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Kim Jong-un vows to strengthen North Korea's defence capabilities
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], January 7 (ANI): At a rare party congress on Tuesday, the first in five years, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un vowed to strengthen his country's military capabilities to protect its people amid an impasse in its nuclear negotiations with the US, reported Yonhap.
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DPRK top leader reviews work as 8th Party Congress opens
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], January 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Kim Jong-un, the top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), delivered a report on the work of the seventh Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea on the first day of the Eighth Party Congress on Tuesday, said offi
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DPRK celebrates New Year with performance in central Pyongyang
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], January 1 (ANI/Xinhua): A New Year performance was given at Kim Il Sung Square in central Pyongyang, the capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), on Thursday night with tens of thousands of people standing in the cold to embrace the New Year.
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Not one N Korean fell victim to COVID-19, says Kim Jong-un
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], October 11 (ANI): As North Korea marked its 75th anniversary of the founding of its ruling Workers' Party on Saturday, its leader Kim Jong Un addressed the audience at a military parade that he wanted to thank the people of his country for their good health and fo
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Intend to develop, consolidate China-Korea ties, says President Xi Jinping
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], October 11 (ANI): China President Xi Jinping has congratulated Kim Jong Un on the founding anniversary of North Korea's ruling party and said that he intends to defend, consolidate and develop ties with Pyongyang and support the socialist cause of the two countrie
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North Korea's military buildup deterrent in Nature: Kim Jong-un
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], October 10 (ANI/Sputnik): North Korea is building up its war capacity purely as a deterrent and will only strike in retaliation, leader Kim Jong Un said at a massive military parade marking the 75th anniversary of the foundation of the ruling Workers' Party.
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North Korea appears to have staged a large-scale military parade
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], October 10 (ANI): North Korea on Saturday appeared to have staged a large-scale military parade to mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, according to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).
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In a 'first', Kim Jong-un wishes Trump quick recovery from COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], October 3 (ANI): North Korea leader Kim Jong-un on Friday wished US President Donald Trump quick recovery from COVID-19 after he was admitted to Walter Reed hospital in Washington.
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Japanese PM ready to meet Kim Jong Un without conditions
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], September 26 (ANI/Xinhua): Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Friday said that he is ready to meet with Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), without "any conditions".
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North Korea reports first 'suspected' COVID-19 case, imposes maximum emerg
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], July 26 (ANI): North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Sunday took a "maximum emergency system" decision after a defector returned from the South with coronavirus symptoms.
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North Korean leader holds CMC meeting, discusses 'war deterrence'
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], July 19 (ANI): North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has presided over a Central Military Commission meeting of the ruling Workers' Party and discussed "the key issues of further bolstering a war deterrent of the country," Yonhap reported citing state media.
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South Korea begins probe into Kim Jong-un's sister for blowing up inter-Ko
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], July 16 (ANI): South Korea has begun an investigation into North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's sister Kim Yo-jong, first vice department director of the ruling Workers' Party's Central Committee, and Army General Pak Jong-chon, chief of the General Staff of the North Korea
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