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No Korea Family Reunions Unless Citizens Returned

A senior North Korean official on Wednesday ruled out any more reunions for family members separated decades ago by war...

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S. Korea To Freeze New THAAD Deployment Pending Probe

South Korea will suspend any further deployment of a controversial US missile defence system until an environmental...

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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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US Urges UN To Investigate DRCongo Murders

The United States on Monday urged the United Nations to establish a special investigation into the murder of two UN...

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Tillerson Tells China To ‘step Up’ On North Korea

China and other nations must strengthen efforts to curb North Korea's nuclear weapons programme, US Secretary of State...

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North Korea Slams ‘mean’ Targeted UN Sanctions

North Korea on Sunday slammed the latest UN sanctions as "mean" and vowed to press ahead with its missile and nuclear...

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Mattis Praises, Criticises China On N. Korea and South China Sea

Pentagon chief Jim Mattis said Saturday that North Korea posed a global threat and praised China's efforts to influence...

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UN Slaps Targeted Sanctions On 18 N. Korean Officials, Firms

The UN Security Council on Friday put North Korea's suspected spy chief, 13 other Pyongyang officials and four entities...

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US Carriers In Sea of Japan In Show of Force To N.Korea

Two US aircraft carriers and their escort vessels carried out naval maneuvers in the Sea of Japan this week in a show...

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Australia’s Turnbull Warns Against ‘coercive’ China

China has nothing to gain by strong-arming its way in the Asia Pacific, Australia's prime minister said Friday, warning...

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Australia’s Turnbull Warns Against ‘coercive’ China

China has nothing to gain by strong-arming its way in the Asia Pacific, Australia's prime minister said Friday, warning...

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Moscow Says Won’t Veto UN Resolution On N.Korea Sanctions

Moscow on Friday said it will not veto a UN resolution imposing sanctions on North Korea, despite Kremlin ire over...

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Mattis Arrives In Singapore As N. Korea Tensions Swirl

Pentagon chief Jim Mattis arrived in Singapore on Friday ahead of a key defence summit where longstanding US allies...

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US Proposes New N. Korea Sanctions At UN

The United States presented a draft UN Security Council resolution Thursday that would impose new sanctions on North...

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US Boosts N.Korea Sanctions Over Nuclear Program

The US slapped fresh sanctions Thursday on several North Korean entities and officials as well as two Russian companies...

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US Returns Criminal Suspect To China

The US returned a fugitive to China Thursday, the Ministry of Public Security said, in what appears to be the first...

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Japan, US Conduct Joint Naval Drill Off Korean Peninsula

A pair of US aircraft carriers and Japanese naval vessels conducted a joint drill in waters off the Korean peninsula...

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As NKorea Threat Grows, US Plans Next Anti-ICBM Test In 2018

The US military will follow up its experimental shoot-down of an intercontinental ballistic missile by firing two...