| 单词 | Pyongyang |
| 例句 | “By the way,” asked Shin, “where is Pyongyang?” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z He wanted to get back to Pyongyang in time to vote in the August election for the Supreme People’s Assembly, the rubber stamp parliament of North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z They intended to return to Pyongyang, where they had left behind a teenage child who lived with Park’s parents. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z In the past decade, the United States government and law enforcement agencies around the world have documented that some of these North Koreans are involved in criminal enterprises that funnel hard currency to Pyongyang. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z In Pyongyang, the weary prisoners were confined with several hundred others in an abandoned school building, where they remained for nearly two months. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Park said he lost his position as head of taekwondo training in Pyongyang in 2002, after squabbling with a midlevel apparatchik who apparently snitched on him to higher-ups in the government. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Besides dictating career opportunities, the system shaped geographic destiny, with the core class allowed to live in and around Pyongyang. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z For several years, South Korea helped fill the gap, giving Pyongyang half a million tons of fertilizer annually as part of its “Sunshine Policy” to try to ease North-South tensions. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z The core of the core lives in Pyongyang in large apartments or single-family homes in gated neighborhoods. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z He said he had grown up in a large, comfortable apartment in Pyongyang and had followed the privileged educational trajectory of North Korea’s elites, studying in East Germany and the Soviet Union. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z They married and raised two daughters, both of whom were enrolled in a Pyongyang school that trained multilingual spies. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Kim said that in the five years he was based in Pyongyang for the state insurance corporation, bags of cash always arrived in time for his leader’s birthday. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z There was also a newcomer, an educated prisoner from Pyongyang. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Pyongyang was particularly enraged by South Korean and American initiatives that made it easier for North Korean defectors who had crossed into China to travel even farther, and settle in the West. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Instead, the truck continued on to Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, passing through a hellish landscape of burned-out villages and rotting corpses along the way. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z But for residents of Pyongyang, electricity is intermittent at best, hot water is rarely available, and travel outside the country is difficult except for diplomats and state-sponsored businessmen. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z In Pyongyang, living standards for the core class are luxurious only by the standards of a country where a third of the population is chronically hungry. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z There is not enough power in the country even to keep the lights on in Pyongyang, where the government tries to pamper the elite. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Among the elite in Pyongyang, one of the most coveted signifiers of status is an electric rice cooker. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z They contested its claim for a 2005 crash of a helicopter into a government- owned warehouse in Pyongyang. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z It’s a fertile farming area located about thirty-five miles north of Pyongyang. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z One night, when the rest of the prisoners were sleeping, Blake approached the North Korean guardhouse, carrying a note written in Russian, asking for a meeting at the Russian embassy in Pyongyang. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z After returning home, he had become chief of a taekwondo training center in Pyongyang. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z He carefully explained that Pyongyang, located about fifty miles south of Camp 14, was the capital of North Korea, the city where all the country’s powerful people lived. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Since then, Pyongyang has become increasingly dependent on China for concessional trade, food aid, and fuel. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z In 2002, the two finally married in the Vietnamese embassy in Pyongyang, and settled into their new life together in Hanoi, where they still live today. Lovers, comrades! Forbidden love in North Korea finds a way in Vietnam 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z The odyssey even involved an overnight stay in Pyongyang as a guest of the late Kim Jong Il, who, among other things, was a car aficionado. The Art Of Living: Inside Trevor Traina's Pacific Heights Home 2014-03-31T13:00:00Z For Pyongyang, tourism is one of the few sources of the foreign currency it relies on to overcome U.S. sanctions related to its nuclear and missile programs. Isolated North Korea a visitor draw, but sometimes literally a tourist trap 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z It's only propaganda, but the leaflets infuriate Pyongyang and threaten to scuttle negotiations between the two Koreas after the North's biggest peace overture in several years. Airborne leaflets torment North Korea; jeopardize talks with South 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Brugger and his accomplices were allowed to perform in Pyongyang and document their preparations, as long as their tapes were turned over nightly for screening. Film: Filmmakers on North Korea: Restricted, but Not Deterred 2010-03-27T01:07:00Z Although the AP insists that its reporting standards are the same in Pyongyang as in New York, skeptics wonder whether the organization pulls its punches to stay on Kim’s sunny side. Eric Talmadge is the only Western reporter regularly in North Korea. Here’s what it’s like. 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z Brugger told Filmmaker magazine that officials in Pyongyang "were not happy" about the movie. Six North Korea-themed movies that beat Rogen and Franco to the punch 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Both nations announced an agreement last month that calls for Pyongyang to freeze its nuclear activities and allow U.N nuclear inspections in exchange for food aid. Nonprofit: North Korea orchestra coming to US 2012-03-21T12:03:09Z No, not the Great British Bake Off’s ‘ bincident’, but Pyongyang’s response to Channel 4’s newly announced 10-part drama Opposite Number, about a British scientist captured in North Korea. The 10 most politically controversial TV shows of all time 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z So when Oliver wanted to make a heartfelt plea to Pyongyang, he turned to the U.S.’s most famous accordion player — Weird Al Yankovic — to sing, “Please don’t nuke us, North Korea!” John Oliver Gets Weird Al Yankovic to Serenade North Korea 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z Yet the stories it recounts are moving and disturbing, and it surely tells us far more about real North Korean lives than a fleeting tourist visit to the Stalinist-kitsch theme park that is Pyongyang. Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick 2010-04-02T23:06:00Z NK News, an English-language site that focuses on North Korea, also questioned the integrity of the AP’s reporting last month in an article that questioned whether the agency’s Pyongyang operation is “a Potemkin news bureau.” Eric Talmadge is the only Western reporter regularly in North Korea. Here’s what it’s like. 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z The exception is a rapidly expanding chain of themed restaurants in Asia, owned by the North Korean government and also named Pyongyang. Bites: Restaurant Report: Pyongyang in Amsterdam 2012-08-22T19:00:20Z Restaurant Report: Pyongyang in Amsterdam Pyongyang in Amsterdam bills itself as the “first North Korean restaurant in the Western world.” Bites: Restaurant Report: Pyongyang in Amsterdam 2012-08-22T19:00:20Z The U.S. announcement paves the way for the possible resumption of six-party disarmament negotiations with Pyongyang and follows talks between U.S. and North Korean diplomats in Beijing last week. U.S. says North Korea agrees to nuclear moratorium 2012-02-29T15:41:02Z Arriving in Pyongyang in February 2008, the orchestra played a program of Wagner, Dvorak and Gershwin under the baton of Lorin Maazel; the performance, which the countess attended, was televised around the world. Yoko Nagae Ceschina, Countess and Fairy Godmother to the Arts, Dies at 82 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z That agreement fell apart when Pyongyang announced it would launch a long-range rocket to put a satellite into orbit, claiming its right to conduct space research. U.S. looking at 'all options' on North Korea as nuclear test looms 2012-04-17T10:14:00Z The government gave official status to religious groups and allowed the publication of the Bible, and in 1988 the main churches for the Catholic and Protestant faiths, Jangchung and Pongsu, were built in Pyongyang. In North Korea, a church renovated, missionaries jailed 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z Talmadge, the Associated Press’s bureau chief in Pyongyang and the only Western reporter regularly in the reclusive country, is used to it. Eric Talmadge is the only Western reporter regularly in North Korea. Here’s what it’s like. 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z There is no red carpet at the Pyongyang international film festival. 'Everyone screamed during the sex scene': backstage at North Korea's film festival 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z The New York Philharmonic also held a concert in Pyongyang in 2008. Charles Dutoit pushes for inter-Korean orchestra 2011-07-22T05:05:10Z The previous occupants would be surprised to find the main ground-floor room now packed with pictures from the Mansudae Art Studio in Pyongyang, selected to show a cross-section of the nation's art. North Korean art on display in London 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z And there were no Pyongyang datelines on North Korea’s alleged hacking of Sony Pictures Entertainment’s computers, supposedly in response to the planned release of the North Korea-themed movie “The Interview.” Eric Talmadge is the only Western reporter regularly in North Korea. Here’s what it’s like. 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z Pyongyang says the rocket, to be launched this week, will only carry a weather satellite, but South Korea and the United States say it is a test of a ballistic missile. North Korea readies longer range rocket; Japan, South Korea wary 2012-04-09T13:06:06Z But in this case, the girl is a North Korean coal miner, the big city is Pyongyang and her dream is to become a high-flying trapeze artist. Romantic comedy gets twist from NKorean acrobats 2012-09-07T12:01:04Z But this year, Pyongyang’s representatives in Bern complained to Sigg about an artwork that the museum was using to promote the show on its website, he said. Korean Art Goes on Show, With Protests From North and South 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z He remembers flying to Pyongyang to watch 16 features and 10 shorts in a special screening room. 'Everyone screamed during the sex scene': backstage at North Korea's film festival 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z "Promise in Pyongyang," released this year, is a Chinese-North Korean production. Romantic comedy gets twist from NKorean acrobats 2012-09-07T12:01:04Z They seek out a dubious journalistic opportunity in Pyongyang because they’re tired — Aaron in particular — of the endless cycles of gossip and celebrity pseudonews. ‘The Interview,’ With James Franco and Seth Rogen, Is Back On 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z But the success of South Korean religious groups in helping to oust its own military dictatorship may have caused Pyongyang to treat its official relationship with religion more carefully. In North Korea, a church renovated, missionaries jailed 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z In an interview in Seoul on Friday, he described the then 35-year-old as a polite young man who said little about his life back in Pyongyang or the politics of his brother. Wonderful Tonight: Taking Kim Jong Un's brother to a Clapton concert 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z The inclusion of characters popular in the West - particularly from the United States, North Korea's wartime enemy - is a notable change in direction for performances in Pyongyang. Mickey Mouse takes NKorean stage in show for Kim 2012-07-08T10:51:08Z Pyongyang denounced "The Interview" in June as "undisguised sponsoring of terrorism, as well as an act of war." Rogen defends satirizing North Korean leader in 'The Interview' 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z "Especially for the people in Pyongyang, they had to show they were the most faithful." Are tears for North Korea's 'Dear Leader' real? 2011-12-22T00:23:00Z Rodman told The Associated Press in a brief interview at his Pyongyang hotel that he was undaunted by the recent political events. Rodman in NKorea to prep for game on leader's Bday 2013-12-19T14:36:18Z The ban followed the death in June of Otto F. Warmbier, an American student who was jailed in North Korea for trying to steal a political propaganda poster from his hotel in Pyongyang. Will American Travelers Be Able to Return to North Korea? 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z The most rare and therefore most riveting books might be insider accounts of living in the country like “The Aquariums of Pyongyang” by defector Kang Chol-hwan. ArtsBeat Blog: Toward a North Korea Reading List 2011-12-19T22:54:44Z And high-level talks have led the reclusive North to pledge to reopen investigations into the fate of all missing Japanese in return for Tokyo easing sanctions imposed over Pyongyang's nuclear and missile program. Japanese woman clings to hope that identical twin alive in North Korea 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Appearing to glorify a popular American entertainment icon is an unusual move for Pyongyang, which regularly unleashes invective at its former wartime enemy. N.Korea TV shows "Rocky," plays "My Way" 2012-07-11T15:16:27Z The Tchaikovsky classic, last performed in Pyongyang in the 1950s, was staged last summer and again this February to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Russia-North Korea treaty of friendship and bilateral cooperation. North Korean Opera Draws Acclaim in China 2010-07-28T11:49:00Z To the outside world, North Korea appears to welcome the odd western influence, such as when they invited the New York Philharmonic Orchestra to perform in Pyongyang in 2008. Justin Bieber: what if he did tour North Korea? 2010-07-07T09:30:00Z Delisle is a comics writer whose books – Shenzhen, Pyongyang, Burma Chronicles – document his travels so vividly that you return to your Rough Guide, your Lonely Planet with a heavy heart. Guy Delisle: 'The challenge is not to explain too much' 2012-05-31T10:00:01Z His long-term goal is for the orchestra to perform regularly in Pyongyang, Seoul and the Korean border town of Panmunjom. Charles Dutoit pushes for inter-Korean orchestra 2011-07-22T05:05:10Z In place of reckless provocation and reaction, the New York Philharmonic made a daring, hopeful tour to Pyongyang and brought the symphony with it. Dvorak's 'New World' and a new piano concerto for our times at the Hollywood Bowl 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z There’s a bowling alley known as the Golden Lane in Pyongyang. Eric Talmadge is the only Western reporter regularly in North Korea. Here’s what it’s like. 