With little more than 100 days to go before the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea, chief organiser Lee Hee-Beom has dismissed fears of a potential attack by the nuclear-armed North as an "exaggeration".
Several countries have expressed concerns about the Pyeongchang Games, which will take place in February just 80 kilometres (50 miles) from the heavily fortified Demilitarized ZoneRead more
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg called North Korea a "global threat" Monday and said he backed tighter sanctions against it during a visit to Japan, which has been targeted by Pyongyang's provocations.
Stoltenberg is in Tokyo to meet Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and other senior officials including defence minister Itsunori Onodera later in the day. "We are as concerned as youRead more
The UN Security Council unanimously passed a resolution tightening sanctions on North Korea on Wednesday in response to the country's latest nuclear test conducted in September..
The resolution condemning the reclusive regime's fifth nuclear test aims to prevent North Korea from developing nuclear weapons by further tightening measures to block funding and stop the procurement of parts and technology.Read more
South Korean activists launched tens of thousands of anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the border into North Korea on Thursday, denouncing its latest nuclear test and defying threats of retaliation.
The leaflets, criticizing leader Kim Jong-Un for putting nuclear weapons before the wellbeing of his people, were launched with helium balloons from the border city of Paju.
The propaganda exercise, organized byRead more
North Korea said on Sunday a push for further sanctions following its fifth and biggest nuclear test was “laughable,” and vowed to continue to strengthen its nuclear power.
The isolated state on Friday set off its most powerful nuclear explosion to date, saying it had mastered the ability to mount a warhead on a ballistic missile, ratcheting up a threatRead more
Russia is deeply concerned over reports that North Korea has conducted a nuclear test, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was quoted by the Russian news agency Tass as saying on Friday.
"We are seriously concerned over the nuclear test. The resolutions of the UN Security Council must be strictly implemented," Russia’s top diplomat said.
Moscow has denounced the new nuclear testRead more
North Korea’s foreign minister said Tuesday that any decision to stage a further nuclear test would depend on the United States, as he held Washington responsible for scuppering denuclearization efforts on the Korean peninsula.
“Whether we conduct additional nuclear tests is entirely up to the United States,” Ri Yong-Ho told reporters on the sidelines of an Association of Southeast AsianRead more
The possibility of North Korea conducting another nuclear test is high as the reclusive country is striving to intimidate others to engage in peace treaty talks, a local think tank here said Thursday. "The possibility is high that the North will sooner or later conduct its fifth nuclear test or fire off another long-range missile," the Sejong Institute, a privateRead more
A US monitoring group says that North Korea may be preparing to carry out another nuclear test in the near future, the Voice of America reported.
The website 38 North, which focuses on North Korean issues and is run by Johns Hopkins University, said Friday that commercial satellite images taken May 5 over the country's nuclear test site show vehicleRead more