SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Monday that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has proposed a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, as the North urged Japan to show sincerity toward improving bilateral ties and realizing their countries’ first summit in about 20 years. Japan’s government did not immediately respond to the … Read more
SEOUL, South Korea — Russian President Vladimir Putin has gifted North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a Russian-made car for his personal use in a demonstration of their special relationship, North Korea’s state media reported Tuesday. The report didn’t say what kind of vehicle it was or how it was shipped. But observers said it … Read more
By Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has received a car from Russia’s President Vladimir Putin as a gift “for his personal use,” official media reported on Tuesday, in what could be a violation of U.N. ban that Moscow had joined to adopt against Pyongyang. The two countries have forged … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this week declared South Korea to be an enemy state and formally abandoned the idea of peacefully reunifying the two halves of the peninsula, a bombshell even by his fiery standards. It marked a sharp break from the long-standing … Read more
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has abolished key government organizations tasked with managing relations with South Korea, state media said Tuesday, as authoritarian leader Kim Jong Un said he would no longer pursue reconciliation with his rival. North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency said the decision to abolish the agencies handling dialogue and … Read more
SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea will immediately launch a military strike in response to any provocation, Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un, said on Sunday. The remarks come after South Korea’s military said the North had fired more than 60 artillery rounds on Saturday near their disputed maritime border, following a … Read more
North Korean chief Kim Jong Un left Russia on Sunday, ending a go to affirming shut ties with Vladimir Putin and fuelling Western fears that Pyongyang may present Moscow with arms for its assault on Ukraine. Kim’s prolonged tour of Russia’s far japanese area, which started Tuesday, has centered extensively on army issues, along with … Read more
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean chief Kim Jong Un held discussions with Russia’s protection minister on strengthening “strategic and tactical coordination” between the nations’ militaries, the North’s state media mentioned Sunday, as Kim continued a go to to Russia’s Far East that has raised considerations about an arms alliance that may gas Moscow’s warfare … Read more
September 15, 2023 at 2:06 a.m. EDT Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks throughout a gathering with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Kyiv on Sept. 6. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool/AFP/Getty Photographs) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will go to Washington subsequent week after stopping by the United Nations Common Meeting in New York, The Washington Publish reported. … Read more
North Korean chief Kim Jong Un continues his go to to Russia’s Far East, the place he’s anticipated to go to aviation factories and examine Russia’s Pacific naval fleet on Thursday. The go to is a show of closeness between Kim and Russian President Vladimir Putin, who was anticipated to debate acquiring North Korean weaponry … Read more