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z Smith was, in any case, subsequently banned from returning, but felt he had unfinished business in Pyongyang. Shane Smith: 'I want to build the next CNN with Vice – it's within my grasp' 2013-03-23T22:24:20Z To be fair, he might as well have been playing Pyongyang for all the difference it made to his set. Snoop Dogg at Glastonbury 2010 2010-06-25T23:26:00Z Another American, Jeffrey Fowle, was arrested for leaving a Bible in the toilet of a sailor's club in Pyongyang, and is currently awaiting trial. Alice, steampunk and a false name: enigma of an American jailed in North Korea 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z In this particular photograph, the man and the child are in Pyongyang, capital of the communist country where life's daily activities are largely a mystery to the rest of the world. Photo exhibit documents life inside North Korea 2012-03-16T16:43:08Z AP Photo/David Guttenfelder On Aug. 8, 2012, a library copy of the American classic novel "Gone With The Wind" sits on a table inside the Grand People's Study House in Pyongyang, North Korea. Reading Gone with the Wind in Pyongyang 2012-10-25T17:00:12Z “See You Again in Pyongyang” is written in a crisp and engaging style. North Korea: Where Everything Is Forbidden Unless It Is Allowed 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z Zin-mi and her parents don’t really live in the comfortable Pyongyang flat seen in the film, and do not eat lavish traditional Korean lunches every day. Meet North Korea’s perfect family: Totalitarianism, Trump and the politics of non-thought 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z A Wall Street Journal editorial assailed Harvard's "largely left-wing faculty that has about as much intellectual diversity as the Pyongyang parliament." The truth about the "campus free speech" crusade and its myths that won't die 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z The university’s graduates would be well positioned to bridge a gap between Pyongyang and Washington should the reclusive country be open to outside world, school officials said. Crisis-plagued Pyongyang university seeks revival after Trump-Kim... 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z A month later, U.S. troops captured Pyongyang, the northern capital, and then, despite orders from Washington, pushed north to the Chinese border. MacArthur and Truman face off in H.W. Brands' new history 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z And it is of strategic importance: 4,000 miles west of Honolulu, about half that distance from Pyongyang, and it is home to both Andersen Air Force Base and Naval Base Guam. Guam Is Suddenly in the News. But What Is It Like to Travel There? 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z He reportedly attended it four times during its Pyongyang run, before it went on tour, including once with Prime Minister Wen Jiabao of China. North Korean Opera Draws Acclaim in China 2010-07-28T11:49:00Z North Korea, Ahoy! Despite its recent Ebola-spawned ban on foreign tourists, North Korea is reportedly racing to complete a new airport in Pyongyang to boost tourism. Walkabout: Windowless Planes and North Korea's New Airport 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z But there are also less common offerings, like Pyongyang Cold Noodles. Bites: Restaurant Report: Pyongyang in Amsterdam 2012-08-22T19:00:20Z Other entries from the North included an animated short and a slice-of-life documentary, “Prosperous Pyongyang.” In North Korea, an International Film Festival Where ‘Self-Reliance’ Is the Star 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z If Pyongyang embodies the architect’s dream of a model city, its facades are also suggestive of a Potemkin village. Review | A rare glimpse of North Korea 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z Most of Guy Delisle’s longer graphic novels to date, like “Pyongyang” and “Burma Chronicles,” have been memoirs of his travels. New Graphic Novels Detail Personal Journeys and Twists of Fate 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Four of the students who traveled to Norway hail from small provincial towns outside Pyongyang, she said. A look at NKorea accordionists behind A-ha moment 2012-03-22T05:51:08Z At times it seems as if everyone in Pyongyang, a city full of monuments to its own mythology, has read the book. Reading Gone with the Wind in Pyongyang 2012-10-25T17:00:12Z Dutoit conducted Yun's work and often heard his friend speak of Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, and a music institute there that was named after him. Charles Dutoit pushes for inter-Korean orchestra 2011-07-22T05:05:10Z As the group performed, 250 Norwegian border guards holding colored flipboards created a small-scale version of the giant human mosaics performed at the Arirang "mass games" in Pyongyang - but with polar bears and reindeer herders. A look at NKorea accordionists behind A-ha moment 2012-03-22T05:51:08Z Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, Pyongyang condemned the film as “undisguised sponsoring of terrorism, as well as an act of war.” Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s controversial comedy “The Interview” may not be released in Asia 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z The movie, about a young woman who runs off to join the circus as an acrobat, won the award for best director at the two-yearly Pyongyang international film festival last month. South Korea invites northern neighbour to film festival 2012-10-03T08:15:39Z Even South Korea's hostile northern neighbor is getting in on the act, with the next edition of the biennial Pyongyang Film Festival slated for September next year. Korea's Busan stakes claim as Asian film hub 2011-10-08T16:02:04Z Foreigners – only 10 tourists are allowed to visit the festival – pay £1,500 for a five-day visit to Pyongyang and fly in with North Korea’s one-star national airline. 'Everyone screamed during the sex scene': backstage at North Korea's film festival 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Instead, they are returning to Pyongyang to begin rehearsals for a new production of another Chinese classic, “The Butterfly Lovers, ” that will undoubtedly be brought on a China-wide tour as soon as it is ready. North Korean Opera Draws Acclaim in China 2010-07-28T11:49:00Z “Why should Pyongyang be any different? It was Mussolini that invented film festivals, after all.” 'Everyone screamed during the sex scene': backstage at North Korea's film festival 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z The North Korean dictator appeared in a state-issued photo over the weekend, in which he is shown cutting the ribbon on a new fertilizer factory outside Pyongyang. Kim Jong Un appears to be alive after all. So why did CNN and other news outlets report he was on his deathbed? 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z Kim's death was announced by state television from the North Korean capital, Pyongyang. North Korea's Kim Jong Il has died 2011-12-19T04:19:00Z "In effect, they only saw the final film when it was entered for the Pyongyang film festival in 2012." Comrade Kim Goes Flying: it's North Korea as you've never seen it before 2013-06-26T15:35:20Z For many international delegates, the primary attraction of the festival is the experience of watching films alongside North Koreans, despite an awareness that they are interacting with only a privileged section of Pyongyang society. In North Korea, an International Film Festival Where ‘Self-Reliance’ Is the Star 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z She decided to concentrate on Chongjin because it is likely to be more representative than Pyongyang, where, for all its drabness and endless power shortages, nobody is starving. Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick 2010-04-02T23:06:00Z But with still tensions still high between the two Koreas, he arranged to bring the Unhasu Orchestra to Paris instead after rehearsing with them in Pyongyang last month. Premier North Korean orchestra is Paris-bound 2012-03-09T13:16:11Z Visitors travel from Beijing to the capital Pyongyang on one of Air Koryo's Soviet-era passenger jets, or cross the border from China by train. Isolated North Korea a visitor draw, but sometimes literally a tourist trap 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z On Aug. 5, after Pyongyang conducted more weapons tests, the Security Council blacklisted Mansudae Art Studio, subjecting it to a global asset freeze and travel ban. White tiger, dark horse: North Korean art market heats up 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z In 2003, during a period of détente between the Koreas, the show filmed an episode in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang. Song Hae, Who Survived War and Poverty to Become a Beloved TV Host, Dies at 95 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z The most loyal North Koreans are part of the "core class," who are eligible for membership in the ruling Workers' Party and can be assigned homes and jobs in Pyongyang, the capital. Are tears for North Korea's 'Dear Leader' real? 2011-12-22T00:23:00Z The ever-reliable North Korean Economy Watch recently reported that skinny jeans are all the rage in Pyongyang these days. Pyongyang goes pop: Inside North Korea's first indie disco 2011-02-21T16:57:31Z Today, North Korea operates several restaurants in Cambodia, part of a growing overseas restaurant franchise that experts say is an important revenue generator for the financially struggling government in Pyongyang. Cambodia’s New Angkor Museum, Created by a North Korean Art Factory 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z While Pyongyang is by far the richest part of North Korea, Rodman is unlikely to see the kind of wealth and designer chic on display in Gangnam. Dennis Rodman gets his "Gangnam Style" mixed up in Pyongyang 2013-02-27T00:13:34Z In the late 1990s, North Korea was gripped by a devastating famine and a desperate delegation from Pyongyang visited Hanoi to ask for rice. Lovers, comrades! Forbidden love in North Korea finds a way in Vietnam 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z Mr Thomas acknowledged the students had initially been told there was one journalist but that, when they were in Beijing before flying into Pyongyang, they were told there would be three journalists. Academics criticise BBC N Korea film 2013-04-15T16:44:08Z When the government suddenly ordered it translated and released in the mid-1990s, a time when North Korea’s all-important Soviet support had disappeared and famine was looming, it swept like a literary firestorm through Pyongyang. Reading Gone with the Wind in Pyongyang 2012-10-25T17:00:12Z She supplemented her interviews with dance sequences inspired by the movements of the female traffic controllers who are among the most visible symbols of North Korea’s capital, Pyongyang. Film: Filmmakers on North Korea: Restricted, but Not Deterred 2010-03-27T01:07:00Z Paek, briefing foreign journalists in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang, declined to comment on the launch date. Defiant North Korea begins injecting fuel into rocket 2012-04-11T11:40:07Z Morimoto, awaiting an interim report on Pyongyang's investigation that may come out by early autumn, said she feels North Korea is taking the issue more seriously. Japanese woman clings to hope that identical twin alive in North Korea 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z PYONGYANG, North Korea — A renowned conductor from South Korea is in Pyongyang to rehearse with North Korean musicians before their upcoming performance in France. South Korean maestro in North Korea for rehearsals 2012-02-28T12:46:04Z The action-comedy — recently condemned by Pyongyang for its plot about an attempt to kill the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un — was originally scheduled to open Oct. Seth Rogen, James Franco's 'The Interview' moves to Christmas Day 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z Today, making public whatever the United States knows about North Korea’s cyber mischief would not improve the chances for success in the already dicey nuclear diplomacy with Pyongyang. Cyberwarfare — the Latest Technology of Destruction 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z On Aug. 5, after Pyongyang conducted more weapons tests, the Security Council blacklisted Mansudae Art Studio, subjecting it to a global asset freeze and travel ban. White tiger, dark horse: North Korean art market heats up 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z They were joined Thursday by North Korean and Norwegian musicians for a concert in Pyongyang to mark Norway's national day. A-ha's best cover band is in... North Korea 2012-05-17T15:33:46Z The terrorists may not, in fact, have the authority of the powers-that-be in Pyongyang – a nice diplomatic touch. Olympus Has Fallen – review 2013-04-18T14:29:02Z The change also helps avoid confusion with PIFF, a film festival in Pyongyang, North Korea. Director: Chaplin inspired Busan film fest opener 2011-10-06T10:17:09Z He first visited Pyongyang in 2002 and was impressed with the skill of the musicians at the institute as they played one of the late composer's works. Charles Dutoit pushes for inter-Korean orchestra 2011-07-22T05:05:10Z Warmbier was arrested at the Pyongyang airport on January 2 for allegedly stealing a propaganda piece from his hotel with the intent to sell it as a “trophy” back in the states. This might be America’s biggest idiot frat boy: Meet the UVa student who thought he could pull a prank in North Korea 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z While Washington and Pyongyang are still technically at war, and hatred for the United States government is a constant in North Korean propaganda, American culture has always been quietly popular here. Reading Gone with the Wind in Pyongyang 2012-10-25T17:00:12Z As the son of a well-known actress and a government official, Yongju, a 21-year-old from Pyongyang, North Korea, enjoys a life of wealth and privilege, until his father is assassinated at a lavish reception. New Books by Imbolo Mbue, Krys Lee, Gonzalo Torné and Lisa McInerney 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z She and her family fled their native Pyongyang during the outbreak of the Korean War. “When a woman is smarter than a man”: My mother’s lessons in beauty and independence 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z Jade, sold as a young girl to a school for courtesans in Pyongyang, forms a bond with JungHo, a Seoul orphan who wants to fight for freedom. 10 books to read in December 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z "It's one purely about a girl going about her dream" Bonner told The Associated Press in an interview in Pyongyang. Romantic comedy gets twist from NKorean acrobats 2012-09-07T12:01:04Z Associated Press writer Pak Won Il contributed to this story from Pyongyang. A look at NKorea accordionists behind A-ha moment 2012-03-22T05:51:08Z North Korea Rob and Steve quote Solzhenitsyn to one another in the voice of Frank Spencer as they are led around Pyongyang. Where next for Steve Coogan's The Trip? 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z Blustering official protests from the regime in Pyongyang, sure – those were a predictable response to a movie centered on a plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Before Sony hacking, Seth Rogen was sure North Korea threat was bogus 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z The movie, about a young woman who runs off to join the circus as an acrobat, won the award for best director at the biennial Pyongyang International Film Festival last month. Afghan, NKorean films on display at Asian festival 2012-10-03T09:46:04Z Kim met Ri at a newly built riverside terraced residential district that was inaugurated Wednesday in Pyongyang. Kim gives North Korea’s most famous newscaster a luxury home 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z Sigg said he used to visit the North Korean national art museum, in the capital, Pyongyang, whose works glorify the country’s strength. Korean Art Goes on Show, With Protests From North and South 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z North Korean founder Kim Il Sung ordered the creation of the Pyongyang Circus in 1952 in the middle of the Korean War. North Korea stages biggest magic show ever 2011-04-18T16:17:16Z “In North Korea only the strong survive,” said the onetime black marketeer, a former salesman of used televisions who spent much of his life in Pyongyang but who eventually escaped to South Korea. Reading Gone with the Wind in Pyongyang 2012-10-25T17:00:12Z With three screenings a day in seven theatres across Pyongyang, the majority of films are foreign titles for a local audience. 