Seoul: North Korea has resumed construction work on an experimental light water reactor (ELWR) in a move that could extend its capacity to produce more material for nuclear weapons, website 38North reported on Thursday. Based on April 30 satellite images, work halted in December at the reactor had now re-started, said the website, run by the US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University and former US State Department official Joel Wit....
05:29 PM, May 17, 2012
Pyongyang: In North Korea, the choreography can be part of the geography. The country is famous for organising crowds of thousands of people using coloured cards to spell out political slogans and images in stadiums or large squares, and the gathering last week to celebrate the 100th birthday of national founder Kim Il Sung was no different. This time, however, the spelled out message in a central square in the...
08:14 AM, Apr 29, 2012
Pyongyang: North Korea has threatened to launch "special operations" against South Korea's president, the official KCNA news agency said on Monday. A special mission team of the Korean People's Army (KPA) said that "special operations" aimed at Lee Myung-bak and his followers are designed to begin soon "in the unique way of the DPRK", reported Xinhua citing the KCNA. It said that Lee, together with his conservative media group who...
02:25 PM, Apr 23, 2012
Washington: Refusing to criticise India for the launch of its long-range nuclear-capable missile Agni-V, the United States has contrasted New Delhi's "solid non-proliferation record" with that of North Korea. "I would simply point out, because comparisons have been made to the DPRK (North Korea) and its actions, that India's record stands in stark contrast to that of North Korea," White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters on Thursday. North Korea...
09:42 AM, Apr 20, 2012
A defiant North-Korea has decided to go ahead with its planned rocket launch ignoring calls from around the world to stop. ...
09:31 AM, Apr 12, 2012
Pyongyang: North Korea was poised on Thursday to send a rocket into space as the nation's young leader ascended to new top political posts strengthening his hold on power. There was no word early on Thursday morning on the timing of the launch, which the North has said will take place sometime between Thursday and Monday. The launch, which the North says is for peaceful purposes, has raised international concern....
08:17 AM, Apr 12, 2012
Seoul: North Korea fired two short-range missiles off its west coast on Thursday believed to be part of a test to upgrade capabilities, said news reports published on Friday, quoting South Korean military officials. North Korea has raised tensions in recent weeks by announcing it would launch a rocket to put a satellite into orbit, but regional powers are urging Pyongyang to drop the plan, saying it would violate UN...
09:27 AM, Mar 30, 2012
Seoul: The body of North Korea's late leader Kim Jong-il, who died in December, will be on permanent display in a Pyongyang mausoleum alongside his father. The 69-year-old leader is the second North Korean leader whose embalmed body will be on public display. The regime also plans to build his statue and erect towers across the country. Meanwhile, February 16 has been declared the "Day of the Shining Star" to...
10:27 AM, Jan 13, 2012
Pyongyang (North Korea): Tens of thousands of North Koreans lined the snowy streets of Pyongyang on Wednesday, wailing and clutching their chests as a black hearse carrying late leader Kim Jong Il's body wound its way through the capital for a final farewell. The funeral procession from Kumsusan Memorial Palace, where Kim's body had lain in state, was accompanied by top military and party officials, but there was little doubt...
01:54 PM, Dec 28, 2011
Seoul: China expressed concern on Thursday about joint US - South Korean military exercises in the Yellow Sea while North Korea threatened more attacks on the wealthy South if there are more "provocations". Seoul said it would increase troops on islands near North Korea following Tuesday's bombardment of one of its small islands by Pyongyang's artillery, which has caused a sharp spike in tension in the world's fastest growing region....
04:09 PM, Nov 25, 2010
Incheon, South Korea: South Korea warned North Korea of "enormous retaliation" if it took more aggressive steps after Pyongyang fired scores of artillery shells at a South Korean island in one of the heaviest attacks on its neighbour since the Korean War ended in 1953. And a senior finance official told an emergency meeting that South Korea's economy, Asia's fourth largest, could withstand any shock linked to the attack. Measures...
07:43 AM, Nov 24, 2010
There are indications that N Korea is about to fire short-range missiles. ...
11:37 AM, May 26, 2009
North Korea's nuclear test has alarmed the world. ...
07:06 PM, May 25, 2009
Disappointment on the streets of Seoul after North Korea's nuclear test. ...
03:37 PM, May 25, 2009
India on Monday condemned North Korea's nuclear test as unfortunate. ...
01:53 PM, May 25, 2009
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