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Kim warns of 'serious consequences' if coronavirus spreads to North Korea
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], Mar 1 (ANI): North Korea's supreme leader Kim Jong-un has called for stronger efforts to guard against coronavirus, saying there will be "serious consequences" if the epidemic outbreak spreads to the country.
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Kim Jong-un supervises joint strike drill of defence units
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], Feb 29 (ANI): North Korean leader Kim Jong-un supervised a joint strike drill of his military and expressed his "firm conviction" that the armed forces will steadily develop its combat capability.
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Amid stalled negotiations with US over denuclearisation, North Korean Fore
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Jan 20 (ANI): As the talks between the US and North Korea over denuclearisation remain stalled, Pyongyang appears to have picked its point man for relations with South Korea as its new foreign minister.
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North Korea no longer bound by self-imposed Moratorium on Nuclear Tests: K
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea] Jan 1 (ANI): North Korean leader Kim Jong Un announced that he is longer bound by his self-imposed moratorium on a long-range missile and nuclear tests and said it will soon show off a "new strategic weapon."
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Kim Jong-un calls for 'positive, offensive measures' to ensure North Korea
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], Dec 30 (ANI): North Korea leader Kim Jong-un has called for "positive and offensive measures" to ensure security as a year-end deadline set for the US is drawing closer.
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North Korea holds crucial meeting ahead of year-end deadline set for US
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], Dec 29 (ANI): North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Sunday chaired a crucial meeting of the ruling Workers Party to discuss "important policy issues for new victory in our revolution" ahead of the year-end deadline the country has set for the United States to offer conc
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US flies 4 spy planes over Korean Peninsula after Pyongyang's 'Christmas g
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Dec 26 (ANI): The United States flew four surveillance planes over the Korean Peninsula this week after North Korea threatened to give Washington a "Christmas gift" if the US failed to make concessions in nuclear talks with the country.
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North Korea holds party meeting to bolster army
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], Dec 22 (ANI): North Korea leader Kim Jong-un presided over a meeting of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party and discussed "important organisational and political measures and military steps to bolster up" the country's armed forces.
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US doesn't have a deadline on nuclear negotiations with North Korea: Steph
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Dec 17 (ANI): US Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun on Monday said that Washington DC has no deadline on nuclear negotiations with Pyongyang.
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North Korea may launch long-range missile before Christmas
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Dec 10 (Sputnik/ANI): North Korea conducted two tests of a rocket engine for a presumably new type of a missile during a "very important" test on December 7 and may launch another one before Christmas, a source in the South Korean government said.
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North Korea sees 'fear' in Trump's reaction to denuclearisation stalemate
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Dec 9 (Sputnik/ANI): North Korea sees "fear" in US President Donald Trump's recent warning to Pyongyang not to abandon nuclear talks, according to a statement by an official of the reclusive communist country on Monday.
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Japan says closely monitoring North Korea
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Dec 9 (ANI): The Japanese government has said it is closely monitoring North Korea's actions after Pyongyang announced on Sunday it has carried out a 'very important test' at its key satellite launching station, the Japanese media reported on Monday.
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