'Everyone screamed during the sex scene': backstage at North Korea's film festival 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z He'd done tae kwon do at the Mass Games and is pictured in the official Pyongyang guide book. Pyongyang goes pop: How North Korea discovered Michael Jackson 2011-02-01T13:03:37Z The orchestra’s journey to Pyongyang in 2008 was surprisingly emotional and quite moving for all of us. 10 Treasures, Unearthed From the New York Philharmonic’s Archives 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z The meal was sophisticated, the setting both bizarre and fascinating, but it was hard to escape the sense that Pyongyang is mostly spectacle, a gimmick with good food. Bites: Restaurant Report: Pyongyang in Amsterdam 2012-08-22T19:00:20Z On Friday, the U.S. special representative for North Korea policy urged Pyongyang to stop being preoccupied with the film and concentrate instead on areas such as human rights and the economy. Sony wrestles with how to market 'Interview' amid geopolitics, scandal 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z It’s only culinary rival was, before the Korean war, Pyongyang. A foodie tour of South Korea 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z Ben Carson does better, except for when he identifies Pyongyang as “a kind of lobster.” Dave Barry’s Year in Review: The sad thing is, we’re not making this up! 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z The high-end Japanese-built tourist tour buses shuttling foreigners around Pyongyang are aeons more advanced than the rusting hulks North Korea has been using for average citizens since the 1970s. Pyongyang goes pop: Jarvis Cocker unites the divided 2011-03-29T14:52:43Z The U.S. blames the North Korean government for the attack, though Pyongyang authorities deny responsibility. Sony's 'The Interview' on strange ground, but is it in cult-film zone? 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z The book broadly declines to peer beneath Pyongyang’s aesthetic surfaces or interrogate how the visual culture of the “socialist fairyland” is wielded by the regime to exert social control. Review | A rare glimpse of North Korea 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z Some believe the decision to publish Gone With the Wind was meant as a symbolic peace offering from North Korea to the United States — the two nations have sparred for years over Pyongyang’s nuclear program. Reading Gone with the Wind in Pyongyang 2012-10-25T17:00:12Z In 2008, he took the New York Philharmonic tour to Pyongyang. An Appreciation: Lorin Maazel conducted himself inimitably 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z Pyongyang regularly warns Seoul to prevent its press from mocking its leadership. North Korea’s take on new US movie: “Act of war” 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z In Pyongyang, Talmadge is shadowed constantly by a minder, a government agent who accompanies him whenever he leaves his hotel or office. Eric Talmadge is the only Western reporter regularly in North Korea. Here’s what it’s like. 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z Frankly, given the digital breeches we’ve seen at Sony so far, I expect underground dealers will be selling it on Pyongyang street corners next week. Absurd, this fuss over Three Stooges-like 'The Interview' 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z The Pyongyang International Film Festival is held every two years and is a rare opportunity for North Korean audiences to watch carefully selected Western titles. UK sent Sherlock to North Korea 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Many are currently in operation within Seoul, but, unlike the Pyongyang Pub, they don’t brandish portraits of North Korean leaders. North Korean-themed restaurant in Seoul removes images of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il after backlash 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z A North Korean team manager, who also declined to be named, said athletes were not concerned about what prizes awaited them in Pyongyang for bringing back gold. Love, eggs and ideas: the keys to NKorean weightlifting success 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z The programme was shown in 2012 at a film festival in the capital Pyongyang. UK sent Sherlock to North Korea 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z The ban also follows the death in June of Otto F. Warmbier, the University of Virginia student who was convicted of trying to steal a political propaganda poster from his hotel in Pyongyang. U.S. to Bar Travel to North Korea Amid Rising Tensions 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z Places that seem fuzzy and complicated – or, in the case of Pyongyang, completely invisible – appear before you, clear and bright. Guy Delisle: 'The challenge is not to explain too much' 2012-05-31T10:00:01Z Moscow and Pyongyang have been stepping up cooperation following their leaders' summit in September. North Korean premier meets Russian minister visiting Pyongyang 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z Security Council to back stronger sanctions and pressure on Pyongyang over its nuclear and missile programs. Xi-Biden meeting seen as putting relations back on course, even as issues remain unresolved 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z A Russian delegation led by Kozlov arrived in North Korea on Tuesday as Moscow and Pyongyang have been stepping up cooperation following their leaders' summit in September. North Korea, Russia discuss expanding economic cooperation -KCNA 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z The Associated Press had reported he arrived in Pyongyang on Tuesday. North Korea says it tested new solid-fuel engines for intermediate-range ballistic missiles 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Austin comes to Indonesia from South Korea, where he reiterated concerns about Russia and China helping North Korea to evade sanctions and Moscow's closer military ties with Pyongyang. Indonesia hosts regional defence chiefs amid multiple global crises 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z He also authorized his military to launch preemptive nuclear strikes against enemies if it perceives Pyongyang’s top leadership to be under threat. South Korea and members of the U.S.-led U.N. command warn North Korea over its nuclear threat 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Security Council resolutions and called for Pyongyang to recommit to diplomacy aimed at defusing the nuclear standoff. South Korea and members of the US-led UN command warn North Korea over its nuclear threat 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z Ever since Hamas launched its brutal cross-border attack on Israel on 7 October, South Korean politicians and defence chiefs have invoked comparisons between that and what Pyongyang might do to the South. South Korea fears Hamas-style attack from the North 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z Both Moscow and Pyongyang have denied U.S. and South Korean claims about the alleged arms transfers. North Korea says it tested new solid-fuel engines for intermediate-range ballistic missiles 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Earlier this year, a U.S. nuclear missile-armed submarine and a strategic bomber visited South Korea, prompting more angry responses from Pyongyang. In Seoul, Austin promises ‘ironclad’ U.S. security upgrade against rising threat from North Korea 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z South Korea and the United States on Monday revised a bilateral security agreement aimed at deterring North Korea's advancing nuclear and missile threats, and vowed to maintain pressure on Pyongyang despite global distractions. Too close and too cold, premature babies in grave peril at Gaza's Al Shifa hospital 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z A Russian delegation led by Alexander Kozlov, minister of natural resources, arrived at Pyongyang’s airport Tuesday, in the latest sign of diplomatic activity. South Korea and members of the US-led UN command warn North Korea over its nuclear threat 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z While Hamas fired 5,000 rockets into Israel in the early hours of 7 October, Pyongyang's artillery could fire an estimated 16,000 rounds an hour. South Korea fears Hamas-style attack from the North 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z South Korea and the United States on Monday revised a bilateral security agreement aimed at deterring North Korea's advancing nuclear and missile threats, and vowed to maintain pressure on Pyongyang despite global distractions. Thousands evacuated as Iceland braces for volcanic eruption 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who met with Yoon and other members of South Korea’s leadership to discuss the North Korean threat and the potential arms cooperation between Pyongyang and Moscow. US and South Korea sharpen deterrence plans over North Korean nuclear threat 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z The Israel-Hamas war and Russia's invasion of Ukraine also cast a shadow over Monday's meeting amid Pyongyang's growing military cooperation with Moscow and questions about the North's support for Hamas militants. US, South Korea revise deterrence strategy over North Korea threat 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z Both Pyongyang and Moscow have denied U.S. and South Korean claims that the North has been supplying munitions and military equipment to Russia. South Korea and members of the US-led UN command warn North Korea over its nuclear threat 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z In recent years, Pyongyang has focused on improving and increasing its arsenal of nuclear weapons, claiming to have developed short-range ballistic missiles capable of carrying tactical nuclear weapons. South Korea fears Hamas-style attack from the North 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z The meeting between Austin and Shin comes as Pyongyang is accused of shipping munitions to Russia in return for military technology support to help the North's weapons programs. North Korea threat to be focus of Austin's security talks in Seoul 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z Command will meet on Tuesday in Seoul to call on Pyongyang to stop what it said was "illegal activities" and enforce U.N. security resolutions. North Korea lashes out at U.N. Command over meeting in Seoul 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z That study, which convened more than 100 experts, found that although an all-out nuclear attack is the least likely scenario, Pyongyang could feel emboldened to escalate with more limited military actions, including possible nuclear strikes. US, South Korea revise deterrence strategy over North Korea threat 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z Pyongyang has also claimed to be making dramatic increases in its nuclear weapons arsenal, which has been built up clandestinely over decades in violation of repeated U.N. U.S., South Korea and Japan to counter N. Korea with new missile data sharing system 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z Chinese human rights abuses and North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats, along with Pyongyang’s supply of military goods to Russia, also will be raised, the officials said. Biden, Xi will meet in San Francisco Wednesday at APEC to discuss U.S.-China relations, Taiwan 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z The Israel-Hamas war and Russia's invasion of Ukraine have cast a shadow over the meeting amid Pyongyang's growing military cooperation with Moscow and questions about North Korea's support for Hamas militants. North Korea threat to be focus of Austin's security talks in Seoul 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z No unusual military movements have been detected in the North, and South Koreans – long familiar with Pyongyang’s verbal bombast – are not diving into bunkers. Hot air over Koreas — fresh balloon flights into North spark tension 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z Pyongyang is also accused of shipping munitions to Russia for use in the war with Ukraine in return for technical support to help its weapons programs. US, South Korea revise deterrence strategy over North Korea threat 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z Tensions between the Koreas are at their highest point years as the pace of both Pyongyang’s weapons tests and South Korea’s combined military exercises with the United States have intensified in a tit-for-tat cycle. Blinken in Seoul for talks focused on North Korea and its military cooperation with Russia 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z They will discuss a response to the growing military cooperation between Pyongyang and Moscow and North Korea's suspected supply of arms to Russia for use against Ukraine. North Korea on Blinken's agenda in Seoul under shadow of Gaza, Ukraine 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Pyongyang and Moscow have denied claims of arms deals while their leaders pledged closer military cooperation when they met in September in Russia's far east. Blinken visits South Korea as North Korea, Russia deepen ties 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z Not responding, he said, would be seen as “a sign of weakness” in Pyongyang. Hot air over Koreas — fresh balloon flights into North spark tension 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z Moscow and Pyongyang have denied that arms are being transferred from the North for use in Russia's war against Ukraine. Near Donetsk front line, Ukraine artillery crew face intensifying fire 2023-11-05T04:00:00Z Both Pyongyang and Moscow have denied the accusations that North Korea has been providing Russia with munitions. Blinken in Seoul for talks focused on North Korea and its military cooperation with Russia 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z Pyongyang and Moscow denied claims of arms deals while their leaders pledged closer military cooperation when they met in September in Russia's far east. North Korea on Blinken's agenda in Seoul under shadow of Gaza, Ukraine 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z This summer a top ruling Chinese party official provided a vivid example of China’s ambiguity on sanctions as he stood clapping next to North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un during a Pyongyang military parade. China supported sanctions on North Korea’s nuclear program. It’s also behind their failure 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z Even so, though Pyongyang may feel the need to respond, the balloon conundrum offers the Kim regime new opportunities to widen fissures in the democratic South. Hot air over Koreas — fresh balloon flights into North spark tension 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z But in recent years, Beijing has sought to weaken those very sanctions and last year vetoed new restrictions on Pyongyang after it conducted a nuclear test. China supported sanctions on North Korea’s nuclear program. It’s also behind their failure 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z The son of a prominent painter, Jin spent years at a Chinese state-run radio station before a trip to Pyongyang instilled a taste for North Korean art. North Korean art sells in China despite UN sanctions over nuclear program 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z North Korean missions have at times engaged in illicit activities, according to international sanctions monitors, to raise cash to fund their operations and to send back to Pyongyang. North Korea confirms embassy closures to revamp diplomatic efficiency 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z Seoul and Washington say these drills are aimed at maintaining combat readiness to respond to Pyongyang's provocations. North Korea protests to US over Minuteman III missile test 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z The chances of Pyongyang abandoning these assets are zero, said an expert with direct experience of negotiating with the North Koreans. South Korea increasingly pessimistic as North Korean arsenal expands 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z This summer a top ruling Chinese party official provided a vivid example of China’s ambiguity on sanctions as he stood clapping next to North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un during a Pyongyang military parade. China supported sanctions on North Korea’s nuclear program. It’s also behind their failure 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z That changed in the 1990s when Pyongyang’s biggest benefactor, the Soviet Union, collapsed. North Korean art sells in China despite UN sanctions over nuclear program 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z Both Pyongyang and Moscow have denied U.S. and South Korean claims that the North has been transferring arms supplies to Russia. South Korea’s spy agency says North Korea shipped more than a million artillery shells to Russia 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z Pyongyang has escalated the development of tactical weapons and longer-range ballistic missiles, threatening to annihilate South Korea, which Pyongyang accuses of working with the United States to wage war. Blinken to visit South Korea; North Korea, Russia on agenda 