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N.Korea Evading Sanctions Through Web of Illicit Networks

Sanctions have failed to stop North Korea's weapons program because the regime has a "complex overseas financing and...

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N. Korea Coal Export Sinks To Zero After China Import Ban

North Korea's global coal exports sunk to zero in April, UN data showed, as China choked off imports from Pyongyang to...

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US, China Trap Seoul Between A Rock and A THAAD Place

Installing a controversial US missile defence system in South Korea was never going to be easy but, caught between...

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N. Korea Says Launch Tested ‘new Type’ of Cruise Missile

Pyongyang on Friday hailed the successful test of a new type of surface-to-ship cruise missile, which it said was...

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North Korea Says Missile Launch A New Type of ‘cruise Rocket’

North Korea's latest missile launch was a successful test of a new type of "ground-to-sea cruise rocket", Pyongyang's...

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North Korea Fires Anti-Ship Missiles, Says South Korea

North Korea has fired several anti-ship cruise missiles off its east coast, South Korea's military says. Authorities...

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N Korea Launches Multiple Missiles

North Korea launched a series of what appeared to be "surface-to-ship" cruise missiles on Thursday, South Korea's...

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North Korea Launches Multiple Missiles

North Korea launched a series of what appeared to be "surface-to-ship" missiles on Thursday, South Korea's defence...

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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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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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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...