North Korean leader Kim Jong Un turned down an invitation by South Korean President Moon Jae-in to participate in a regional summit next week in the southern city of Busan, the country's state media said Thursday. A statement carried by Pyongyang's official Korean Central News ...
Kim looks to turn tables on Trump with own 'maximum pressure' push
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is believed to still be angling for a nuclear deal with U.S. President Donald Trump, experts say, but there are growing signs that the young dictator is preparing to slap his own version of "maximum pressure" on the ...
The United States must end its joint exercises with Seoul "once and for all" to facilitate dialogue with Pyongyang, North Korea said Tuesday, just days after the allies postponed planned drills. The U.S. and South Korea said Sunday they would delay annual joint aerial exercises ...
North Korea throws cold water on Trump's hint of third summit with Kim
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's bromance with U.S. President Donald Trump may be on its last legs, as an end-of-year deadline set by Kim for progress fast approaches. One of the North's former top nuclear envoys said in a statement Monday that Pyongyang was ...
North Korea's Kim oversees military drills after U.S. and South cancel joint air exercises
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has overseen air force drills "under the simulated conditions of real war," state-run media reported Monday, a day after the U.S. and South Korea said they were postponing their joint air exercises in a bid to boost stalled ...
Washington and Seoul postpone military drills in bid to boost stalled diplomacy with Pyongyang
The United States and South Korea on Sunday announced that they are postponing a joint military air exercise criticized by North Korea as provocative in a bid to keep alive foundering nuclear talks with Pyongyang. "After close consultation and careful consideration, Minister Jeong and I've ...
North Korea on Saturday said leader Kim Jong Un attended a flight demonstration of military aircraft at an airfield on the country's eastern coast where he instructed combat pilots to acquire "great idea and tactics" against enemies "armed to the teeth." The report from Pyongyang's ...
North Korea says U.S. is seeking December nuclear talks, warns of 'trick' to buy time
North Korea's top nuclear envoy said Thursday that the U.S. is seeking a return to denuclearization talks in December, but warned that he believed the move could be a "trick to earn time" ahead of a year-end deadline set by Pyongyang for progress in ...
North Korea assembles large fleet of military aircraft at east coast airport
North Korea may be preparing for a massive show of force, according to an analysis Friday of new satellite imagery that shows dozens of military aircraft parked wingtip to wingtip at an airport on the country's east coast. The purpose of the display seen in ...
North Korea warns of retaliation against U.S.-South Korea military drills
North Korea threatened on Wednesday to retaliate if the United States goes ahead with scheduled military drills with South Korea, ramping up pressure on Washington to change course as a year-end North Korean deadline for U.S. flexibility approaches. The statement came even though Washington said ...
North Korea assails U.S., South Korea and U.N. nuclear agency
North Korea on Monday accused the United States of "political and military provocations" and South Korea of "double-dealing behavior." North Korean U.N. Ambassador Kim Song made the accusations in a speech to a General Assembly meeting on the International Atomic Energy Agency, which he accused ...
North Korea says 'window of opportunity' closing for progress in nuclear talks with U.S.
A North Korean diplomat said Friday that the window of opportunity for progress in dialogue with the United States was getting smaller, adding that Pyongyang expects reciprocal steps from Washington by the end of the year. "We've given the United States quite a lot of ...