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z Pyongyang’s artillery arm includes several hundred ultra-long-range tubes dug into mountain slopes and trained on Seoul, which sits just 30 miles south of the DMZ. South Korea increasingly pessimistic as North Korean arsenal expands 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z China has had a complicated relationship with Pyongyang since the 1950-53 Korean War. China supported sanctions on North Korea’s nuclear program. It’s also behind their failure 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z Business boomed: Pyongyang’s state-run Mansudae studio outfitted a museum in Cambodia and was paid to erect statutes of soldiers and dictators in Senegal, the Congo, Angola, and over a dozen other sites across Africa. North Korean art sells in China despite UN sanctions over nuclear program 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z The agency has a mixed record on tracking developments in North Korea, which is made difficult by Pyongyang’s stringent control of information. South Korea’s spy agency says North Korea shipped more than a million artillery shells to Russia 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z More than a dozen missions may close, likely because of international sanctions, a trend of Pyongyang's disengaging globally and the probable weakening of the North Korean economy, he said in a report on Wednesday. North Korea closes multiple embassies around the world 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z South Korea and Japan, and said Pyongyang's relations with Moscow will act as a "powerful strategic" element if security in the region is endangered. North Korea says US and allies' criticism of its ties with Russia 'distorted' 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z Pyongyang eventually released him without giving further details. Travis King: Soldier who fled to North Korea 'charged back in US' 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Pyongyang’s art exports slowed, then ground to a halt when North Korea sealed its borders during the pandemic. North Korean art sells in China despite UN sanctions over nuclear program 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z The statement issued by the countries’ top diplomats came days after Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov denied U.S. claims that his country received munitions from North Korea as he returned from a two-day trip to Pyongyang. South Korea’s spy agency says North Korea shipped more than a million artillery shells to Russia 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z Pyongyang denounced the incident as a "grave breach of sovereignty and terrorist attack," and accused the United States of not investigating the group thoroughly and refusing to extradite its leader. North Korea closes multiple embassies around the world 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z After about two months, Pyongyang abruptly announced that it would expel him. Army private who fled to North Korea charged with desertion, held by US military, officials tell AP 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Little is known about how he was treated in North Korea, why he fled there in the first place and why Pyongyang decided to free him. Travis King: Soldier who fled to North Korea 'charged back in US' 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z The gallery’s existence and conspicuous sales tactics, experts say, highlight China’s lax enforcement of U.N. sanctions targeting North Korea to stymie Pyongyang’s nuclear program. North Korean art sells in China despite UN sanctions over nuclear program 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z Kim took a rare trip to Russia last month during which he invited Putin to Pyongyang and discussed military cooperation, including over North Korea's satellite programme, and the war in Ukraine. North Korea's Kim vows to 'faithfully' fulfil agreements made with Russia's Putin 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Some analysts say Mr. Lavrov is laying the groundwork for Mr. Putin to visit Pyongyang later this year. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in North Korea hails ‘strategic’ upgrade in ties 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z However Washington had warned that Moscow is buying weapons from Pyongyang for its war against Ukraine, and said any help from the North would violate United Nations resolutions. Russia's Lavrov hails deeper ties in N Korea visit 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z The recently flurry of diplomacy between Moscow and Pyongyang underscores how their interests are aligning in the face of their separate, intensifying confrontations with the United States. Russian, North Korean foreign ministers meet amid Western suspicions about weapons transfers 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z Lavrov arrived in Pyongyang on Wednesday for meetings seen as setting the stage for a visit by President Vladimir Putin, who has stepped up cooperation with politically isolated North Korea. Russian foreign minister thanks North Korea for supporting its war in Ukraine 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z They allegedly help fund Pyongyang's weapons programs, according to Washington. US announces seizure of 17 website domains used by North Korea IT workers 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z “What can you do?” said Moon Chung-in, a prominent academic who advised the Seoul governments that engaged with Pyongyang. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in North Korea hails ‘strategic’ upgrade in ties 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Still, some think that Pyongyang may be reluctant to hand over too much ammunition given their relative lack of resources. Russia's Lavrov hails deeper ties in N Korea visit 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Choe said at the dinner banquet that Pyongyang and Moscow were building an “unbreakable comradely relationship” under the “strategic” decisions and leadership of Kim and Putin, the North’s official Korean Central News Agency said. Russian, North Korean foreign ministers meet amid Western suspicions about weapons transfers 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z Speaking at a reception hosted by the North on Wednesday, Lavrov said Moscow "deeply" values Pyongyang's "unwavering and principled support" for the war, which it calls a "special military operation." Russian foreign minister thanks North Korea for supporting its war in Ukraine 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z Nuclear envoys from the three countries are holding two days of talks from Monday in Jakarta to discuss heightened tensions stemming from North Korea's nuclear program and closer military cooperation between Pyongyang and Moscow. South Korea, Japan, US set up three-way security hotline -Yonhap 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z Security Council sanctions levied on Pyongyang over its nuclear and conventional military build-up. South Korea slams ‘deception’ as North Korean arms stream to Russia 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z Washington has accused Pyongyang of providing weapons to Moscow for its war in Ukraine, including through a recent shipment from an ammunition depot in North Korea, though both have denied any arms transactions. Russia's foreign minister to visit North Korea Oct. 18-19 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z "Russia, as a responsible member of the world community, strictly adheres to its international obligations towards Pyongyang through the UN Security Council," Russian Ambassador at Large Oleg Burmistrov told RIA in an interview. Russia does not violate UN sanctions against North Korea - Russian diplomat 2023-10-15T04:00:00Z Pyongyang has supplied up to 1,000 containers of "equipment and munitions" in "recent weeks", National Security Council Spokesperson John Kirby said. North Korea sending Russia military equipment, US claims 2023-10-14T04:00:00Z Pyongyang has repeatedly criticised the United States over the deployment of strategic assets in the region, including the recent arrival of a U.S. aircraft carrier, calling it a provocation. South Korea, Japan, US set up three-way security hotline -Yonhap 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z Separately, North Korean state media on Monday announced that Mr. Lavrov would travel to Pyongyang for two days of talks starting Wednesday. South Korea slams ‘deception’ as North Korean arms stream to Russia 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z White House national security spokesman John Kirby told reporters the military shipments occurred in recent weeks and, in exchange, Pyongyang is seeking military assistance from Russia, including surface-to-air missiles, armored vehicles and missile production equipment. North Korea provides Russia with weapons for Ukraine, says White House 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z Those measures have unanimously been strengthened over the years, but the Security Councils is now deadlocked as China and Russia push for them to be eased to convince Pyongyang to return to denuclearization talks. Russia does not violate UN sanctions against North Korea - Russian diplomat 2023-10-15T04:00:00Z Mr Kirby did not specify the nature of the munitions he says were supplied by Mr Kim's regime, but the US has previously accused Moscow of purchasing rockets and artillery shells from Pyongyang. North Korea sending Russia military equipment, US claims 2023-10-14T04:00:00Z “In return for support, we assess the Pyongyang is seeking military assistance from Russia including fighter aircraft, surface to air missiles, armored vehicles, ballistic missile production equipment, or other materials and other advanced technologies.” US says North Korea delivered 1,000 containers of equipment and munitions to Russia for Ukraine war 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z Concerns about forced returns of North Korean defectors have grown since Pyongyang announced the reopening of its borders in August, said HRW. China deported 'large number' of N Korean defectors - Seoul 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z Washington and Seoul have warned that Moscow and Pyongyang would pay a price if they move ahead with the speculated weapons transfer deal in breach of U.N. US aircraft carrier arrives in South Korea as North’s leader Kim exchanges messages with Putin 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z Pyongyang and Moscow have denied any arms transactions, but promised to deepen defence cooperation. North Korea's Kim shares letters with Russia's Putin, wishes victory over 'imperialists' 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z Pyongyang has failed twice to place a spy satellite in orbit, in May and August, and has vowed to try again as early as October. US carrier Ronald Reagan to visit South Korea in show of force 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z The U.S. and South Korea have warned military cooperation between North Korea and Russia was a violation of U.N. sanctions against Pyongyang. North Korea-Russia rail traffic surges, suggesting arms supply - think tank 2023-10-07T04:00:00Z His buddies in Beijing, Pyongyang and elsewhere are observing how the Ukrainian conflict pans out. Ukraine-aid bashers like Elon Musk need a history lesson | Andreas Kluth 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z South Korea's defence ministry criticised the move in a statement on Wednesday, saying Pyongyang will be "further isolated" internationally, which would "worsen" the suffering of North Koreans. North Korea slams US for labelling it as 'persistent threat' 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z It remains unclear why King crossed the border and why Pyongyang - which has tense relations with Washington over its nuclear program, its support for Russia’s war in Ukraine and other issues - agreed to release him. What to know and what’s next for Travis King, the American soldier who ran into North Korea 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Pyongyang abruptly announced Wednesday that it would expel King, and he was flown to an Air Force base in Texas on Thursday. What to know and what’s next for Travis King, the American soldier who ran into North Korea 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z They expressed concern Moscow could seek ammunition from North Korea to prop up its dwindling stocks in its invasion of Ukraine, while Pyongyang could get technological aid for its spy satellite and missile programmes. North Korea-Russia rail traffic surges, suggesting arms supply - think tank 2023-10-07T04:00:00Z Pyongyang appears to have concluded King's criminal background made him "unfit" for propaganda purposes, said Yang Moo-jin of the University of North Korean Studies in Seoul. Travis King: US soldier released by North Korea arrives in Texas 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z The US and North Korea do not have diplomatic relations and Sweden's embassy in Pyongyang has historically negotiated on Washington's behalf. Travis King arrives back on US soil from North Korea 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Pyongyang did not provide a detailed explanation when it announced the expulsion. Analysis: By North Korean standards, Pvt. Travis King’s release from detention was quick 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z It remains unclear why King crossed the border and why Pyongyang — which has tense relations with Washington over its nuclear program, its support for Russia’s war in Ukraine and other issues — agreed to release him. What to know and what’s next for Travis King, the American soldier who ran into North Korea 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z The announcement by parliament also comes after North Korean state media said on Wednesday Pyongyang had decided to expel Private Travis King, the U.S. soldier who ran into North Korea in July. North Korea parliament amends constitution to enshrine nuclear policy 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z US soldier Travis King, who fled to North Korea in July, is in American custody after being expelled by Pyongyang, officials say. Travis King in US custody after North Korea expulsion 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z He was released from custody on 10 July - eight days before he crossed the country's border with Pyongyang. Travis King arrives back on US soil from North Korea 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Previous soldier defectors, like Charles Jenkins or James Dresnok in the 1960s, were treated by Pyongyang as propaganda assets, showcased in leaflets and films attacking the U.S. and praising the North’s regime. Analysis: By North Korean standards, Pvt. Travis King’s release from detention was quick 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z But superbly choreographed parades and displays of monster missiles are a rare competitive advantage for Pyongyang. North trumps South when it comes to martial pomp, circumstance 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z Such strong language is always noteworthy from a nation developing its nuclear program — but is also hardly uncommon from Pyongyang, a government that sometimes weaponizes hyperbole in its public statements. At UN, North Korea says the US made 2023 more dangerous and accuses it of fomenting an Asian NATO 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z In a speech at Seoul Air Base, President Yoon Suk Yeol warned Pyongyang against the use of nuclear weapons and pledged to ramp up support for the military and the defence industry. South Korea holds rare military parade, warns North over nuclear threat 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z He was detained by Pyongyang until being returned to American custody. Travis King arrives back on US soil from North Korea 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Freeing them often required lengthy backdoor negotiations and high-profile U.S. officials flying into Pyongyang to secure their release. Analysis: By North Korean standards, Pvt. Travis King’s release from detention was quick 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z South Korean presidents also face democratic pressures that Mr. Kim in Pyongyang never has to confront. North trumps South when it comes to martial pomp, circumstance 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z Those statements came after North Korea’s military said it fired two tactical ballistic missiles from Pyongyang to practice “scorched earth strikes” at major South Korean command centers and operational airfields. At UN, North Korea says the US made 2023 more dangerous and accuses it of fomenting an Asian NATO 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z Yoon