Foreign Minister Taro Kono called Thursday on countries to cut diplomatic ties with North Korea as part of pressure to end the regime's nuclear and missile drive. Hours after the United States announced its toughest economic sanctions yet on North Korea, Kono said that more ...
President Donald Trump said Thursday he was considering a "pretty severe" response to North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile test, even as his defense secretary said the United States is still seeking a diplomatic solution to the standoff. International divisions on how to contain the North ...
North Korea launched a ferry service to the Russian city of Vladivostok on Wednesday to develop links and boost economic cooperation, the North's state media said, as it faces increasing isolation over its weapons development. Experts have said North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un, may ...
Malaysia intercepted and returned a shipment of North Korean military communications equipment sent to Thailand in 2011, the country's police chief said on Monday, amid growing scrutiny of the Southeast Asian nation's dealings with North Korea. The comments come after Malaysia's foreign ministry this month ...
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power said Monday that the United States is exerting all its political influence in a bid to gain support from all U.N. Security Council members to adopt "the strongest possible resolution" to heighten pressure on North Korea ...
The United States is investigating a number of Chinese companies for suspected breaches of sanctions on North Korea, and Chinese banks and firms should understand that dealing with North Korea is "risky," a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday. China said it opposed any country ...
North Korea said on Monday it had told the United States it will cut the only channel of communication between them, at the United Nations in New York, after Washington blacklisted leader Kim Jong Un last week for human rights abuses. All matters related to ...
North Korea said on Thursday that it will convene a session of its parliamentary in late June, following a rare congress of the country's ruling Workers' Party in May that cemented young leader Kim Jong Un's control of the isolated state. Delegates to the assembly ...
North Korea fires two missiles into the Sea of Japan just days after the defiant Kim Jong Un threatens to carry out more nuclear tests and missile launches.
North Korea’s navy reconfigures Japanese-made civilian radar systems, according to a document compiled by experts investigating U.N. sanctions.
A United Nations-blacklisted North Korean shipping company has renamed most of its vessels in a bid to disguise their origin and continues illicit shipments in violation of sanctions, according to a U.N. experts report seen by reporters on Wednesday. The U.N. Security Council's Panel of ...
Full implementation of U.N. Security Council sanctions will deliver a strong message to North Korea — if Beijing can refrain from action to dilute them.
