, 28 November 2017
U.S. military must "be ready" for North Korea threat, Mattis warns
<p>The U.S. Army has "got to be ready" to confront the North Korean threat if diplomatic efforts are unable to resolve the U.S. dispute with Pyongyang over its nuclear weapons, Defense Secretary James Mattis said Monday, Newsweek reports.</p>23:59, 09 October 2017
CNN: Trump warns of 'devastating' military option as North Korea moves jets
<p>U.S. President Donald Trump issued a familiar warning to North Korea on Tuesday, saying the U.S. is prepared to use "devastating" military action if necessary – as two defense officials tell CNN that the rogue nation has moved a small number of fighter jets, external fuel tanks and air-to-air missiles to a base on its eastern coast to boost military readiness.</p>09:58, 27 September 2017
N.Korea bolsters defenses after flight by U.S. bombers as rhetoric escalates - Reuters
<p>North Korea has boosted defenses on its east coast, a South Korean lawmaker said on Tuesday, after the North said U.S. President Donald Trump had declared war and that it would shoot down U.S. bombers flying near the peninsula, according to Reuters.</p>21:15, 26 September 2017
North Korea accuses U.S. of declaring war, says it has right to shoot down bombers - CNBC
<p>North Korea's foreign minister on Monday accused President Donald Trump of declaring war, saying that gives the rogue regime the right to shoot down U.S. strategic bombers, according to CNBC.</p>23:10, 25 September 2017
U.S. envoy to UN: North Korea will be destroyed if keeps on "reckless behavior" – media
<p>U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley says that North Korea will be destroyed if it keeps on its "reckless behavior," according to CNN.</p>23:28, 17 September 2017
Moscow analyst: Russia has made North Korea’s rocket program possible
<p>In two articles published online this week, Moscow analyst Aleksandr Nemets details the evidence many have assembled showing that Moscow is heavily involved in both the rocket program of North Korea and Pyongyang’s “aggressive plans” to use it against other countries, Euromaidan Press reports.</p>14:40, 10 September 2017
N.Korea's ambitions have nothing to do with Kyiv and everything to do with Moscow - Atlantic Council
<p>A recent New York Times article accused Ukraine of illegally supplying rocket technology to the rogue state of North Korea, yet the answer to the question of how this little country, most of whose citizens live in poverty, managed to cause such a global security issue, calls for critical thinking and the recollection of assertions made by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the 2007 Munich Security Conference, according to the Atlantic Council.</p>10:40, 08 September 2017
Military action against N.Korea "too horrific" to consider: UN chief
<p>United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday the solution to containing North Korea as the regime conducts continued nuclear weapons tests "must be political" as the "potential consequences to military action are too horrific," CBC News reports.</p>09:40, 06 September 2017
Oil markets volatile in wake of Hurricane Harvey, North Korea nuclear test – media
<p>Oil markets were volatile on Monday, with U.S. crude rising on production shutdowns while international Brent was pulled down by a flight into gold futures following a powerful North Korean nuclear test explosion, according to Reuters.</p>10:40, 04 September 2017