has promised a swift and overwhelming response against any aggression by Pyongyang, and has actively reinforced a military alliance with Washington and Tokyo since taking office last year. South Korea holds rare military parade in Seoul amid North's threats 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z While detained by Pyongyang, North Korean media said he had fled into its territory because of "inhuman treatment" and racism within the US military. Travis King arrives back on US soil from North Korea 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Pyongyang probably also didn’t want to wait for a protracted negotiation with the U.S. Analysis: By North Korean standards, Pvt. Travis King’s release from detention was quick 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z Even the weather favored the North: While Seoul’s display took place on a grey afternoon, Pyongyang’s parades — recalling torch-lit Nazi marches — commence after dusk. North trumps South when it comes to martial pomp, circumstance 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z Kim Song, the U.N. ambassador, said North Korea had little choice but to build up its methods of defense — another common refrain from the Pyongyang government. At UN, North Korea says the US made 2023 more dangerous and accuses it of fomenting an Asian NATO 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z General Assembly that Seoul and its allies “will not stand idly by” if Moscow is helping Pyongyang advance its nuclear weapons program. South Korean president warns of Russia-North Korea nuclear collaboration 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z Yoon made the comments just as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un returned to Pyongyang from a week-long trip to Russia in which he and Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to boost military cooperation. South Korea's Yoon tells UN that Russia helping North Korea would be 'direct provocation' 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z “Releasing King, in this manner, underwrites Pyongyang’s ongoing statements of disinterest in diplomacy with Washington more credibly,” said Ankit Panda, an expert with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Analysis: By North Korean standards, Pvt. Travis King’s release from detention was quick 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z Pyongyang and Moscow have denied that North Korea could supply arms to Russia, which has expended vast stocks in more than 18 months of war. G7 ministers call on China to press Russia to stop aggression in Ukraine 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z For the Biden administration, whose offers to resume direct talks with Pyongyang have been rudely rebuffed by the Kim regime, the visit is a jolt. Kim’s Russia jaunt offers an uncertain mix of substance, theater 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z However, China and Russia, which both have economic ties with Pyongyang, often delay votes on such sanctions. South Korean president warns of Russia-North Korea nuclear collaboration 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited Russian President Vladimir Putin last week and was expected to return to Pyongyang on Monday. North Korean hackers stealing millions of dollars, laundering funds with Russians, analysts say 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z Russia's ambassador to Pyongyang, Alexander Matsegora, suggested a size slightly smaller than his own "very large head", which turned out to be just right. Rifle, fur hat, drones: North Korea's Kim returns with gifts from Russia 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z Russia and North Korea said they talked about "military cooperation" and aid for Pyongyang's satellite programme. China sends top envoy Wang Yi to Russia for security talks 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z South Korea and the United States say military cooperation between North Korea and Russia would violate U.N. sanctions against Pyongyang and that the allies would ensure there was a price to pay. Kim Jong Un discusses stronger North Korea ties with Russia in a 'fresh heyday' 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z Earlier, Russian media said Kim and Russia's defence minister had discussed practical issues to boost military cooperation, in what Pyongyang called a "fresh heyday" for bilateral relations. North Korea's Kim heads home from Russia's Far East - media 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z South Korea and the U.S. said on Friday military cooperation between North Korea and Russia would violate U.N. sanctions against Pyongyang and that the allies would ensure there was a price to pay. Kim Jong Un discusses stronger North Korea ties with Russia in a 'fresh heyday' 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z On Friday, South Korea and the U.S. said military cooperation between North Korea and Russia would violate U.N. sanctions against Pyongyang and that the allies would ensure there was a price to pay. Kim Jong Un discusses stronger North Korea ties with Russia in a 'fresh heyday' 2023-09-16T04:00:00Z Beijing has long been Pyongyang's economic lifeline through trade, and in the past year it has started becoming Moscow's as well through ramped-up purchases of Russian oil and gas. China sends top envoy Wang Yi to Russia for security talks 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z He visited Pyongyang in July and toured a weapons exhibition with Kim, one of the most striking signs of deepening ties up to that point. Kim Jong Un discusses stronger North Korea ties with Russia in a 'fresh heyday' 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z South Korea and the United States said on Friday that military cooperation between North Korea and Russia would violate U.N. sanctions against Pyongyang and that the allies would ensure there was a price to pay. North Korea's Kim inspects Russian nuclear-capable bombers, hypersonic missiles 2023-09-16T04:00:00Z He visited Pyongyang in July and toured a weapons exhibit with Kim, one of the most striking signs of deepening ties up to that point. Kim Jong Un discusses stronger North Korea ties with Russia in a 'fresh heyday' 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z South Korea and the United States said on Friday that military cooperation between North Korea and Russia violated U.N. sanctions against Pyongyang and that the allies would ensure there was a price to pay. North Korea's Kim views Russian nuclear-capable bombers, hypersonic missiles 2023-09-16T04:00:00Z Kim on Friday inspected a Russian fighter jet factory that is under Western sanctions, part of a visit Washington and its allies fear could strengthen Russia's military in Ukraine and bolster Pyongyang's missile program. North Korea's Kim looks at nuclear capable bombers and hypersonic missiles in Russia 2023-09-16T04:00:00Z On Friday Kim inspected a Russian fighter jet factory that is under Western sanctions, part of a visit Washington and its allies fear could strengthen Russia's military in Ukraine and bolster Pyongyang's missile program. Russia shows North Korea's Kim hypersonic missiles and strategic bombers 2023-09-16T04:00:00Z Pyongyang’s official Korean Central News Agency said Saturday that during his visit to the aircraft plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Kim expressed “sincere regard” for what he described as Russia’s rapidly advancing aviation technologies. Kim Jong Un to visit Russia’s Pacific fleet as he continues trip focused on arms cooperation 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z The United States and South Korea fear the revival of Moscow's friendship with Pyongyang could give Kim access to some of Russia's sensitive missile and other technology. North Korea's Kim inspects Russian fighter jet plant under Western sanctions 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z Washington and its allies fear his visit could strengthen Russia's military in Ukraine and bolster Pyongyang's missile program. Russia and N. Korea did not sign any military or other agreements during summit- Kremlin 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z U.S. and South Korean officials have expressed concern that the summit between the increasingly isolated Moscow and Pyongyang was aimed at allowing Russia to acquire ammunition from the North to supplement its dwindling stocks. Senior S.Korea, US officials agree N.Korea-Russia arms cooperation violates UN sanctions 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z About an hour before the two leaders met, Pyongyang had also fired off two ballistic missiles - the first launched without the leader at home. Kim Jong Un-Putin talks: What do the optics tell us? 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z By choosing the Vostochny Cosmodrome, Putin has signaled his readiness to share Russian rocket and space technology with Pyongyang in exchange for access to North Korea’s mammoth arms stockpiles for the war in Ukraine. With Russia isolated on the world stage, Putin turns to old friend North Korea for help 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z Mr Putin also said he would help Pyongyang develop satellites, drawing concern in the US that Russian help with satellite technology would improve the North Korean missile programme. North Korea's Kim Jong Un to stay in Russia for several days 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z While urging Pyongyang and Moscow not to trade weapons, South Korea will work with the United States, Japan and the international community to deal with the situation, the council said in a statement. South Korea warns North Korea, Russia against breaching UN resolutions 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z The perceived risk from Beijing "supersedesthe risk from Pyongyang", according to Christopher Greene, a Korean analyst with Crisis Group. Kim Jong Un: The US wants to engage North Korea but doesn't know how 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z "This should be a wake-up call to all other UN member states about the need to redouble efforts at enforcing sanctions on Pyongyang," he said. Kim Jong Un-Putin talks: What do the optics tell us? 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z Amid tensions with the South, Pyongyang has heavily relied on artillery and developed long-range systems that could add capabilities that Moscow lacks. With Russia isolated on the world stage, Putin turns to old friend North Korea for help 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z Lim said Moscow should realize there will be “very negative impacts” on its relations with Seoul if proceeds with military cooperation with Pyongyang. South Korea expresses ‘concern and regret’ over military cooperation talks between Kim and Putin 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z If any specific arms deal was struck, neither Moscow nor Pyongyang was expected to announce it. History Turns Upside Down in a War Where the Koreas Are Suppliers 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z In 2017, Pyongyang claimed it had successfully created a miniaturised hydrogen bomb designed to fit inside its missiles - a major step in its nuclear ambitions. Kim Jong Un: The US wants to engage North Korea but doesn't know how 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z In recent years, China has been seen as the power with the most influence over Kim, but Pyongyang's leaders have often tried to balance ties with both Moscow and Beijing. Kim invites Putin to North Korea 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z Putin mentioned the Soviet support for Pyongyang in the Korean War, while Kim referred to Russia’s campaign in Ukraine as a “just fight against hegemonic forces to defend its sovereign rights, security and interests.” With Russia isolated on the world stage, Putin turns to old friend North Korea for help 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z But he avoided talking about military cooperation, saying only that Russia is abiding by the sanctions prohibiting procuring weapons from Pyongyang. South Korea expresses ‘concern and regret’ over military cooperation talks between Kim and Putin 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z German manufacturer Daimler, which makes the Maybach, has said it had no idea how the vehicle and other Mercedes cars have been taken into the North and that it had no formal dealings with Pyongyang. North Korea's Kim Jong Un checks out Putin's ride at Russia summit 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z Meanwhile Beijing, which still has a relationship with both Moscow and Pyongyang, is also a crucial player in US calculations regarding North Korea. Kim Jong Un: The US wants to engage North Korea but doesn't know how 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z Moscow has indicated it will help Pyongyang develop satellites in return. Vladimir Putin says military co-operation with North Korea a possibility 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z While Russia has previously avoided sharing sensitive know-how with Pyongyang, analysts point out that Moscow could now facilitate such transfers as a way of hurting the U.S. and its allies. With Russia isolated on the world stage, Putin turns to old friend North Korea for help 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z As Kim was making his way through the forests of Russia by train, North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles from an area near the capital, Pyongyang, into the sea off its east coast. Kim Jong Un meets Putin in Russia as missiles launch from North Korea 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z Western intelligence agencies suspect that Russia is looking to acquire North Korean weapons and ammunition to use in its military campaign in Ukraine, something both Moscow and Pyongyang have denied. Kim tells Putin: Russia will win against 'evil' in Ukraine 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z He would not want to be seen supporting Pyongyang or Moscow in any efforts which might prolong that war. Kim Jong Un: The US wants to engage North Korea but doesn't know how 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z Pyongyang has vowed to develop one to boost its military surveillance capabilities. Vladimir Putin says military co-operation with North Korea a possibility 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z Of course, any arms deal between Moscow and Pyongyang would violate U.N. sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear and missile programs that Russia voted to enact. With Russia isolated on the world stage, Putin turns to old friend North Korea for help 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z Hours ahead of the summit, North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles from an area near the capital, Pyongyang, into the sea off its east coast, South Korea's military and the Japanese government said. Kim Jong Un meets Putin in Russia as missiles launch from North Korea 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z Putin welcomed Kim’s limousine, brought from Pyongyang in the North Korean leader’s special armored train, at the entrance to the launch facility with a handshake that lasted around 40 seconds. North Korea’s Kim vows full support for Russia’s ‘sacred fight’ after viewing launchpads with Putin 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z As one State Department reporter joked, there may be a corner shop or two in Pyongyang that haven't been targeted, but that's about it. Kim Jong Un: The US wants to engage North Korea but doesn't know how 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z Pyongyang would likely oblige in providing these as well as bullets and "even older types of missiles", said Kim Dong-yup, a professor at the University of North Korean Studies. Vladimir Putin says military co-operation with North Korea a possibility 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z Observers warned, however, that the West has limited options in addressing a rapprochement between Moscow and Pyongyang. With Russia isolated on the world stage, Putin turns to old friend North Korea for help 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday toured Russia's most modern space launch centre, where President Vladimir Putin promised to help Pyongyang build satellites. Von der Leyen defends track record ahead of EU elections 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday toured Russia's most modern space launch centre, where President Vladimir Putin promised to help Pyongyang build satellites. EU to assess whether to hit Chinese electric cars with tariffs 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z They raised expectations in Pyongyang that all it took for a deal to happen was face-to-face conversation. Kim Jong Un: The