# North Korea

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# tensions

Trump says Kim Jong Un 'will not break promise' after reports of North Korea missile launches

South Korea has said North Korea fired a number of projectiles into the sea.

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May 4th 2019, 3:35 PM

# From Russia With Love

Vladimir Putin could become the middle-man in Trump-Kim denuclearisation talks

Donald Trump was among the topics discussed by the two leaders during their first one-on-one summit.

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Apr 26th 2019, 7:55 AM

# Otto Warmbier

North Korea billed US $2 million for imprisoned student's medical care

Otto Warmbier fell into a coma after apparently being tortured behind bars and died days after arriving back in the United States.

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Apr 25th 2019, 10:30 PM

# First meeting

Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin vow closer ties as they meet for the first time

Both leaders have met in Russia’s eastern city of Vladivostok, after Kim travelled by train from the North.

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Apr 25th 2019, 7:06 AM

# russian talks

North Korea's Kim Jong Un arrives in Russia for Putin summit

The talks will be Kim’s first face-to-face meeting with another head of state since his meeting with Trump.

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Apr 24th 2019, 10:49 AM

# combat power

North Korea test-fires weapon with 'powerful warhead' in first since US nuclear talks broke down

The country’s news agency reported that Kim Jong-Un guided the test-fire.

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Apr 18th 2019, 7:34 AM

# nuclear diplomacy

Kim open to another summit with Trump, with conditions

Kim said his personal relationship with Trump remains good.

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Apr 13th 2019, 5:55 PM

# Malaysia

Kim Jong-nam murder suspect avoids death penalty

The half-brother of North Korea’s Kim Jong-un was killed at Kuala Lumpur airport in 2017.

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Apr 1st 2019, 9:55 AM

# decision reversed

Trump reverses North Korea sanctions that US imposed yesterday because he 'likes Kim'

Trump’s Treasury Department imposed the sanctions to tighten international pressure on North Korea.

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Mar 22nd 2019, 8:32 PM

# North Korea

US threw away 'golden opportunity' at Hanoi summit, North Korean official says

A nuclear summit in Hanoi, Vietnam, between Kim and Trump ended without agreement on 28 February.

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Mar 15th 2019, 7:39 AM

# Siti Aisyah

Indonesian woman charged with Kim Jong Nam's killing freed in shock ruling

Siti Aisyah was held for two years on suspicion of killing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s half brother.

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Mar 11th 2019, 7:21 AM

Voices

Opinion: I visited North Korea and Kim Jong Un is a recreation of the emperors who ruled Korea for centuries

Despite being a product of the Cold War and spouting Marxist and Maoist sounding jargon, Kim is far more of a recreation of the Chosun Emperors than a throwback to Joseph Stalin or Chairman Mao, writes Tom Farrell.

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Mar 11th 2019, 7:00 AM

# kim jong one

North Korea's election: There's just one approved name on today's ballot

Analysts say the election is held largely as a political rite to enable the authorities to claim a mandate from the people.

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Mar 10th 2019, 5:00 PM

# North Korea

Kim Jong-un may be preparing a missile or space launch, says US report

The images were taken before Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un’s meeting in Hanoi for their high-stakes summit, which ended in failure.

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Mar 9th 2019, 3:33 PM

# rocket site

North Korea 'rebuilding' main satellite launch site, satellite photos show

The activity was recorded days after the summit North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump.

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Mar 6th 2019, 7:06 AM

# Deal or no deal

North Korea offers to hold more nuclear talks with US despite this week's summit breakdown

A meeting between the two countries this week ended unexpectedly early.

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Mar 1st 2019, 7:20 AM

# Rocket Men

'We had to walk': Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un summit ends with 'no agreement reached'

Trump and Kim were meeting in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi for talks.

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Feb 28th 2019, 7:48 AM

# Rocket Men

'The potential is awesome': Donald Trump set to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Vietnam

Trump will meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Vietnam today and tomorrow.

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Feb 27th 2019, 7:40 AM

# Rocket Men

Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un will meet for the second time this week: here's what to expect

The two leaders will hold talks in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi on 27 and 28 February.

