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Lessons In Loyalty As N.Korea Celebrates Children’s Day

These pictures from North Korea show school children playing with imitation AK47s and throwing mock grenades as they...

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Lessons In Loyalty As N.Korea Celebrates Children’s Day

To celebrate Korean Children's Union Day on Tuesday, the pupils of Pyongyang Number Four Primary School threw mock...

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N. Korea Says Ballistic Missile Test Successful

North Korea on Tuesday boasted its test of a precision-guided missile was "successful", saying it had zeroed in within...

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China’s UN Envoy Says ‘no Reason’ Not To Talk With N.Korea

China's UN ambassador said Tuesday that there was "no reason" to refuse dialogue with North Korea despite a series of...

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Hero’s Welcome In Pyongyang For North’s Missile Developers

Thousands of men lined the streets of Pyongyang to give scientists and workers behind North Korea's latest missile test...

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Hero’s Welcome In Pyongyang For North’s Missile Developers

Thousands of men in their Sunday best and women in colourful traditional dress lined the streets of Pyongyang to give...

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Putin Warns Against ‘intimidating’ North Korea After Latest Missile Launch

Russian President Vladimir Putin has condemned North Korea's latest missile launch as "dangerous" but warned against...

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N. Korea Demands Extradition of South’s Spy Chief

North Korea on Friday demanded the extradition of the South's spy chief, a Chinese businessman, and unnamed US CIA...

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New Phase For South Korea’s President Moon

South Korea's new president is a former pro-democracy activist and special forces soldier whose electoral victory caps...

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S.Korea’s Moon To Seek Change With North

The election of South Korea's new president Moon Jae-In heralds a sea change in Seoul's approach towards the...

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North Korea Detains Another US Citizen

North Korea has detained another US citizen for committing "hostile acts", it said Sunday, its second arrest of an...

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North Korea Claims CIA Plotted To Kill Kim Jong-Un

North Korea has accused US and South Korean agents of plotting to kill its Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-un. A North Korean...

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N. Korea Accuses CIA of Plot To Assassinate Kim Jong-Un

North Korea on Friday accused the CIA of plotting with South Korea to assassinate leader Kim Jong-Un, amid soaring...

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Empty Slopes At N.Korea’s Ski Resort

On the ski fields of Mount Taehwa, groomed pistes snake down wooded hillsides to a luxurious hotel and a giant screen...

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Rights Group Urges China To Release N. Korean Refugees

China should immediately reveal the whereabouts of eight North Koreans it detained last month, Human Rights Watch said...

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Kim Family Values On Show At North Korea Parade

Before tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians marched before him, along with some of the most fearsome weapons at...

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Trump Says ‘things Will Work Out Fine’ With Russia

US President Donald Trump expressed confidence Thursday that US-Russian relations will "work out fine" after icy...

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N.Korea Seeks To Brighten Image With White ‘fairyland’

The penthouse apartments at the top of the tallest tower in Pyongyang's showpiece development offer impressive views,...

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Kim Assassination Suspects Should Not Be Ambushed

Two women accused of assassinating the half-brother of North Korea's leader risk being subjected to a "trial by...