US wants to engage North Korea but doesn't know how 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z Apart from food aid, Pyongyang may also ask for more advanced submarine and ballistic technology from Russia - though Mr Putin may draw a line at that, say some observers. Vladimir Putin says military co-operation with North Korea a possibility 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z Post-summit comments by Putin and his officials indicated that Moscow wasn’t going to openly trample on the sanctions and instead could try to keep an arms deal with Pyongyang secret. With Russia isolated on the world stage, Putin turns to old friend North Korea for help 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z Kim has also punctuated his testing activity with an escalatory nuclear doctrine that authorizes his military to conduct pre-emptive nuclear attacks against enemies if it perceives Pyongyang’s leadership as under threat. How Kim’s meeting with Putin at Russian spaceport may hint at his space and weapons ambitions 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z Hours ahead of the anticipated summit, North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles from an area near the capital, Pyongyang, into the sea off its east coast, South Korea's military and the Japanese government said. N.Korea's Kim meets Putin as missiles launched from Pyongyang 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z Details of any deal Moscow and Pyongyang may have struck are scant, but the biggest concerns are over the possibility of Russia sharing technology, particularly involving ballistic missiles or nuclear submarine systems. Kim Jong Un: The US wants to engage North Korea but doesn't know how 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z After Kim arrived by limousine — brought in his armored train from Pyongyang — Putin shook hands with him and said he was “very glad to see” him. Putin welcomes Kim Jong Un at cosmodrome in Russia’s far east 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z Asked about potential military cooperation with Pyongyang, Putin responded that “there are certain restrictions, and Russia is following all of them.” With Russia isolated on the world stage, Putin turns to old friend North Korea for help 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z All of North Korea's ballistic missile and nuclear weapons activities are banned by United Nations Security Council resolutions that were last passed with the support of Pyongyang's partners in China and Russia in 2017. North Korea fires two ballistic missiles with leader Kim away in Russia 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z Security Council resolutions imposed on Pyongyang may also be discussed, Russian officials have said. N.Korea's Kim stresses 'strategic importance' of Russia ties ahead of Putin summit 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z Mr Kim left Pyongyang for Russia on Sunday, according to North Korea's state media. Watch: Red carpet welcome in Russia for Kim Jong Un 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z Kim said his decision to visit Russia four years after his previous visit showed how Pyongyang is “prioritizing the strategic importance” of its relations with Moscow, North Korea’s official news agency said Wednesday. Putin welcomes Kim Jong Un at cosmodrome in Russia’s far east 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z A major factor Russia needs to consider while it seeks to expand ties with North Korea is China, Pyongyang’s No. 1 ally that has jealously watched the rapprochement. With Russia isolated on the world stage, Putin turns to old friend North Korea for help 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z Wider geopolitical policies are driving Moscow and Pyongyang together, he argued. U.S. uneasy, powerless as North Korea’s Kim arrives in Russia to meet Putin 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z Pyongyang and Moscow have denied shipments of ammunition to Russia or any future plans by the North to supply arms. N.Korea's Kim stresses 'strategic importance' of Russia ties ahead of Putin summit 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z Mr Kim left Pyongyang for Russia on Sunday on his private train, North Korea's state media reported. Kim Jong Un crosses Russian border for talks with Putin 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z With Russia's war in Ukraine grinding on, Pyongyang could prove an invaluable source of munitions for Moscow. Putin and Kim: Friends in need (of ammunition) 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z Pyongyang also attempts to reduce its dependency on Moscow and Beijing, but a series of policy failures following heavy borrowing from international financial markets push the North Korean economy into decades of disarray. A timeline of the complicated relations between Russia and North Korea 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z China will be Pyongyang's main ally and protector, but Russia will have a role too, he said. With Putin summit, North Korea charts new course in fraught Russia relationship 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z On Tuesday, North Korean state media confirmed that Mr. Kim had indeed left Pyongyang, the North’s capital, for Russia by train. Bulletproof, Slow and Full of Wine: Kim Jong-un’s Mystery Train 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z Both Moscow and Pyongyang have denied earlier U.S. accusations that they had conducted arms deals, but the two countries have vowed to boost defence ties. North Korea's Kim heads to Russia with delegation of arms industry officials 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z An arms deal between Moscow and Pyongyang would represent quite a shift change. Putin and Kim: Friends in need (of ammunition) 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z Seoul also expands diplomatic relations with communist countries in Eastern Europe, leaving Pyongyang increasingly isolated. A timeline of the complicated relations between Russia and North Korea 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z He recalled dishes considered delicacies such as donkey meat and abalones - a type of mollusc - being flown in from Pyongyang. Boats, planes and armoured train: How Kim Jong Un travels abroad 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z There are potentially fruitful grounds for cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang, two economies laboring up harsh trade and investment sanctions from the U.S. and its allies. Putin confirms meeting as North Korea’s Kim reportedly heads to Russian Far East 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z Neither Moscow nor Pyongyang immediately confirmed an exact schedule for the visit. North Korea's Kim en route to Russia for talks with Putin 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z There's also speculation that Pyongyang has been seeking advanced Russian technology for satellites and military use, including for nuclear-powered submarines. Putin and Kim: Friends in need (of ammunition) 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z Pyongyang claims the West’s “hegemonic policy” gave Putin justification to defend Russia by sending troops into the neighboring country. A timeline of the complicated relations between Russia and North Korea 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z His rumoured trip, if it happens, will most likely start in Pyongyang and go through Tumangang station at the Russian border, where wheels on the train will be switched for the Russian tracks. Boats, planes and armoured train: How Kim Jong Un travels abroad 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z Putin said after holding his first face-to-face talks with Kim in 2019 that proposed U.S. security guarantees would probably not be enough to persuade Pyongyang to shut its nuclear programme. Factbox: What to watch at the Kim-Putin summit? 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z The United States has said it would be a "huge mistake" for North Korea to supply Russia with weapons to use in Ukraine and warned Pyongyang would "pay a price". North Korea's Kim to visit Russia for talks with Putin 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z It may well see a deal with Pyongyang as a way of helping to achieve that. Putin and Kim: Friends in need (of ammunition) 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z Security Council to strengthen sanctions on North Korea over its intensifying missile tests while accusing Washington of worsening tensions with Pyongyang by expanding military exercises with South Korea and Japan. North Korean train presumably carrying leader Kim Jong Un departed for Russia, South Korea media say 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z The most striking sign of that came in July, when Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu visited Pyongyang and toured a weapons exhibit that included the North's banned ballistic missiles. In Russia's Pacific port, residents await North Korea's Kim Jong Un 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z Pyongyang's leaders have often tried to use Beijing and Moscow to balance each other. Factbox: What to watch at the Kim-Putin summit? 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z Both Russian and North Korean officials have denied that Pyongyang has shipped any weapons or munitions to Russia or intends to do so. Russia is turning to old ally North Korea to resupply its arsenal for the war in Ukraine 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z The Russian embassy in Pyongyang said earlier this week it had been allowed to bring in 20 diplomatic and technical staff. Kim Jong Un marks North Korea's anniversary with parade 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z South Korean media speculated that the lack of Russian government officials at the festivities in Pyongyang could be related to preparations for a summit between Kim and Putin, which Washington expects within the month. Kim Jong Un hosts Chinese and Russian guests at a parade celebrating North Korea’s 75th anniversary 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z After the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, relations cooled amid the chaos in Russia and China is considered the most powerful influence on Pyongyang. In Russia's Pacific port, residents await North Korea's Kim Jong Un 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z The White House has said Russia is currently looking to North Korea to help replenish its stocks of weapons, adding that arms negotiations between Moscow and Pyongyang are actively advancing. Russia ramps up artillery production but still falling short, Western official says 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z They note that Moscow could share advanced nuclear, missile and submarine technology with Pyongyang in exchange for arms supplies, a move that could embolden Kim and raise major threats to regional security. Russia is turning to old ally North Korea to resupply its arsenal for the war in Ukraine 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z It adds potential range, survivability and stealth capabilities to Pyongyang’s nuclear force. North Korea rolls out ‘nuclear attack submarine’ 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Saturday’s parade was centered around paramilitary organizations and public security forces protecting Pyongyang, rather than the military units that handle his nuclear-capable weapons systems, which have been the focus of other parades this year. Kim Jong Un hosts Chinese and Russian guests at a parade celebrating North Korea’s 75th anniversary 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z The navy is divided into two fleet commands that cover the country's east and west coasts, and about 60 percent of the force is positioned south of Pyongyang, the White Paper said. Explainer: New submarines and nuclear drones: Why is North Korea developing its navy? 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has held a ceremony to christen a new submarine, which Pyongyang claims can carry nuclear weapons. Kim Jong Un reveals 'nuclear attack submarine' 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z But he emphasized that Moscow cherishes ties with Pyongyang, adding: “North Korea is our neighbor, and we will further develop our relations without looking back at other countries’ opinion.” Russia is turning to old ally North Korea to resupply its arsenal for the war in Ukraine 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z In March, Pyongyang claimed the successful test of an underwater nuclear drone, possibly modeled on Russia’s “Poseidon.” North Korea rolls out ‘nuclear attack submarine’ 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Seiler said Russia could perhaps agree to provide North Korea with satellite imagery until Pyongyang manages to put its own military satellite into space. Harris says North Korea military support for Russia would be 'huge mistake' 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z But allegations that Pyongyang is spying on its Russian allies are potentially more awkward as the countries draw closer amid the war in Ukraine. North Korea hackers going after Russian targets, Microsoft says 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z Submarines are difficult to locate under water, meaning having one could allow Pyongyang to strike its enemies from the sea, after its land weapons had been destroyed in an attack. Kim Jong Un reveals 'nuclear attack submarine' 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z In a first since before the pandemic, Chinese and Russian government delegations flew to Pyongyang in July and buses carrying North Korean athletes to a taekwondo tournament in Kazakhstan crossed the border into China. Russian embassy in North Korea allowed new staff for first time since pandemic 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z Pyongyang has released footage of undersea missile launches, but the projectiles’ reliabilities and capabilities are unknown. North Korea rolls out ‘nuclear attack submarine’ 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Pyongyang’s official Korean Central News Agency said the visit by Liu’s delegation comes at the invitation of North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party. China sending delegation to North Korea to celebrate its founding as nations foster their ties 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z A life-size mock-up of one of the train’s carriages is on permanent display at a mausoleum on the outskirts of Pyongyang where Kim Jong Il and his state-founding father, Kim Il Sung, lie in state. Will he go by plane or train? How Kim Jong Un may travel to Russia for another meeting with Putin 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z Instead, Pyongyang has reverted back to routine ballistic missile tests, thinly veiled threats of nuclear war, and provocation toward America and its key allies in the region, chiefly South Korea and Japan. ‘Lack of need’ for U.S. talks spurs North Korean move to Russia, China, ex-intel officer 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z A North Korean defense ministry official in November said Pyongyang has "never had 'arms dealings' with Russia" and has "no plan to do so in the future." US says North Korea will 'pay a price' for any weapons supplies to Russia 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z In his speech, covered by state media in Pyongyang, Mr. Kim said nuclear attack submarines have been “considered a symbol of invasion against our republic for decades.” North Korea rolls out ‘nuclear attack submarine’ 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Pyongyang has, for decades, prioritized weapons of mass destruction, leaving its navy out of the funding loop. Kim, Putin to meet on weapons, space, regional naval drills: Reports 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z Moscow and Pyongyang have denied previous U.S. allegations that North Korea had provided Russia with arms, but the two countries are promising to boost defence cooperation. Kremlin says 'nothing to say' on possible visit by North Korea's Kim 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z Indeed, Pyongyang appears to have found a willing economic partner in Russia, which reportedly will supply food and other critical supplies in exchange for ammunition and other weapons of war. ‘Lack of need’ for U.S. talks spurs North Korean move to Russia, China, ex-intel officer 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z Moscow and Pyongyang have promised to boost defense cooperation. US says North Korea will 'pay a price' for any weapons supplies to Russia 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z Shoigu said Moscow and Pyongyang were considering holding military exercises for the first time. Kim Jong Un and Putin may meet. What do North Korea and Russia need from each other? 