- 12:04 14/04/2013
North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un has not been seen in public for the past two weeks, sparking speculation amid escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula, Yonhap news agency reported on Sunday.
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- 17:48 13/04/2013
The United States and China are committed to working together to resolve tensions on the Korean Peninsula, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday.
- 12:16 12/04/2013
Seoul is open for talks with Pyongyang to ease the escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula, a South Korean Unification Ministry spokesman said on Friday in comments reported by a local news agency.
- 05:03 12/04/2013
Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states said they intend to form a mechanism for mediation of talks between South and North Koreas.
- 11:33 11/04/2013
South Korea remains calm in the face of the North Korean nuclear threat and is ready to respond to possible missile launches by Pyongyang, a South Korean presidential spokesman said on Thursday.
- 21:51 10/04/2013
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry discussed a raft of international and bilateral issues at a meeting on Wednesday, including the Korean crisis settlement and a possible ministerial meeting of the Middle East Quartet of negotiators.
- 18:01 10/04/2013
European Union embassies in the North Korea will remain open for business, despite a proposal from Pyongyang for them to evacuate staff over mounting tensions on the Korean Peninsula, the UK’s Foreign Office said on Wednesday.
- 10:31 10/04/2013
The South Korean government has asked Russia and China to help restrain North Korea from making military provocations as tensions increase on the Korean Peninsula over an expected intermediate-range missile launch by Pyongyang, its foreign minister said on Wednesday.
- 23:55 09/04/2013
The United States is capable of shooting down a missile launched by North Korea but may opt not to depending on the threat presented by such an action, the top US military commander in the Pacific said Tuesday.
- 22:21 09/04/2013
Moscow will push to normalize the situation on the Korean Peninsula, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday.
- 17:53 09/04/2013
Radioactive fallout from South Korean nuclear plants blown up by enemy saboteurs could be, for Russia, the worst consequence of a Korean war – should one happen, Russian analysts said.
- 13:24 09/04/2013
North Korea released a new warning on Tuesday urging foreigners to evacuate neighboring South Korea over what it says is the rising risk of war on the peninsula.1
- 08:41 09/04/2013
About 53,000 North Korean workers failed to turn up at work on Tuesday at the Kaesong Industrial Complex, effectively stopping production at one of the few remaining points of cooperation between Seoul and Pyongyang, the Yonhap news agency reported.
- 17:35 08/04/2013
Russian President Vladimir Putin appealed on Monday for calm on the Korean Peninsula, warning that the escalation of tension in the region could lead to a nuclear disaster far worse than the Chernobyl incident.
- 15:20 08/04/2013
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday praised the US decision to postpone an intercontinental ballistic missile test in order to avoid further escalation of the conflict on the Korean Peninsula.
- 06:58 08/04/2013
South Korean Presidential Security Advisor Kim Jang-soo said North Korea could launch a missile this week, South Korea’s The Chosun Ilbo daily reported.
- 14:07 07/04/2013
China has asked North Korea to ensure safety for its diplomats amid rising tension on the Korean peninsula, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.
- 17:51 05/04/2013
The International Association of Athletics Federation criticized Russian government officials – including President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev – Friday for failing to adequately promote this year’s world championships, which will be held in Moscow in mid-August.
- 13:08 05/04/2013
North Korea has loaded two Musudan (No-dong B) intermediate range ballistic missiles (IRBM) onto mobile launchers and deployed them to an undisclosed facility on its east coast, the Yonhap news agency cited South Korean military sources as saying on Friday, raising fears it could be about to carry out a test firing.
