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North Korea to let doping officials back in for testing

HANGZHOU, OCT 8: North Korea has agreed to let drug-testing officials back into the country, the Olympic Council of Asia ...

North Korean weightlifters clean up in Hangzhou but won't be at Olympics

HANGZHOU, OCT 7: The superheavyweight giants wrap up the Asian Games weightlifting on Saturday but it was the North Koreans' ...

North Korean sets weightlifting world record after four-year absence

HANGZHOU, SEPT 30: North Korea's Ri Song Gum set a staggering world record Saturday as she won gold in the ...

US, S Korea, Japan raise concerns over Russia-North Korea military cooperation

SEOUL, Sept 23: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and South Korean, Japanese counterparts expressed "serious concern" over the discussion ...

North Korea’s Kim receives drones as gifts as Russia trip ends

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has received five explosive drones, a reconnaissance drone and a bulletproof vest as gifts ...

Putin sees 'possibilities' for military co-operation with North Korea

Kim says Russia will win great victory over enemies

MOSCOW, Sept 13: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said there were "possibilities" for military co-operation with North Korea despite ...

Train possibly carrying Kim Jong Un leaves North Korea for Russia

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A North Korean train presumed to be carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has departed for Russia for an ...

North Korea announces new 'tactical nuclear attack submarine': KCNA

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North Korea on Friday announced it had built a "tactical nuclear attack submarine" as part of its effort to strengthen ...

Kim calls for boosting North Korea's navy

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Kim Jong Un has called for boosting North Korea's navy, state media reported Tuesday, saying the country's waters brimmed with ...

US accuses Russia, China of covering for North Korea at UN

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The United States on Friday accused China and Russia of blocking a unified UN Security Council response to North Korea's ...

North Korea says spy satellite launch ends in failure, again

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North Korea said its second attempt to put a spy satellite into orbit failed on Thursday, three months after the ...

US ready for denuclearization talks with North Korea without preconditions

ISTANBUL, Aug 18: US President Joe Biden is open to having a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ...

North Korea is preparing for a new round of weapons tests, South Korean spy agency says

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North Korea is preparing for a new round of provocative weapons displays such as long-range missile tests and a spy ...

North Korea's Kim fires top general, calls for war preparations

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has dismissed his top general and called for stepping up war preparations "in an ...

US says Shoigu looking for weapons in North Korea

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The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday said that the United States believes Russia's defence minister is in ...

Top Russian, Chinese officials to visit North Korea in post-pandemic first

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North Korea will this week welcome Russia's defence minister and a high-level Chinese delegation to Pyongyang for Korean War armistice ...

US sends another submarine to South Korea, adding to show of force against North Korea

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A nuclear-propelled U.S. submarine has arrived in South Korea in the second deployment of a major U.S. naval asset to ...

North Korea threatens nuclear response after US sub deployment

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North Korea's defence minister said Thursday the current port visit of a US nuclear-capable submarine to South Korea could meet ...

US military scrambles to determine fate of soldier who fled to North Korea

SEOUL, July 19 - The US military was scrambling on Wednesday to determine the fate of an American soldier who ...

North Korea fires long-range ballistic missile

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North Korea has fired a long-range ballistic missile, the South Korean military said Wednesday, days afterPyongyang threatened to down US ...

North Korea threatens to down US spy planes violating its airspace

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North Korea on Monday threatened to shoot down any US spy planes violating its airspace and condemned Washington's plans to ...

Kim's sister slams UN meeting on North Korea's spy satellite launch

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's powerful sister Kim Yo Jong slammed the UN Security Council for holding a "most ...

North Korea notifies neighboring Japan it plans to launch satellite in coming days

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North Korea on Monday notified neighboring Japan that it plans to launch a satellite in coming days, which may be ...

Japan PM heads to Seoul as ties warm over North Korea threat

SEOUL, May 4: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will visit Seoul this weekend as the two countries seek to bury ...

Biden, Yoon warn North Korea of nuclear response to any attack

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US President Joe Biden and his South Korean counterpart Yoon Suk Yeol warned North Korea it would face a nuclear ...

Japan puts military on alert fearing North Korean missile

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Japan ordered its military Saturday to prepare to shoot down a North Korean ballistic missile after Pyongyang said this week ...

Kim orders launch of North Korea's first spy satellite

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the country has finished building its first military spy satellite and gave the ...

North Korea says latest test was of 'solid-fuel' ICBM: KCNA

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North Korea said its latest weapons test was of a "solid-fuel" intercontinental ballistic missile, with leader Kim Jong Un saying ...

North Korea likely fired 'new type' of ballistic missile, Seoul says

SEOUL, Apr 13: North Korea likely fired a "new type" of ballistic missile Thursday that may have used advanced solid ...

North Korea fires 'medium range or longer' ballistic missile

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North Korea fired a ballistic missile Thursday, Seoul's military said, prompting Japan to briefly issue a seek shelter warning to ...