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z He takes the train from Pyongyang through China over three days to Vietnam. Factbox: Kim Jong Un's trips abroad as leader of North Korea 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, who visited Pyongyang in July to attend weapons displays that included North Korea's banned ballistic missiles, said on Monday the two countries are discussing the possibility of joint military exercises. Kremlin says 'nothing to say' on possible visit by North Korea's Kim 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z At the same time, Pyongyang has sought out closer cooperation with both China and Russia. ‘Lack of need’ for U.S. talks spurs North Korean move to Russia, China, ex-intel officer 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z Moscow desperately needs weapons, specifically ammunition and artillery shells, for the war in Ukraine, and Pyongyang has plenty of both. How worrying is a Russia-Kim Jong Un alliance? 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z Pyongyang's leaders have often tried use Beijing and Moscow to balance each other. Why North Korea's Kim Jong Un may meet with Putin in Russia 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z South Korean news agency Yonhap earlier cited South Korea's intelligence agency as saying Shoigu, who visited Pyongyang in July, had proposed to Kim that their countries hold a naval exercise, along with China. Kim to meet Putin as Russia seeks closer military ties with North Korea 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z National Security Council spokeswoman Adrienne Watson noted Monday that Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu traveled to Pyongyang last month and tried to persuade North Korea to sell artillery ammunition to Russia. North Korea’s Kim Jong Un may meet with Putin in Russia this month, U.S. official says 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said that Russia's defence minister recently travelled to North Korea to "try to convince Pyongyang to sell artillery ammunition" to Russia. Kim Jong Un to visit Putin in Russia for arms talks 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z But below the surface, it opens up the potential for Pyongyang and Moscow to start working more closely together. How worrying is a Russia-Kim Jong Un alliance? 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z The most striking sign of deepening ties came in July, when Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu visited Pyongyang and toured a weapons exhibit that included the North's banned ballistic missiles. Why North Korea's Kim Jong Un may meet with Putin in Russia 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z Kim would travel from Pyongyang, probably by armored train, to Vladivostok, on the Pacific Coast of Russia, where he would meet with Putin, the newspaper said. North Korean leader Kim to meet Putin in Russia this month - NYT 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z She added that the U.S. is urging North Korea “to cease its arms negotiations with Russia and abide by the public commitments that Pyongyang has made to not provide or sell arms to Russia.” North Korea’s Kim Jong Un may meet with Putin in Russia this month, U.S. official says 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z Last week, the White House said Kim and Putin exchanged letters as Moscow looked to Pyongyang for more munitions. Seoul’s spy agency says Russia has likely proposed North Korea to join three-way drills with China 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z North Korea provides Beijing with a useful buffer zone between itself and the US forces stationed in South Korea, meaning it pays to keep Pyongyang afloat. How worrying is a Russia-Kim Jong Un alliance? 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z Last week, the White House said Kim and Russian President Vladimir Putin exchanged letters as Moscow looks to Pyongyang for more munitions. South Korea’s Yoon to call for strong international response to North’s nukes at ASEAN, G20 summits 2023-09-03T04:00:00Z Pyongyang said its nuclear drill was a direct response to those U.S.-South Korean exercises. North Korea holds ‘tactical nuclear’ drills, warns US and South Korea of ‘real nuclear crisis’ 2023-09-03T04:00:00Z A separate statement said Kim visited Pukjung Machine Complex, which produces marine engines, and a major munitions factory to stress the importance of strengthening Pyongyang's naval forces. North Korea stages 'tactical nuclear attack' drill 2023-09-03T04:00:00Z Diplomacy between Pyongyang and Washington has stalled since 2019 over disagreements over the crippling U.S.-led sanctions against North Korea and the North’s faltered steps to wind down its nuclear weapons and missiles program. Seoul’s spy agency says Russia has likely proposed North Korea to join three-way drills with China 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z But Pyongyang has always been uneasy about depending too much on China alone. How worrying is a Russia-Kim Jong Un alliance? 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z Previously, he helped secure the release of US nationals detained in North Korea and he also held talks with Pyongyang diplomats in efforts to calm tensions between the two Koreas. Former top US diplomat Bill Richardson dies aged 75 2023-09-02T04:00:00Z Seoul announced sanctions on Friday on five North Korean individuals and one company in response to Pyongyang's launch of what it said was a space rocket last month. North Korea fires several cruise missiles towards sea, says South Korean military 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z In fact, in March, Pyongyang tested a giant underwater drone armed with a nuclear warhead, and claims to have tested underwater ballistic missile launched from a submarine. North Korea’s Kim Jong Un signals a new focus on beefing up navy 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z "Moscow and Pyongyang maintain good, mutually respectful relations. We intend to develop them further. Contacts are being made at various levels," he said, calling North Korea "a very important neighbour". Russia says it will deepen ties with North Korea, doesn't confirm Putin-Kim letter exchange 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z Pyongyang has previously tested nuclear-capable missiles and described how it would use them in potential wars with South Korea and the U.S. North Korea says it simulated nuclear attacks on South Korea and rehearsed occupation of its rivals 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z The latest launch came a day before South Korea and the U.S. were set to wrap up 11 days of combined military drills, which Pyongyang has long denounced as a war rehearsal. North Korea stages nuclear strike drill to protest allied exercises 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z Pyongyang has long denounced the drills as a war rehearsal. North Korea says it simulated nuclear strike on South 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Furthermore, deploying nuclear arms at sea makes it harder for adversaries to take out Pyongyang’s nuclear programs, while potentially extending their range in a crisis. North Korea’s Kim Jong Un signals a new focus on beefing up navy 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z The latest launch came a day before South Korea and the U.S. wrap up 11 days of combined military drills, which Pyongyang has long denounced as a war rehearsal. North Korea stages tactical nuclear strike drill to protest allied exercises 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z High-level arms negotiations between Moscow and Pyongyang are now “actively advanced” and may continue in the coming months, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters. White House: Russia discussing arms deal with North Korea as war in Ukraine drags on 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Aware that some images and media segments from the isolated, authoritarian state have become objects of ridicule in the wider world, Pyongyang propaganda czars are raising their game, according to a leading South Korean scholar. An unsmiling Kim: North Korea’s media step up their game 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z The launch comes a day before South Korea and the U.S. wrap up 11 days of combined military drills, which Pyongyang has denounced. North Korea conducts missile launch into sea after US bomber drills 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Pyongyang‘s latest move comes as regional powers in the Indo-Pacific, including Australia, China, India and Japan, have all been investing massively in maritime “blue” assets. North Korea’s Kim Jong Un signals a new focus on beefing up navy 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z The launch comes as South Korea and the United States prepare to wrap up 11 days of combined military drills, which Pyongyang has denounced. North Korea launched a suspected ballistic missile into sea 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z The U.S. and South Korea began Ulchi Freedom Shield last week - a joint large-scale military exercise designed to enhance their response to Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile threats, with the second part kicking off on Monday. US deploys B-1B bombers for separate drills with South Korea, Japan 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Today’s media content generators in Pyongyang may share with their global colleagues an interest in seeing their stories well presented and widely viewed, but other comparisons fall short. An unsmiling Kim: North Korea’s media step up their game 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z The two countries began Ulchi Freedom Shield last week - a joint large-scale military exercise designed to enhance their response to Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile threats, with the second part kicking off on Monday. US B-1B bomber deployed for joint military drills with South Korea 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Even so, Pyongyang has good reasons to improve maritime capabilities, which could make its nuclear deterrent more secure and possibly open up opportunities to drill with Russian warships. North Korea’s Kim Jong Un signals a new focus on beefing up navy 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z Pyongyang said it will make a third attempt in October to achieve a key military goal of its leader, Kim Jong Un. The US and allies clash with North Korea, China and Russia over failed satellite launch and tensions 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z Pyongyang has sought to deepen relations with Russia and last month invited Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu to events marking the 70th anniversary of the end of the Korean War. North Korea says US driving Ukraine crisis toward nuclear disaster 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z But the short gap between launches suggests Pyongyang may be driven more by politics than operational goals, some observers said. North Korea's frantic space launch pace brings advances - and setbacks 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z Pyongyang's space agency has said it will try again in October. North Korea's second spy satellite launch fails 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z Watson said Pyongyang must immediately cease its provocative actions and instead choose engagement. North Korea says its attempt to launch a spy satellite failed but vows a 3rd try 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z The United States urged North Korea to refrain from "further threatening activity" and called on Pyongyang to engage in serious diplomacy, a State Department spokesperson said in a statement. US says North Korea's attempted satellite launch violates UN resolutions 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z Pyongyang has said it needs a military reconnaissance satellite to boost monitoring of U.S. military activities. North Korea launches space rocket, alarming Japan 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z Two days ago Pyongyang said it would launch a satellite between Aug. 24-31. North Korea launches space rocket months after failed satellite attempt 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z The US urged North Korea to refrain from "further threatening activity" and called on Pyongyang to engage in serious diplomacy. North Korea's second spy satellite launch fails 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z An Air Koryo flight from Pyongyang landed in Beijing early on Tuesday for the first time since pandemic lockdowns began in 2020 as North Korea cracks open its border to passenger travel. Air Koryo to fly between Pyongyang-Beijing thrice a week -China regulator 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z State Department said, adding Washington sought dialogue with Pyongyang "without preconditions." US says North Korea's attempted satellite launch violates UN resolutions 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z It is unclear how many passengers were on board the plane, scheduled to depart for Pyongyang from the Chinese capital at 13:05. North Korea airline flies first international flight since Covid 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z Many foreign delegations closed their embassies in Pyongyang because they were unable to rotate staff or ship in supplies for much of the pandemic. North Korea signals reopening with first passenger flight in three years 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z Officials in Pyongyang had described the botched attempt in May as their "gravest failure" while vowing to try again. North Korea's second spy satellite launch fails 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z Chinese and Russian government delegations flew to Pyongyang last month and last week buses carrying North Korean athletes to a taekwondo tournament in Kazakhstan crossed the border into China. North Korea's Air Koryo flies to Beijing for first time in three years 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z Pyongyang has long denounced the drills as a rehearsal for war. North Korea says Camp David agreements raise possibility of 'thermonuclear war' 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z Pyongyang has only recently resumed limited international passenger travel. North Korea airline flies first international flight since Covid 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z One diplomat for a Western country that pulled its staff from its embassy in Pyongyang said there was no official word from North Korean officials on when they could return. North Korea signals reopening with first passenger flight in three years 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z Pyongyang’s official Korean Central News Agency released photos, showing Mr. Kim — in a white tunic and black trousers — watching from a nearby vessel as the cruise missile was fired. War drills ignite on both sides of the DMZ 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z “The latest test shows Pyongyang’s intention of attacking South Korea from many angles if it believes the Kim regime is at risk.” North Korea’s Kim watches cruise missile launches as US, South Korean troops begin annual drills 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z Last month, a Chinese delegation visited Pyongyang to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the end of the Korean War, the first such group to travel to the reclusive state since the pandemic. Beijing lets North Korea state airline resume flights to China 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z Pyongyang has denounced the allies' military drills as a rehearsal for nuclear war. North Korea's Kim inspects cruise missile test as South Korea-US military drills begin 2023-08-20T04:00:00Z For decades Pyongyang has highlighted racial discrimination in the United States as what it calls an example of Washington's hypocrisy. North Korea slams UN human rights meeting as a US 'scheme' 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z Other analysts, however, said that while North Korea's missiles show similarities with Russian designs, they are not exactly the same and Pyongyang has several ways of gathering technical data from other countries, including computer hacking. Latest North Korean missile sparks debate over possible Russian links 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z Both China and North Korea periodically remind the world of their nuclear capabilities, and Pyongyang has launched a series of missiles, including tests of inter-continental ballistic weapons. Regional threats push Japan, South Korea to Camp David trilateral summit with Biden 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z North Korea is likely to view the summit as a provocation, and there were fears Pyongyang would fire off a missile around the time of the summit. Biden swats away questions about Hunter at Camp David presser with South Korea, Japan leaders 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z While Mr Biden has - successfully perhaps - focused on building defence alliances in Asia, it has left little room for engagement with Beijing and Pyongyang. US-Japan-SKorea summit a coup for Biden but will detente last? 