North Korea Steps Up Sanctions-Busting
North Korea is flouting tougher new UN sanctions with more ingenuous tactics, circumventing trade bans by relying on middlemen and front companies, notably in Malaysia and China, a report by UN...
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China Says US Must Work Together On Solution To N. Korea
China called on the US to shoulder more responsibility in tackling North Korea's rogue nuclear programme Friday, slapping down claims by President Donald Trump that Beijing could bring the isolated...
Kim Jong-Nam ‘killed By VX Nerve Agent Found On His Face
Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korea’s leader, was killed by a highly toxic nerve agent, says Malaysia. Mr Kim died last week after two women accosted him briefly in a check-in hall at a...
The Banned, Deadly Nerve Agent That Killed Kim
As Malaysian toxicologists reveal that the banned nerve agent VX was used in the airport assassination of Kim Jong-Nam, here are some key questions and answers about the deadly weapon of mass...
N. Korea Has Large Chemical Weapons Stockpile
North Korea has up to 5,000 tonnes of chemical weapons, South Korean experts said Friday, including the toxin used to assassinate its leader's half-brother. Traces of VX -- a nerve agent listed as a...
N. Korea Lashes Ally China Over Coal Import Ban
North Korea denounced its chief ally and diplomatic protector China for "dancing to the tune of the US" after it banned coal imports in apparent punishment for a missile launch. Beijing and Pyongyang...
Israel To Deny Human Rights Watch Visas Over ‘bias’
Israel will stop issuing work visas to Human Rights Watch staff, the NGO said Friday, with the Jewish state accusing the group of being "fundamentally biased" against it. The New York-based watchdog,...
Kim Jong-Nam ‘killed By VX Nerve Agent Found On His Face’
Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korea's leader, was killed by a highly toxic nerve agent, says Malaysia. Mr Kim died last week after two women wiped a substance over his face in a check-in...
VX Nerve Agent Found On Kim Jong-Nam Face
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un's half brother was assassinated with a lethal nerve agent manufactured for chemical warfare, Malaysian police said Friday Releasing a preliminary toxicology report on...
Malaysia Says Can’t Force Diplomat To Talk On Kim Killing
Malaysian detectives probing the assassination of Kim Jong-Nam admitted Thursday that they cannot force a wanted North Korean diplomat to answer their questions. The investigation into the airport...
S. Korea Blasts News of Kim Murder Via Loudspeaker To North
South Korea is using giant loudspeakers to blast news of the dramatic assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un's half-brother across the border with its reclusive northern neighbour, it was...
Vietnam Suspect Was Country Girl, Say Neighbours
The Vietnamese suspect in the killing of Kim Jong-Un's half-brother was renowned for her fashion, funky hairstyles and foreign boyfriends, say family members shocked at the link between their poor...
Kim Autopsy ‘illegal and Immoral’
Pyongyang's state media on Thursday blasted Malaysia for an "illegal and immoral" autopsy on a man believed be the half-brother of North Korea's leader, breaking a 10-day silence on the airport...
Kim Jong-Nam Killing: Senior N Korea Diplomat Named As Suspect
Malaysian police have named a senior North Korean embassy official they want to question in connection with the killing of Kim Jong-nam. Hyon Kwang Song is one of three North Koreans being sought,...
North Korea Diplomat Wanted Over Kim Killing
Detectives probing the assassination of Kim Jong-Un's half-brother want to question a North Korean diplomat, Malaysia's top policeman said Wednesday. Investigators have put five North Koreans in the...
North Korea Diplomat Wanted Over Kim Killing
A North Korean diplomat is wanted for questioning over the murder of Kim Jong-un's brother, it has emerged. Investigators have put five North Koreans in the frame for last week's killing of Kim...
Malaysia Seeks North Korea Embassy Official
Malaysian police say they are seeking a senior official at the North Korean embassy in Kuala Lumpur in connection with the killing of Kim Jong-nam. Mr Kim, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim...
N. Korea More Isolated Than Ever After Malaysia Killing
North Korea had few friends even before the assassination of the leader's half-brother at a Kuala Lumpur airport last week, but the fallout from the killing looks set to further isolate the...
No Family Member Claims Body, Malaysia Says
Malaysian authorities are yet to formally identify the body of Kim Jong-nam as no family member has come forward, officials say. The half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un died last week...
Malaysia Says Still To Establish What Killed North Korean
Malaysian authorities said on Tuesday they had still to establish what was used to kill the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and the body had not been formally identified as...