1 year agoState department statement denies that talks with North Korea have broken down. The DPRK reportedly says talks have failed
North Korea negotiator says nuclear talks with US have broken down, blames Washington
1 year agoToday in Seoul: a candlelight rally in support of the beleaguered justice minister Cho Kuk whose family is being investigated over alleged corruption and called for prosecutorial reform while a smaller rally nearby demanded his resignation and arrest
Commercial satellite imagery shows unusual activity at the fuel reception area of DPRK's Radiochemical Laboratory at the Yongbyon nuclear complex, There are numerous white, cylindrical-like containers in the Fuel Reception Area of the Radiochemical Laboratory. The purpose of these objects is unclear.
President Trump: "Iran wants to do something, North Korea wants to do something, and China would like to do something."
Trump says another meeting with North Korea is "probably being set up as we speak."
[email protected] spokesman Colonel Patrick Ryder tells reporters that the recent DPRK test was of a short- to medium-range ballistic missile fired from a sea-based platform. that flew ~450 km into the sea
A DPRK delegation has landed in Stockholm, Sweden for denuclearization talks with the US, reports @Reuters
DPRK wants to talk and US will be talking to them, @POTUS tells reporters
1 year agoStreets, trucks and cars flooded by torrential rains caused by Typhoon Metag in Gangneung, South Korea, killed six people and left many others missing.
1 year agoPukgukseong-3 likely launched from underwater barge based on this pic
1 year agoPukgukseong-3 Ejection sequence. (Not from a submarine, but an underwater launch platform.)
1 year agoNew NK SLBM Pukguksong-3.
1 year agoNew shots of what the North Koreans are calling Pukgukseong-3
North Korea says it successfully test-fired new SLBM
The nuclear proposal the US plans to offer North Korea this weekend: The UN would suspend sanctions on Pyongyang's textile and coal exports for 36 months in exchange for the verifiable closure of the Yongbyon nuclear facility and "another measures"
64 North Korean fishermen detained on 4 boats after clash with Russian FSB border guards near Primorye, 5 fishermen wounded, 1 boat caught fire. This is 4th incident of a kind in recent weeks
US Department of State spokeswoman: We call on North Korea to refrain from fueling the situation by firing missiles and continue in the course of negotiations
YONHAP: The missile, believed to be a type of Pukkuksong, a North Korean SLBM, was fired from off the east coast near Wonsan in an easterly direction at 7:11 a.m. and flew around 450 kilometers at a maximum altitude of about 910 km, according to the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)
South Korea's defense ministry says that it sees North Korea's latest launch as a Pukguksong-type missile
More details from South Korea's military: North Korea fired a "ballistic missile" that reached a maximum altitude of about 910 km and a distance of about 450 km
The Blue House statement also expresses "strong concern" that this launch happened ahead of working-level talks
Blue House Says it's "highly likely" today's launch was a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM)
DPRK launch of two ballistic missiles violates UN resolutions, @AbeShinzo tells reporters
Japan government describing it as a "ballistic missile," reports @nhk_news
Japan's chief cabinet secretary says a DPRK rocket (or missile) has landed in its EEZ off Shimane Prefecture
North Korea has launched an unknown projectile from Wonsan, Gangwon province, South Korea's military says
North Korea, US to hold working-level talks on October 5: KCNA
1 year agoSouth Korea showcased newly acquired F-35 stealth fighter jets to mark Armed Forces Day on Tuesday as President Moon Jae-in tried to allay concerns that his policy of engagement with North Korea would weaken the South's commitment to defense
KCNA: "The message expressed the firm conviction that the relations of friendship and cooperation between the DPRK and China would develop with added vitality day by dayIt also wished the PRC eternal prosperity and the Chinese people happiness all the time."