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z There is speculation that Pyongyang might rebuke the U.S. and its Asian neighbors by conducting a missile launch around the time of the Camp David summit. U.S.-South Korea-Japan summit starting at Camp David 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z The United States and South Korea have accused North Korea of providing military aid to Russia for the war in Ukraine, something both Moscow and Pyongyang deny. Latest North Korean missile sparks new debate over possible Russian role 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z North Korea has extremely limited air connections at the best of times and travel all but ended when Pyongyang closed the national borders to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Taekwondo athletes appear to be North Korea’s first delegation to travel since border closed in 2020 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z Russia’s deputy U.N. ambassador Dmitry Polyansky, whose country is an ally of North Korea, told the council the meeting was “propaganda” and “a cynical and hypocritical effort to step up pressure on Pyongyang.” UN: North Korea is increasing repression as people are reportedly starving in parts of the country 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z Kim on Monday called for an increase in missile production to be ready for war, while a South Korean lawmaker warned on Thursday that Pyongyang may launch an intercontinental ballistic missile to protest a U.S., US slams North Korea for using repression to build nuclear weapons 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z While the birth of a “NEATO” looks ambitious for a first trilateral, the meeting has clearly raised hackles in Beijing and Pyongyang. No ‘NEATO’ likely, but Biden hopes to use summit to bind East Asian allies 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z At the start of the pandemic in 2020, Pyongyang sealed off its borders, with no one allowed to leave or enter the country since. North Korea: Taekwondo athletes believed headed to Kazakhstan 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z North Korea and Russia agreed on broad defence cooperation when the Russian defence minister met Kim last month and watched a military parade with him in Pyongyang, Yoo quoted South Korean intelligence as saying. North Korea prepares for military actions in protest of US, South Korea, Japan summit - South Korea 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z Just last month, Kim hosted Russia's defense minister and a Chinese Communist Party Politburo member in Pyongyang for an event celebrating the end of the 1950-1953 war between North and South Korea. Biden hopes to tighten South Korean, Japanese bond at Camp David 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z In 2018, Pyongyang released a "White Paper on Human Rights Violations in the U.S." Travis King case highlights North Korea's long, complicated history of citing U.S. racism 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z Pyongyang and Moscow have denied any arms transactions. North Korea's Kim, Russia's Putin exchange letters, vow stronger ties 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z These are the first known athletes to be sent overseas, which indicates that Pyongyang may be finally relaxing its border restrictions. North Korea: Taekwondo athletes believed headed to Kazakhstan 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z Those measures have unanimously been strengthened over the years, but the 15-member body is now deadlocked as China and Russia push for them to be eased to convince Pyongyang to return to denuclearization talks. North Korea developing nuclear weapons, evading sanctions in 2023 - UN report 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z The backdrop for the event was Pyongyang's ballistic missiles. Biden hopes to tighten South Korean, Japanese bond at Camp David 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Kim announced the shift to a more aggressive stance before the party’s Central Military Commission on Wednesday, according to Pyongyang’s official Korean Central News Agency, as monitored in Seoul on Thursday. In shift, North Korea’s Kim calls for ‘offensive’ military posture 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z Last month, Russia's defence minister stood shoulder to shoulder with Kim as they reviewed his newest nuclear-capable missiles and attack drones at a military parade in Pyongyang. North Korea's Kim, Russia's Putin exchange letters, vow stronger ties 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z Last month, Russian and Chinese delegations were in Pyongyang to mark the 70th anniversary of the Korean War armistice. North Korea: Taekwondo athletes believed headed to Kazakhstan 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z Then the following year the United States instead convened a meeting on the threat of escalation by North Korea amid growing tensions between Pyongyang and Washington. UN Security Council to meet on rights abuses in North Korea 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z Satellite imagery showed the aircraft at Pyongyang’s international airport for about 36 hours, according to NK News, a Seoul-based provider of news on North Korea that also tracks flight activity in the isolated country. Rare Russian VIP jet in North Korea spurs arms deal concern 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z But some analysts sense Mr. Kim is bluffing, saying it was unlikely that Pyongyang would trust subordinate officers with the decision on when to use weapons of mass destruction. In shift, North Korea’s Kim calls for ‘offensive’ military posture 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z Last week, North Korean-built rockets reportedly began appearing on the battlefield in Ukraine, according to the Financial Times, while the Biden administration accused Moscow of seeking munitions from Pyongyang to fuel its faltering invasion. In isolated Russia, signs of a change of course on North Korea 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z In the months following the digital break-in Pyongyang announced several developments in its banned ballistic missile programme but it is not clear if this was related to the breach. Exclusive: North Korean hackers breached top Russian missile maker 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z But Pyongyang has denied U.S. accusations that it has been providing arms to Russia to aid its fighting in Ukraine. North Korean leader Kim tours weapons factories and vows to boost war readiness in face of tensions 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z The flight was the first by this type of Russian military VIP plane to North Korea since mid-2019, when Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin traveled to Pyongyang, NK News said. Rare Russian VIP jet in North Korea spurs arms deal concern 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z Washington has conveyed that message in private communications to Pyongyang, the U.S. officials said, adding that those communications have not invoked POW status. Exclusive-US declines to invoke prisoner of war status for Travis King 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z The government of Russian President Vladimir Putin recently honored Pyongyang by dispatching a top-level delegation to North Korea for the lavish official ceremonies marking the 70th anniversary of the end of the Korean War. In isolated Russia, signs of a change of course on North Korea 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met a Chinese delegation in Pyongyang last week and vowed to develop the two countries' relations to a "new high". North Korea denounces US arms aid to Taiwan as 'dangerous' provocation 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z However, the reply indicates Pyongyang could be ready to start negotiating. Travis King: North Korea responds to request for information on US soldier 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z Pyongyang closed its borders in early 2020 due to the pandemic, choking its economy. Rare Russian VIP jet in North Korea spurs arms deal concern 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z Pyongyang, which continues to develop nuclear weapons in violation of UN resolutions, has repeatedly shown it is not willing to be bound by international law. Exclusive-US declines to invoke prisoner of war status for Travis King 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z But “Moscow’s increased attention to Pyongyang became increasingly more noticeable with the onset of Russia’s full-scale aggression against Ukraine,” Mr. Bondarev wrote recently for the Eurasia Daily Monitor. In isolated Russia, signs of a change of course on North Korea 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z Last November, Washington accused North Korea of supplying train loads of ammunition to Russia, accusations Pyongyang denied. Shoigu’s North Korea trip signals Russian desperation, U.S. says 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z The statement said the Biden administration’s public criticism of North Korea’s human rights situation highlighted its hostility toward Pyongyang in the face of an intensifying nuclear standoff between the countries. North Korea calls US human rights envoy a ‘political housemaid’ in protest of criticisms 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z The most obvious items that Pyongyang has and Moscow needs are artillery shells and rockets that Moscow can use in Soviet-era weaponry pushed into service in Ukraine. Rare Russian VIP jet in North Korea spurs arms deal concern 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z The appointment of "such a wicked woman" highlights Washington's hostile policy toward Pyongyang, it said, warning of "retaliatory action of justice." North Korea criticises US human rights envoy as 'wicked, mudslinging' 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z Last week, he aired video footage from a Pyongyang concert attended by Mr. Shoigu and Mr. Kim, arguing the two regime’s interests are increasingly aligned. In isolated Russia, signs of a change of course on North Korea 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z China’s delegation, conversely, took a very low-key approach while in Pyongyang. Shoigu’s North Korea trip signals Russian desperation, U.S. says 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Li, who came bearing a letter from President Xi Jinping, said in an address to North Korean officials that Beijing sought to promote the “sound and stable” development of relations with Pyongyang. Divided peninsula, divided commemorations for war’s 70th anniversary 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z Pyongyang vowed increased military cooperation against the United States, a common enemy, during a visit by Russia’s defense minister. North Korea Vows Support for Moscow in Visit by Russian Delegation 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z Washington has, in fact, accused North Korea of providing military aid to Russia in its war in Ukraine, a claim that both Pyongyang and Moscow deny. North Korea: Kim Jong Un shows off missiles to Russia defence chief Shoigu 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z Though Pyongyang accelerated missile tests in 2022, Beijing and Moscow came together to block U.S.-led attempts in the Security Council for tougher U.N. sanctions. In isolated Russia, signs of a change of course on North Korea 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z The North Korean festivities were widely expected to be capped by a giant military parade in Pyongyang, where Kim could showcase his most powerful, nuclear-capable missiles designed to target neighboring rivals and the U.S. mainland. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meets with Russian defense minister on military cooperation 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Shoigu arrived late Tuesday, greeted by cheering soldiers lining the streets as he and his entourage drove from the airport into Pyongyang. Seventy years on, North Korea tells its own story of a war and its aftermath 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z They will attend Pyongyang's celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the end of the Korean War, marked typically by massive military parades. North Korea: China, Russia in first post-pandemic visits 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z The last time Pyongyang invited foreign government delegates for a military parade was in February 2018. North Korea: Kim Jong Un shows off missiles to Russia defence chief Shoigu 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z Security Council sanctions on Pyongyang over its intensified missile testing activity, underscoring a divide between the council’s permanent members deepened over Russia’s war on Ukraine. Rival Koreas mark armistice anniversary in two different ways that highlight rising tensions 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z However, it seems unlikely that Pyongyang will seek to engage with Washington any time soon, and may consider itself to be in a full-scale New Cold War with the United States, he added. North Korea to welcome China and Russia with military display after pandemic isolation 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z Further evidence has largely eroded Pyongyang’s claims, but North Koreans, and some leftists globally, remain convinced. Seventy years on, North Korea tells its own story of a war and its aftermath 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z It is unclear if this signals a change in Pyongyang's border policies. North Korea: China, Russia in first post-pandemic visits 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z Pyongyang invited the Russian delegation led by Mr Shoigu as well one from China. North Korea: Kim Jong Un shows off missiles to Russia defence chief Shoigu 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel urged Beijing and Moscow to play a more constructive role in defusing tensions and to bring Pyongyang back to dialogue. Rival Koreas mark armistice anniversary in two different ways that highlight rising tensions 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z Pyongyang and Moscow have denied those claims, but Kim has vowed to bolster strategic cooperation between the nations. North Korea to welcome China and Russia with military display after pandemic isolation 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z Famed mass placard displays in stadiums often feature wartime imagery, and foreign tourists can buy posters and embroideries of soldiers and partisans in Pyongyang. Seventy years on, North Korea tells its own story of a war and its aftermath 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z A delegation led by Russian Defence Minister Shoigu arrived in North Korea late Tuesday, and received a warm welcome on the tarmac at an airport in Pyongyang. North Korea: China, Russia in first post-pandemic visits 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z The friendly tour comes amid accusations that Pyongyang is supplying Russia with arms for use in its war in Ukraine - a claim that both Pyongyang and Moscow deny. North Korea: Kim Jong Un shows off missiles to Russia defence chief Shoigu 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z North Korea completely closed its borders during the pandemic and Mr Bergman said it is unclear if the Swedish Embassy in Pyongyang has returned to full capacity. Travis King: How the US negotiates with North Korea 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z They have instead pushed for existing measures to be eased for humanitarian purposes and to entice Pyongyang back to denuclearisation talks, which broke down in 2019. North Korea to welcome China and Russia with military display after pandemic isolation 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z The most hardcore anti-American propaganda inhabits a museum in Sinchon, southwest of Pyongyang. Seventy years on, North Korea tells its own story of a war and its aftermath 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z |
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