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Kim Jong-un's sister says 'no need' for another U.S.-North Korea summit
'There is no need for us to sit across with the US right now,' say the Kim Yo-jong, sister of the North Korean leader. She says 'it is too obvious that it will only be used as boring boasting coming from someone's pride.'
South Korea, U.S. mark 70th anniversary of Korean War
The fighting ended with an armistice that was never replaced by a peace treaty, leaving the peninsula divided by the Demilitarized Zone and the two Koreas still technically at war
North Korea's Kim suspends military plans against South – KCNA
The North also begin removing loudspeakers from border areas, which they had started setting up just two days ago to broadcast anti-South propaganda
Ex-Trump aide Bolton says North Korea's Kim laughing at U.S. president
(UPDATED) Former US national security advisor John Bolton also says he does not consider Trump to be fit for office and hopes he is a one-term president
North Korea says millions of leaflets readied against South
More than '3,000 balloons of various types capable of scattering leaflets deep inside South Korea, have been prepared,' says the Korean Central News Agency
North Korea preparing anti-South leaflet campaign – KCNA
'Enraged' North Koreans are now 'pushing forward with the preparations for launching a large-scale distribution' of 'leaflets of punishment' into the South, according to a KCNA report
Seoul's unification minister resigns over North Korea tensions
South Korean president President Moon Jae-in accepts 'Unification Minister Kim Yeon-chul's offer to resign'
North Korea vows to step up border military activities
The demolition of the liaison office in the Kaesong Industrial Zone, just across the border in Northern territory, comes after Pyongyang vehemently condemns Seoul over anti-Pyongyang leaflets sent by defectors into the North
Kim Yo Jong: North Korean leader's increasingly powerful sister
The North has never had a woman leader but speculation swirls over Yo Jong as a potential successor in the event of the death of her brother
North Korea blows up inter-Korean liaison office near border with South
(4th UPDATE) After an emergency meeting, Seoul's National Security Council says it would 'react strongly' if Pyongyang 'continues to take steps that aggravate the situation'
North Korea warns South to drop 'nonsensical' denuclearization talk
South Korea is the target of a wave of angry statements recently from the North, which accused Seoul of allowing defectors to launch leaflets critical of leader Kim Jong-un into its territory
North Korea denounces U.S. two years after Singapore summit
The latest broadside contains some of the harshest criticism Pyongyang has sent Washington's way in recent months, and casts doubt over the future of the two sides' long-stalled nuclear talks process
North Korea warns U.S. to stay out of inter-Korean affairs
A North Korean official says Washington should 'hold its tongue and mind its internal affairs first' if it wanted to avoid experiencing a 'hair-raiser' and ensure the 'easy holding' of November's presidential vote
Some 'starving' in North Korea as virus measures deepen food crisis – U.N. expert
Before the coronavirus crisis, more than 40% of people in North Korea are already considered food insecure, with many suffering malnutrition
North Korea to cut communication lines to South
Calls by the South to the North on their hotlines now go unanswered
U.N. says both Koreas broke armistice in DMZ shooting
But the United Nations Command's investigation is 'unable to definitively determine' whether the North's gunshots were fired 'intentionally or by mistake'
North Korea discusses new policies for increasing 'nuclear war deterrence' – KCNA
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un discusses with the Central Military Commission 'crucial measures... for considerably increasing the firepower strike ability' of the military
North Korea lashes South as Kim praises China's Xi
Kim Jong-un sends Chinese leader Xi Jinping a diplomatic communication congratulating him for China's 'success' in controlling the novel coronavirus epidemic
Seoul says Kim Jong-un not believed to have received surgery – report
An unnamed official says Seoul had enough grounds to draw the conclusion
North and South Korea exchange gunfire at border – Seoul
The rare exchange of gunfire comes following the reappearance a day earlier of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un
Trump 'glad' Kim Jong-un 'is back, and well'
US President Donald Trump had downplayed reports on North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's poor health
Why North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's health matters
Here is a look at why Kim's health has been the subject of so much conjecture
North Korea's Kim Jong-un makes first appearance in nearly 3 weeks – KCNA
The North Korean leader makes a public appearance after weeks of rumors about his ill health or death
FALSE: North Korea ruling party 'confirms' Kim Jong Un's death on April 25
As of writing, there are no reports from credible news organizations that support this claim
North Korea's Kim 'alive and well' – Seoul
The adviser says that Kim has been staying in Wonsan – a resort town in the country's east – since April 13, adding: 'No suspicious movements have so far been detected'
