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In video-link meeting with US representative Jung Pak, China’s envoy Liu Xiaoming says stable peninsula is in the interests of the region and the world.
‘Tangible’ takeaways from a potential Japan-North Korea summit, especially on the abduction issue, are required if Kishida hopes to use foreign relation wins to boost his domestic approval, analysts say.
North Korea extends its streak of weapons demonstrations with its fifth barrage of cruise missiles in the past month.
In a rare interview, the South Korean president said his wife had been ‘unable to cold-heartedly reject’ a pastor who gifted her a US$2,200 Dior bag. He also dismissed claims he was sacrificing ties with China.
In the first phone call between Wang Yi and Cho Tae-yul, Beijing vows to uphold ‘stability and continuity’ in its South Korea policy.
Under biting US sanctions, Iran denies any ambition to develop a nuclear weapons capability.
President Yoon Suk-yeol says the North has a history of carrying out ‘provocations’ before important polls in South Korea.
The former US national security adviser warns such a move would ‘further alienate Japan and South Korea, and extend China’s influence’.
Workers at a North Korea-run factory in China were said to have staged a deadly protest after learning their back pay had been transferred back to the regime.
The mooted visit to the North Korean capital would be the Russian leader’s first in over two decades. Analysts said the trip would help Kim Jong-un signal to China that he ‘still has partners’.
Two new-generation Pulhwasal-3-31 missiles ‘flew in the sky above the East Sea … to hit the island target’, state media reported on Monday, adding that Kim had ‘guided’ the launch.
Pledge with China comes as North Korea carries out back-to-back missile tests within space of a week and pursues closer ties with Moscow
Multiple projectiles were detected around the waters near North Korea’s Sinpo area, as Seoul steps up monitoring Pyongyang’s movements.
North Korea’s new ballistic missiles are set for their first battlefield test in Ukraine. But based on the success of US interceptor systems, Kim Jong-un may be worried.
Russia’s president also thanked North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for his invitation when he met his Foreign Minister, and thanked North Korea for its support in the Ukraine war
Communist Party diplomatic chief Liu Jianchao pledges to increase strategic communications in meeting with North Korean envoy as Pyongyang announces test of nuclear-capable underwater attack drone in response to US-Japan-South Korea military drills.
The alleged test came days after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un declared he would scrap Pyongyang’s long-standing goal of peaceful unification with South Korea.
The North’s bid to enshrine its own sea border and codify a commitment to invade the South shows ties ‘have reached an almost irreparable breakdown’.
The missile could neutralise South Korea’s missile defence system and threaten US strategic assets such as its aircraft-carrier striker groups in the West Pacific, analysts say.
Solid-fuel missiles do not need to be fuelled immediately ahead of launch, are often easier and safer to operate, and require less logistical support, making them harder to detect and more survivable than liquid-fuel weapons.
The South Korean military says the North has fired a suspected intermediate-range ballistic missile towards the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan.
The US, meanwhile, said it was abhorrent that Russia, as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, was violating resolutions by using arms from Pyongyang.
Sri Lankan migrant workers on South Korea’s Yeonpyeong island worry about getting caught in the inter-Korean crossfire: ‘Is there going to be a war?’
Kim’s birthday is believed to be January 8, though his secretive regime has never confirmed the date. The US government lists Kim’s birth year as 1984, making him 40 years old this year.
The Japanese government was taken aback by Kim Jong-un’s surprise sympathy message after the deadly New Year’s Day quake. Analysts say there’s more than just commiseration at play.