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  • Kim Jong-un on 'luxury yacht' in North Korea Kim Jong-un on 'luxury yacht' in North Korea

    SEOUL, South Korea - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has used a luxury boat to tour the country's east coast amid indications that the 90-feet-long yacht may have been smuggled into the country in defiance of UN sanctions that bans importing of luxury items to the impoverished country. A website that tracks events in the reclusive state said the yacht, a Princess 95MY made by British-based ...

  • North Korea willing to restart six-party nuclear talks

    North Korea is willing to restart nuclear talks with international partners, China's foreign ministry has said. North Korean officials said they wanted to peacefully resolve the nuclear issue, the ministry's website said. On Sunday, Pyongyang offered to hold high-level talks on regional peace with the US, although it has reneged on deals several times in the past. The comments from North ...

  • US Japan South Korea urge meaningful denuclearisation

    The US, Japan and South Korea Wednesday called for "meaningful" steps on denuclearisation by Pyongyang in exchange for better ties with them, Xinhua reported. After their envoys concluded a trilateral meeting here on issues related to North Korea, the three countries said: "We agreed a path is open for the DPRK (North Korea) toward improved relations with the United States, Japan and the ROK ...

  • China holds talks with North Korea

    China and North Korea Wednesday held a "strategic dialogue" on denuclearisation on the Korean Peninsula. Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui met his North Korean counterpart Kim Kye Gwan, and told him that it was in the interest of all parties concerned to realise denuclearisation on the peninsula, safeguard its peace and stability and resolve all relevant issues through dialogue and ...

  • Kim Jong Un distributes copies of Hitlers Mein Kampf to North Korean officials to mark bday

    North Korean leader Kim Jong-un handed out copies of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf to mark his birthday. Kim reportedly distributed the copies of Mein Kampf in an effort to sow fear among top officials. According to the Telegraph, North Korea-watchers believe the move is part of an effort to make him seem powerful, rather than drawing on Nazi beliefs. Shirley Lee, the editor of the New Focus ...

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  • North Korea on brink of producing plutonium think tank

    North Korea may be just one or two months away from restarting a reactor to produce plutonium, potentially allowing the regime to ramp up its nuclear weapons program, a think tank said Monday. New commercial satellite imagery shows North Korea is making "important progress" in activating the five-megawatt gas-graphite reactor, which had been mothballed since 2007 under a deal with ...

  • US Japan ROK urge denuclearization steps by DPRK

    /enpproperty--> WASHINGTON - The United States, Japan and the Republic of Korea on Wednesday called for "meaningful" steps on denuclearization by Pyongyang in exchange for better ties with them. "We agreed a path is open for ...

  • Strategic dialogue for Beijing Pyongyang

    /enpproperty--> Foreign affairs officials from Beijing and Pyongyang exchanged views on bilateral ties and denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula amid a series of bilateral and trilateral meetings by other members of the Six-Party Talks on Wednesday. Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Zhang Yesui and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's First Vice-Foreign Minister Kim ...

  • North Korea denies Hitler book given to officials

    " to North Korean officials in January. Calling the report a "smear campaign" written by "human scummoving desperately to deter" North Korea, the Ministry of People's Security, which is responsible for policing, said the defectors were being used by the U.S. and South Korea. ...

  • US allies say N.Korea must denuclearize

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States, South Korea and Japan said Wednesday that North Korea must end its nuclear program if it wants better ties, after Pyongyang said it was willing to return to talks."We will judge the DPRK by its actions, not its words," the democratic allies said in a statement, referring to the North by its official name, the Democratic People's Republic of ...

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