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Tue, July 16, 2019 | 08:02

North Korea to launch tour program to Mt. Geumgang

North Korea will launch a tour program to Mount Geumgang this month in an apparent effort to bolster its sagging economy amid international sanctions.

Park Si-soo | 2019-07-15 13:23

North Korea presses South to overlook US on cross-border relations

North Korea pressed the South over the weekend to pursue cross-border agreements regardless of relations between Washington and Pyongyang. The North's propaganda websites Uriminzokkiri and Meari said Pyongyang was disappointed at Seoul's attempt to resume inter-Korean talks in accordance with possible U.S.-North Korea denuclearization negotiations.

Yi Whan-woo | 2019-07-14 16:54

N. Korean newspaper slams Japan for export curbs on S. Korea

North Korea's official newspaper on Sunday denounced Japan's export restrictions against South Korea as an "unacceptable political provocation," as Tokyo raised accusations the South leaked sensitive industrial materials to the communist nation to justify the export curbs. "What we cannot put up with is that the Japanese reactionary forces are trying to justify the economic r...

2019-07-14 16:06

Japan exported prohibited items to North Korea: UN reports

Japan exported some strategic items and luxury goods to North Korea over the past several years in violation of international sanctions, U.N. reports have shown. According to 10 reports that the U.N. panel of experts wrote between 2010 and 2019, there have been multiple cases where restricted items, including sensitive equipment and luxury goods, have been shipped to North Ko...

2019-07-14 11:14

Korea faces growing trade uncertainties on Japan's further export curbs

Trump says NK leader was 'so happy' to see him

U.S. President Donald Trump claimed Friday that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was so happy to see him that the man of few expressions smiled. Trump was apparently referring to his latest meeting with Kim at the inter-Korean border on June 30, during which the young leader could be seen beaming.

2019-07-14 04:03

South Korean defects to North Korea

A South Korean son of Ryu Mi-yong, the late chairwoman of a North Korean minor political party, has arrived in Pyongyang to live in the communist country for good, a North Korean propaganda media outlet said Sunday. Ryu and her husband, Choe Tok-sin, who served as foreign minister in South Korea during the 1960s, emigrated to the United States in 1976 and defected to the Nort...

2019-07-07 14:20

N. Korea accuses expelled Australian student of spying: KCNA

Siely admitted "his spying acts of systematically collecting and offering data about the domestic situation of the DPRK" and repeatedly asked for pardon, KCNA said.

2019-07-06 23:11

What surprises would be in the next episode of the Trump Show?

What surprises might be in the next episode of the Trump Show, a realty show starring U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un? Do not blame me for calling the two “buddies'” affairs a reality show. After last Sunday's meeting at the truce village in Panmunjom in Korea's demilitarized zone, Yael Kushner, better known as Ivanka and Trump's daughter, call...

Oh Young-jin | 2019-07-05 17:17

Australian gov't warns released student not to return to North Korea

Australia's government warned a student not to return to North Korea on Friday, a day after he was released from detention by Pyongyang under mysterious circumstances. Alek Sigley, who flew to Tokyo on Thursday to join his Japanese wife, had been studying in the North Korean capital and had been missing since June 25. "My advice would be pretty clear, I would stay in Japan. I...

2019-07-05 09:21

Australian student detained in North Korea 'released' [PHOTOS]

A 29-year-old Australian student detained in North Korea surfaced in Beijing airport on Thursday, saying he was in "very good" spirits after being released. Alek Sigley - one of a handful of Westerners living and studying in North Korea - disappeared without a trace around June 23, prompting a week of deep concern and frantic speculation about his fate.

2019-07-04 15:59

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