The US has called for a UN meeting on Friday to discuss North Korea’s attempted satellite launch. Washington: The United States has called for a U.N. Security Council meeting on Friday to discuss North Korea’s attempted satellite launch this week, the spokesperson for the U.S. mission to the United Nations said. The launch on Wednesday […]
North Korea vowed to ramp up military surveillance efforts amid tensions with US in peninsula. Seoul: North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong has said her country’s military spy satellite will soon enter into orbit and vowed to ramp up military surveillance efforts, state media KCNA reported on Thursday. “Enemies are most afraid of the DPRK’s access […]
he alert fiasco speaks to a constant security problem facing South Korea. (Representational) Seoul: An emergency evacuation alert sent in error across Seoul over a North Korean rocket launch triggered widespread panic on Wednesday, crashing internet services and raising fears the government could not be trusted to handle a real crisis. The alert, sent at […]
North Korea has fired what it claims is a “space launch vehicle”, the South’s military said. Seoul: North Korea has fired what it claims is a “space launch vehicle”, the South’s military said early Wednesday, prompting confusion in Seoul as the city briefly issued an evacuation warning in error. North Korea had confirmed Tuesday that […]
Japan urged people to take shelters inside buildings or underground after North Korea launched missile. Tokyo: Japan briefly activated its missile alert warning system for the Okinawa region on Wednesday morning after South Korea’s military said North Korea had launched what it called a “space launch vehicle”. The launch initially prompted the activation of a […]
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this month inspected the country’s first military spy satellite. Seoul, South Korea: North Korea has confirmed it will launch a reconnaissance satellite in June, saying it is needed to monitor military movements of the United States and its partners in real time, state media reported Tuesday, citing a senior […]
The United States and North Korea do not have diplomatic relations. New Delhi: A US State Department report has found that Christians in North Korea who are caught with a Bible face the death penalty, and their families, including children, are sentenced to life imprisonment. The State Department’s International Religious Freedom Report for 2022 estimates […]
Antony Blinken said the sanctions against North Korea were coordinated with South Korea. Washington: The US government on Tuesday announced new sanctions on North Korean groups for what is said was the use of hackers to raise money for Pyongyang’s weapons programs. The targets of the sanctions “generate revenue by stealing funds from global financial […]
China urged against “deliberately stirring up tensions, provoking confrontation and playing up threats”. Beijing, China: China warned Washington and Seoul against “provoking confrontation” with North Korea on Thursday, after President Joe Biden and his South Korean counterpart said Pyongyang would face the “end” of its leadership if it uses its nuclear arsenal. “All parties should […]
Seoul, South Korea: If North Korea uses its nuclear weapons against the United States or its ally South Korea, it would be “the end” of Kim Jong Un’s regime, Seoul and Washington announced this week. The stern threat comes as President Yoon Suk Yeol is on a six-day state visit to the United States, where […]
