- 17:57 18/04/2013
The North Korean regime would be committing suicide if it used nuclear weapons, former US Secretary of State Colin Powell said in Moscow on Thursday.
- 12:52 18/04/2013
Pyongyang has set out a list of conditions for dialogue with the United States and the South Korea, including an end to UN sanctions and South Korean and US military exercises, the North said on Thursday in a state media statement.
- 06:47 18/04/2013
The United Nations will not recognize North Korea (DPRK) as a nuclear power in view of its recent illicit nuclear test, threats and other provocative acts, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday.1
- 23:23 17/04/2013
US Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday praised cooperation between the United States and Russia on a range of issues and said he is “hopeful” that the two countries can bolster bilateral ties despite disagreements over adoptions and human rights.
- 09:43 17/04/2013
A brief look at what is in the Russian papers today
- 07:52 17/04/2013
North Korea has denied entry to South Korean businessmen who wanted to visit a jointly-run industrial complex located in the border city of Kaesong, Yonhap news agency reported on Wednesday.
- 20:40 16/04/2013
North Korea accused the United States on Tuesday of attempting to mislead the public by suggesting the possibility of a dialogue between the two countries, the Yonhap news agency reported.
- 01:16 16/04/2013
The North Korean military supreme command has issued an ultimatum to South Korea, demanding an immediate apology for “all the major and minor hostile actions,” the state news agency KCNA said on Tuesday.
- 15:49 15/04/2013
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appeared in public for the first time in the past two weeks on Monday as he laid a wreath at his grandfather’s tomb in Pyongyang, the Yonhap news agency reported.3
- 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.1
- 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.
- 18:51 12/04/2013
US Secretary of State John Kerry warned North Korea on Friday that any test of a mid-range missile would further isolate it from the international community.1
- 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.
- 01:58 12/04/2013
US President Barack Obama called Thursday on North Korea to stop its belligerent saber-rattling and “lower temperatures,” saying no one had an interest in conflict on the Korean peninsula.2
- 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.
- 01:34 11/04/2013
The US military has been hard hit by sweeping budget cuts, but has not lost its capacity to stand up to an attack by North Korea, defense officials said Wednesday.
- 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.
