SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea announced 21 new "fever" deaths Saturday and said more than half a million people had been sickened nationwide, two days after confirming its first cases of Covid-19. Despite activating its "maximum emergency quarantine system" to slow the spread of disease through...
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea confirmed its first Covid-19 death on Friday, saying fever was spreading "explosively" nationwide and tens of thousands of people were being isolated after falling sick. The insular country only reported its first Covid cases Thursday, saying it was moving into...
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea said Friday that 187,000 people are being "isolated and treated" for fever, after the country reported its first Covid-19 cases and confirmed at least one death linked to the outbreak. "As of now up to 187,800 people are being isolated and treated," the official...
SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea's new President Yoon Suk-yeol called for the "complete denuclearization" of the North at his swearing-in on Tuesday, describing Pyongyang's weapons as a threat to regional and global security. South Korea's new President Yoon Suk-yeol takes an oath during his...
SEOUL, South Korea – Kim Jong Un supervised the test-firing of a new guided weapons system to improve North Korea's "tactical nukes", state media said Sunday, capping days of celebrations surrounding the birthday of the country's founding leader. The launch was the latest in an unprecedented...
SEOUL, South Korea – After firing its largest-ever missile, North Korea is preparing to conduct a nuclear test, officials and analysts say, reviving a longstanding debate south of the border: should Seoul have nukes too? Pyongyang has conducted a blitz of sanctions-busting weapons tests this...
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea has described Joe Biden as an "old man in his senility", in a characteristically colourful personal attack on the US president after he accused the Russian leader of war crimes in Ukraine. The diatribe came after Biden called Russian President Vladimir Putin "a war...
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) - North Korea will use its nuclear weapons to ''eliminate'' South Korea's army in the event they launch a pre-emptive strike, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un said Tuesday. Kim Yo Jong (AFP/File) Kim Yo Jong's warning, carried in state media, was her second angry...
The Philippines has condemned North Korea's "reckless and provocative" intercontinental ballistic missile test last week. DFA (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) In a statement, the Philippines through the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), criticized the reported missile launch as it "undermines peace...
UNITED NATIONS, United States -- The United States called Friday for tougher international sanctions against North Korea at the UN Security Council, accusing Pyongyang of "increasingly dangerous provocations" after it test-fired its largest-ever intercontinental ballistic missile. "The United...
WASHINGTON, United States -- The United States announced new sanctions Thursday on entities and people in Russia and North Korea after Pyongyang's new ICBM missile test. The targeted persons and organizations are accused of "transferring sensitive items to North Korea's missile program," the State...
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea fired what could be its largest-ever intercontinental ballistic missile Thursday, Tokyo and Seoul said, a dramatic return to long-range testing that sparked outrage from neighbours and the United States. This handout photo taken on March 24, 2022 and provided by...
