N. Korea Conducts Rocket Engine Test
North Korea recently tested a small rocket engine, a monitoring group said Wednesday, after a US official had reportedly suggested the test could be a step to develop an intercontinental ballistic...
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North Korea Likens Trump To Hitler
North Korea compared US President Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler on Tuesday in its latest diatribe, amid high tensions over Pyongyang's military ambitions and ahead of a visit to Washington by South...
N. Korea Likens Trump To Hitler
North Korea likened US President Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler on Tuesday in its latest diatribe amid high tensions over Pyongyang's military ambitions and ahead of a visit to Washington by the...
Trump Says N.Korea Threat Must Be ‘dealt With Rapidly’
President Donald Trump called on Monday for the threat posed by North Korea's nuclear and ballistic programs to be "rapidly" tackled, as he thanked visiting Indian leader Narendra Modi for rallying...
S. Korea’s Moon Heads To US As North Threat Grows
South Korea's dovish new President Moon Jae-In -- who backs engagement with the nuclear-armed North -- heads to Washington this week for talks with his hawkish US counterpart Donald Trump, as...
N.Korea Doubts Over South’s Olympic Invite
A top North Korean sports official voiced doubts over a proposal by South Korean President Moon Jae-In to form a unified Olympic team, citing political tensions and a lack of time, a report said. The...
S. Koreans March To Protest US Missile Defence System
Thousands of protesters marched near the US embassy in Seoul on Saturday, accusing President Donald Trump of "forcing" South Korea to deploy a controversial American missile defence system opposed by...
N. Korea Accuses US of ‘smear Campaign’ Over Warmbier Death
North Korea on Friday accused the US of waging a "smear campaign" over the death of a student who was sent back home in a coma, denying he was tortured or abused. President Donald Trump has slammed...
North Korea Denies Torturing US Student Warmbier
North Korea Friday denied torturing or mistreating Otto Warmbier, the US student who died after being released from the North in a coma, in the first official reaction to his death. South Korea has...
North Korea Conducts Rocket Engine Test
North Korea has tested a rocket engine that could be fitted to an intercontinental ballistic missile, a US official said, in an apparent provocation ahead of a summit between President Donald Trump...
North Korea Tests New Missile Engine
North Korea has tested a new rocket engine as part of its efforts to build a missile capable of reaching the American mainland, US officials said. The news comes amid rising tensions between...
Mourners Gather For US Student Jailed By N. Korea
A long line of mourners waited to enter funeral services early Thursday for Otto Warmbier, the US student imprisoned in North Korea who returned home last week in a coma that proved fatal. The...
Hundreds Gather For the Funeral of Otto Warmbier
Friends and family members are gathering in Ohio to say goodbye to an American student who just six died days after being returned to the United States in a coma following 17 months in captivity in...
Japan Politician Retracts ‘starve North Koreans’ Call
A Japanese governor has retracted his call for North Koreans to be "starved to death" if Pyongyang were to target his region with atomic weapons, a local official said Thursday. Masanori Tanimoto,...
N. Korea Calls Trump A ‘psychopath’
North Korea on Thursday called US President Donald Trump a "psychopath" as tensions soar following the death of American student Otto Warmbier, who was evacuated in a coma from North Korean detention...
Pentagon Chief Blasts N.Korea Over US Student Who Died
North Korea's treatment of an American student who died after being released from detention in a coma was inhuman and US patience with Pyongyang is running out, Pentagon chief Jim Mattis said...
No Autopsy For US Student Detained By N. Korea
The family of Otto Warmbier has asked that no autopsy be performed on the body of the US student who died days after being evacuated in a coma from North Korean detention. The Hamilton County...
Warmbier Death ‘unimaginable’ For Former North Korea Detainee
A US missionary who spent two years in a North Korean jail said Wednesday he had never imagined that a valuable American prisoner like student Otto Warmbier could die after being taken into...
US and China Officials Meet Under North Korea Cloud
Senior US officials will meet their Chinese counterparts Wednesday to seek a tougher line on North Korea's nuclear ambitions -- despite President Donald Trump implying this is already a lost cause....
S. Korea Says N. Korea Drones ‘grave Provocation’
Suspected North Korean drone surveillance is a "grave provocation" which violates the Korean War truce, Seoul said Wednesday, demanding a United Nations probe into a drone that crashed near the...