Train likely belonging to North Korea's Kim seen at resort town – U.S. monitor
United States think tank 38North cautions that the train's presence 'does not prove the whereabouts of the North Korean leader or indicate anything about his health'
Trump says reports on Kim Jong-un's health 'incorrect'
Trump criticizes a CNN report saying North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was ailing
Seoul plays down report on North Korean leader's health
(UPDATED) The North Korean leader has not made a public appearance since presiding over a meeting of the Workers' Party politburo on April 11
Low-key celebrations for North Korea's founder in face of virus
Pyongyang has imposed tight restrictions against the pandemic that has swept the world since emerging in neighboring China
North Korea fires multiple suspected cruise missiles
(UPDATED) The 'multiple projectiles' fired from Munchon in the east of the country were believed to be 'short-range cruise missiles,' the Joint Chiefs of Staff say
Defector hailed by Trump seeks South Korean parliament seat
Ji Seong-ho, now 38, works as a rights activist running an organization that has helped around 500 North Koreans make their way clandestinely through China and into third countries from where they can travel to the South
North Korea's Kim reshuffles top governing body
Kim Jong-un establishes an iron grip on the levers of authority in his nuclear-armed country since inheriting power in his late 20s in 2011
Martin Khor: The making of a global activist
Martin the phenomenon was, in a very real sense, produced by globalization, and he emerged as the anti-thesis to it
North Korea insists it is free of coronavirus
The top US military commander in South Korea, General Robert Abrams, says that Pyongyang's assertion it has no cases is 'untrue'
PARTLY FALSE: Coronavirus 'did not reach' Beijing, Shanghai, Russia, North Korea
The virus spread to Beijing and Shanghai in January, Russia had its first cases in February, while North Korea's claim of being coronavirus-free is largely contested
North Korea slams Pompeo and says will 'walk our way'
Pompeo has 'unleashed insult at a country with which his president was willing to forge a good relationship', says one North Korean official
North Korea fires two short-range 'ballistic missiles' into sea
(UPDATED) South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff say the North fired the two projectiles from the port city of Wonsan into the Sea of Japan
North Korea fires two 'ballistic missiles' into sea – Seoul
The projectiles were fired from North Pyongan province into the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff say
Embassies close in North Korea as diplomats evacuated over coronavirus
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warns of 'serious consequences' if the virus reaches his country
North Korea fires 3 projectiles – South's military
Monday's launch comes days after Kim sent a personal letter to the South's President Moon Jae-in, offering 'comfort' for the rapid outbreak of the new coronavirus in the country
North Korea releases 3,600 quarantined over virus – reports
Pyongyang has imposed strict restrictions and closed its borders to try to prevent an outbreak – and insists it has not had a single case of COVID-19
North Korea weapons test was 'long-range artillery' – KCNA
Kim Jong Un told the troops to keep in mind 'the iron will and ardent patriotism to defend as strong as an iron wall the socialist homeland dearer than their own lives,' KCNA reports
North Korea fires 'short-range ballistic missiles'
The launch is the nuclear-armed North's first for more than 3 months and comes as nuclear negotiations with the United States remain at a standstill
U.N. prepared to make humanitarian exemptions for North Korea on coronavirus
Ill-equipped North Korea has weak medical infrastructure and has cut itself off from the outside world
Kim Jong-un in first appearance in weeks as coronavirus rages next door
The appearance is Kim's first in 22 days after he attended Lunar New Year festivities, then disappeared from the public eye amid global concern over the coronavirus outbreak
North Korea says will resume U.S. talks if demands fully met
'We have been deceived by the US, being caught in the dialogue with it for over one year and a half, and that was the lost time for us,' says North Korea's foreign ministry adviser
Microsoft seizes web domains used by North Korean hackers
Microsoft says a federal court allowed it to take control of 50 domains operated by a group dubbed Thallium, which tricked online users by fraudulently using Microsoft brands and trademarks
North Korean leader 'skips' set-piece New Year's speech
Kim has been giving the annual speech since 2013, after he revives the tradition started by North Korea's founding leader Kim Il-sung
Kim 'a man of his word' on denuclearization, Trump says
US President Donald Trump once again says he and North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un 'like' each other amid the latter's threats about a 'new strategic weapon'
IN PHOTOS: New Year fireworks, smoke, and tear gas as decade begins with a bang
(UPDATED) Revellers watch fireworks display from Australia to the United Kingdom to welcome 2020
