Trump mocks Kim Jong-un, calls him 'Rocket Man'
US President Donald Trump once again mocked North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, calling him "Rocket Man", an allusion to Pyongyang`s recent nuclear tests, as well as speaking ironically about the "long ... lines" of people waiting to get fuel in the nation after the sanctions imposed by the UN.
Sep 18, 2017, 07:49 AM IST
North Korea seeks military 'equilibrium' with US
President Moon Jae-In told an emergency meeting of Seoul`s national security council that dialogue with the North was "impossible in a situation like this".
Sep 16, 2017, 16:47 PM IST
North Korea threatens to 'sink' Japan, reduce United States to 'ashes, darkness'
A North Korean state agency threatened on Thursday to use nuclear weapons to "sink" Japan and reduce the United States to "ashes and darkness" for supporting a U.N. Security Council resolution and sanctions over its latest nuclear test.
Sep 14, 2017, 14:23 PM IST
North Korea vows to boost weapons programmes after sanctions
North Korea vowed Wednesday to accelerate its weapons programmes in response to the "evil" sanctions imposed by the UN Security Council following its latest and most powerful nuclear test.
Sep 13, 2017, 11:51 AM IST
North Korea warns US of 'greatest pain and suffering' over new sanctions
North Korea on Monday threatened to inflict ''greatest pain and suffering" on the US, after Washington pushed for new sanctions against Pyongyang for its sixth nuclear test in the UN Security Council, the state-media reported.
Sep 11, 2017, 10:23 AM IST
Kim Jong-Un calls North Korean n-test 'great victory'
On September 3, the North Korean army claimed it had successfully detonated a hydrogen bomb that was capable of being mounted on an intercontinental ballistic missile.
Sep 10, 2017, 17:33 PM IST
US seeks to cut off oil to North Korea, blacklist Kim Jong-Un
The United States circulated the proposed resolution to the 14 other council members two days after Ambassador Nikki Haley called for the "strongest possible measures" to be imposed on North Korea.
Sep 07, 2017, 00:37 AM IST
Military action against North Korea appears 'too horrific': UN chief
The United Nations has "unequivocally" condemned the latest nuclear and missile tests by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
Sep 06, 2017, 10:20 AM IST
North Korea says has H-bomb missile warhead
Nuclear-armed Pyongyang has long sought the means to deliver an atomic warhead to the United States.
Sep 03, 2017, 09:18 AM IST
North Korea says more missiles to come as UN condemns launch
In recent weeks it has threatened to send a salvo of missiles towards the US territory of Guam, while President Donald Trump has warned of raining "fire and fury" on the North.
Aug 30, 2017, 08:29 AM IST
North Korea's Kim Jong-Un has third child: Reports
South Korean intelligence reports have described Ri as coming from an ordinary family, with her father an academic and her mother a doctor.
Aug 29, 2017, 12:25 PM IST
Japan hits nuclear-armed North Korea with fresh sanctions
The US and its allies, particularly Japan and South Korea, have been on high alert in recent months as North Korea carried out successive missile tests.
Aug 25, 2017, 14:22 PM IST
North Korea's Kim Jong-un has started to respect us: Donald Trump
South Korean President Moon Jae-in has said there "will be no war on the Korean peninsula ever again" and United States will not take a unilateral action against North Korea.
Aug 23, 2017, 12:17 PM IST
North Korea reveals missile plans as Kim orders production boost
North Korea revealed plans for the development of its missile programme on Wednesday, as leader Kim Jong-Un ordered stepped-up production of rocket engines and intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) nosecones.
Aug 23, 2017, 10:11 AM IST
US, South Korea joint military exercise could send Korea tensions soaring again
Pyongyang tested two intercontinental ballistic missiles last month that appeared to bring much of the US within range.
Aug 18, 2017, 08:24 AM IST
China should be neutral if North Korea fires first on US: Report
Trump said North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un was not going to get away with his "horrific" comments and disrespecting America.
Aug 11, 2017, 14:41 PM IST
As tensions soar, South Korea mulls nuclear arms
South Korea is banned from building its own nuclear weapons under a 1974 atomic energy deal it signed with the US.
Aug 11, 2017, 14:02 PM IST
US President Trump to North Korea: `Be very, very nervous'
Trump`s comments, made from his golf club retreat in New Jersey, came after the North announced a detailed plan to send four missiles over Japan and towards Guam, where some 6,000 US soldiers are based.
Aug 11, 2017, 06:46 AM IST
North Korea has produced miniaturised nuke warhead: Media report
North Korea vowed yesterday that tough new UN sanctions would not stop it from developing its nuclear arsenal, rejecting talks and angrily threatening retaliation against the United States.
Aug 08, 2017, 23:45 PM IST
North Korea`s Kim a `maniac`: Philippines` Duterte
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un is a "maniac" who could destroy Asia by triggering a nuclear war, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Wednesday, ahead of a regional summit to be attended by the regime`s foreign minister.
Aug 02, 2017, 16:19 PM IST
