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North Korea "bitterly condemns" UNSC meeting over satellite launch
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
In a press statement, Kim Yo Jong, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister and a key ruling party official called the UNSC meeting an "unfair and biased act" of interfering in its internal affairs and violating its sovereignty, according to Korea Central News Agency (KCNA).
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Kim Jong Un's sister says North Korea will 'correctly' place spy satellite
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Kim Yo Jong made the above remarks while slamming the United States for condemning North Korea's satellite launch, Yonhao reported quoting Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
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North Korea fires possible ballistic missile: Japanese Defence Ministry
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
According to the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), North Korean leader Kim Jong Un directed his country's space agency to finalise preparations for the launch of Pyongyang's first military reconnaissance satellite.
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North Korea says it will launch 1st military spy satellite in June
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
This comes a day after the North Korea notified Japan about its plan of launching a satellite between May 31 and June 11.
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Japanese PM wants to start talks with North Korea over release of abductee
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday said that he wants to initiate senior-level conversations between Japan and North Korea in order to schedule a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on the return of Japanese abductees as soon as possible.
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BJP leader compares palaces of Saddam, Kim Jong Un, Kejriwal's residence,
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sudhanshu Trivedi on Friday lashed out at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal amid the row over the Rs 45 crore expenditure on his residence, comparing him with Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in terms of "luxury" linked
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Coast Guards of India, South Korea to hold high-level meeting tomorrow
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The Indian Coast Guard team will be headed by ADG Rakesh Pal, Officiating Director General, Indian Coast Guard. The delegation of the South Korean Coast Guard will be led by Commissioner General KIM Jong Wook.
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North Korea says it tested new solid-fuel "Hwasong-18" ICBM
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, said Friday that the recent launch of its new solid-fuel "Hwasong-18" intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) considerably strengthened the country's nuclear counterattack stance, Yonhap News Agency said Friday quoting North Korean state media.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's daughter is being indoctrinated: Experts
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The father-daughter visits to missile sites and military events are "an indoctrinating moment for her," said Michael Madden, an expert on North Korean leadership at the Stimson Center. He said she is probably told that "the missiles guarantee ... the continuity of the Kim family regime."
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Kim urges N Korean experts to produce "powerful nuclear weapons"
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Kim called on his officials to "expand on a far-sighted way the production of weapon-grade nuclear materials for thoroughly implementing the plan ... on increasing nuclear arsenals exponentially". He also told his officials to "put spurs to continuing to produce powerful nuclear weapons", KC
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North Korea tests underwater nuclear-capable attack drone
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
North Korea has tested a new underwater nuclear-capable attack drone, Al Jazeera reported citing the country's state news agency KCNA said on Friday.
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Defector explains how North Korea's weapons overshadow human rights abuses
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
"North Korea is a living hell," Jung Gwang-il, a North Korean defector and president of the No Chain rights organization, told DW on the sidelines of an EU Parliament event last week investigating the dire human rights situation in North Korea.
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