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Feb 24th 2019, 10:15 AM

# global ban

'The future of humanity hangs in the balance': Why the world could not handle a nuclear attack

An expert explains how we could be “headed for a nuclear arms race”.

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Feb 16th 2019, 10:00 PM

# denuclearisation talks

China's Xi backs second North Korea-US summit, hoping they'll 'meet each other halfway'

US-North Korea talks over Pyongyang’s nuclear arsenal have stalled since the first summit in June.

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Jan 10th 2019, 8:42 AM

# jo song gil

North Korean diplomat in Italy 'in hiding', says South's intelligence officials

Jo Song Gil, 48, has been acting ambassador in Rome since October 2017.

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Jan 3rd 2019, 9:48 AM

# North Korea

Kim Jong Un warns US against maintaining current sanctions in New Year's speech

The North Korean leader says the state might be compelled to explore a ‘new path’ of defense if US sanctions remain unchanged.

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Jan 1st 2019, 9:30 AM

# Random

Visit North Korea? English football club strikes bizarre deal

Blyth Spartans have struck an unlikely new sponsorship arrangement.

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Dec 27th 2018, 11:58 PM

# Sanctions

North Korea condemns US sanctions, says they could 'block the path to denuclearisation'

The warning from the North yesterday came days after the US said it was imposing sanctions on three senior North Korean officials.

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Dec 17th 2018, 9:57 AM

# Rocket Men

Donald Trump plans meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in 2019

The pair are hoping to follow-up their historic summit in Singapore in June.

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Dec 2nd 2018, 7:17 AM

# North Korea

North Korea warns US it may 'seriously' consider return of nuclear policy

It said the policy could return if the US doesn’t end tough economic sanctions against the impoverished regime.

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Nov 4th 2018, 3:56 PM

# Pyongyang

Pompeo hails 'productive' talks with Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang

The top US diplomat met with Kim for around two hours this morning in the North’s capital.

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Oct 7th 2018, 2:12 PM

# From North Korea with love

'We fell in love': Trump on exchanging letters with Kim Jong-un

Trump told a cheering crowd at a campaign rally that there was once tough talk “back and forth” between him and the North Korean leader.

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Sep 30th 2018, 3:01 PM

# Pyongyang

Denuclearisation: US ready to begin negotiating with North Korea 'immediately'

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has invited his North Korean counterpart to meet in New York next week.

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Sep 19th 2018, 10:30 PM

# elation once again

North and South Korea will bid to host the Olympic Games together

It’s an unprecedented plan that would have been unthinkable not long ago.

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Sep 19th 2018, 8:38 AM

# celebrations

North Korea holds 70th anniversary parade but doesn't flaunt its intercontinental missiles

The North has previously been hit with sanctions for showing off its intercontinental ballistic missiles.

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Sep 9th 2018, 7:22 AM

# Nuclear Weapons

Japan says North Korea remains a 'serious and imminent threat'

The country also takes aim at China’s rise as a military power.

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Aug 28th 2018, 8:07 AM

# denuclearisation

Donald Trump acknowledges North Korea is not making progress on denuclearisation

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was supposed to go to the state.

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Aug 24th 2018, 7:31 PM

# Reunited

'I never imagined this day would come': South Koreans meet relatives in North after decades apart

The three-day reunion is the first for three years and follows a diplomatic thaw on the peninsula.

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Aug 20th 2018, 8:14 AM

# Malaysia

Judge rules sufficient evidence to allow Kim Jong Nam murder trial to continue

The judge said the evidence presented in court since the trial started in October pointed to a “well-planned conspiracy”.

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Aug 16th 2018, 10:12 AM

# Dry Spell

Red Cross warn that North Korea is on the brink of a 'full-blown' food crisis as crops fail in heatwave

Recent UN sanctions have deepened the food crisis in the secretive state.

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Aug 10th 2018, 10:26 PM

# Nuclear Weapons

North Korea criticises US for acting with 'alarming' impatience on denuclearisation issue

A UN report has said that North Korea has resorted to a “massive increase” of illegal ship-to-ship transfers of oil products at sea to evade sanctions.

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Aug 4th 2018, 12:00 PM