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# pyongyang - Tuesday 31 December, 2019
Kim Jong-un calls for ‘military counter-measures’ ahead of highly-anticipated New Year address
Kim spoke for seven hours during the ruling Workers’ Party meeting in Pyongyang.
# pyongyang - Monday 9 December, 2019
Trump warns Kim Jong Un had 'everything' to lose through hostility towards US
This comes as Pyongyang said it had carried out a major new weapons test.
# pyongyang - Thursday 3 October, 2019
North Korea hails submarine launch of ballistic missile as 'a significant achievement'
North Korea and the United States are due to meet this weekend.
# pyongyang - Wednesday 2 October, 2019
North Korea fires ballistic missile ahead of nuclear talks with US
Washington and Pyongyang are set to resume long-stalled talks in the coming days.
# pyongyang - Friday 16 August, 2019
North Korea rejects peace talks with South Korea over military drills
North Korea blamed blamed South Korea and US military exercises.
# pyongyang - Friday 28 June, 2019
'Very concerning': Fears for Australian man missing in North Korea
Alek Sigley has not been heard from since Tuesday.
# pyongyang - Saturday 4 May, 2019
Trump says Kim Jong Un 'will not break promise' after reports of North Korea missile launches
South Korea has said North Korea fired a number of projectiles into the sea.
# pyongyang - Wednesday 24 April, 2019
North Korea's Kim Jong Un arrives in Russia for Putin summit
The talks will be Kim’s first face-to-face meeting with another head of state since his meeting with Trump.
# pyongyang - Wednesday 6 March, 2019
North Korea 'rebuilding' main satellite launch site, satellite photos show
The activity was recorded days after the summit North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump.
# pyongyang - Tuesday 1 January, 2019
Kim Jong Un warns US against maintaining current sanctions in New Year's speech
The North Korean leader says the state might be compelled to explore a ‘new path’ of defense if US sanctions remain unchanged.
# pyongyang - Sunday 7 October, 2018
Pompeo hails 'productive' talks with Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang
The top US diplomat met with Kim for around two hours this morning in the North’s capital.
# pyongyang - Wednesday 19 September, 2018
Denuclearisation: US ready to begin negotiating with North Korea 'immediately'
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has invited his North Korean counterpart to meet in New York next week.
# pyongyang - Tuesday 31 July, 2018
US intelligence agencies find North Korea 'building new missiles'
Following the Singapore summit in June, President Donald Trump had declared that Pyongyang was “no longer a nuclear threat”.
# pyongyang - Thursday 14 June, 2018
'Kim Jong Un understands': US sets out terms for North Korea to give up nuclear arsenal
US President Donald Trump has proudly declared that there is no longer a nuclear threat from North Korea.
# pyongyang - Wednesday 9 May, 2018
Three Americans detained by North Korea are free and flying back to US - Trump
The US President said they ‘seem to be in good health’.
# pyongyang - Friday 27 April, 2018
'No more war' - North and South Korean leaders commit to complete denuclearisation
Kim was flanked by his sister and close adviser Kim Yo Jong.
# pyongyang - Monday 23 April, 2018
'Heavy casualties' after Chinese tourists involved in North Korean bus crash
Few details were released about the bus crash, but a now-deleted tweet claimed that 30 had died.
# pyongyang - Saturday 21 April, 2018
EU, Trump and Russia praise North Korea's plan to halt nuclear tests
Donald Trump tweeted that “progress [is] being made for all”.
# pyongyang - Tuesday 6 March, 2018
North and South to hold inter-Korean summit - only the 3rd of its kind since 1950s conflict
South Korea also claims that Pyongyang said it would consider abandoning nuclear weapons in exchange for security guarantees.
# pyongyang - Monday 5 March, 2018
North Korea's Kim Jong-un plays host to South Korean envoys for historic talks
It is the first time the North Korean leader has met with officials from the South since taking office in 2011.
# pyongyang - Saturday 23 December, 2017
'The world wants peace, not death!' - Trump welcomes new sanctions on North Korea
The sanctions will restrict oil supplies vital for Pyongyang’s missile and nuclear programmes.
# pyongyang - Thursday 30 November, 2017
US warns North Korean leadership will be 'utterly destroyed' if war breaks out
“If war comes, make no mistake – The North Korean regime will be utterly destroyed.”
# pyongyang - Monday 13 November, 2017
North Korean soldier shot a number of times while trying to defect to the south
The soldier survived the shooting.
# pyongyang - Tuesday 7 November, 2017
Trump promises to 'figure it out' with South Korea's president
Trump has been visiting a number of Asian countries.
# pyongyang - Tuesday 24 October, 2017
Women accused of killing Kim Jong Un's half-brother return to crime scene
Siti Aisyah and Doan Thi Huong are accused of killing Kim on 13 February.
# pyongyang - Sunday 8 October, 2017
Trump says 'only one thing will work' when dealing with North Korea
The US President has been trading insults with Kim Jong-un amid rising tensions.
# pyongyang - Tuesday 26 September, 2017
'Absurd': White House denies declaring war on North Korea
North Korea’s foreign minister said the statement from Trump was “clearly a declaration of war”.
# pyongyang - Sunday 24 September, 2017
Meet the 90-year-old North Korean convicted spy whose sole wish is to make it back to the 'Fatherland'
Seo Ok-ryol has spent three decades in prison and been sentenced to death on two separate occasions.
# pyongyang - Friday 15 September, 2017
'Flee into a building or a basement': North Korea ballistic missile launch triggers high alert in Japan
The missile was launched from near Pyongyang.
# pyongyang - Thursday 14 September, 2017
North Korea threatens to sink Japan 'into the sea' and beat the US 'like a rabid dog'
Pyongyang is unhappy after being hit with fresh UN sanctions.
# pyongyang - Sunday 3 September, 2017
'Very hostile and dangerous': Donald Trump condemns North Korea's sixth nuclear test
The US President also criticised China, and offered advice to South Korea.
# pyongyang - Wednesday 30 August, 2017
Trump says talking is 'not the answer' to North Korean situation
His comments are at odds with remarks made by US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis.
# pyongyang - Thursday 17 August, 2017
'There will be no war on the peninsula': South Korean president on North's aggression
Tensions in the region have been rising.
# pyongyang - Saturday 5 August, 2017
US wants UN ban on North Korean exports of coal, iron and seafood
The move could cost Pyongyang about €850 million in annual revenue.
# pyongyang - Friday 21 July, 2017
US to ban travel to North Korea in the coming weeks
Relationships with North Korea have been strained since it successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile.
# pyongyang - Saturday 15 July, 2017
North Korea's Kim: Dictator? Reformer? Shrewd negotiator?
Like father, not necessarily like son.
# pyongyang - Saturday 8 July, 2017
North Korea has 'built an intercontinental ballistic missile', so what now?
The Hwasong-14 ICBM could apparently reach Alaska.
# pyongyang - Friday 16 June, 2017
'There is no excuse': Detained US student suffered 'extensive' brain damage in North Korea
He was arrested for allegedly taking a poster from a North Korean hotel.
# pyongyang - Thursday 15 June, 2017
Dennis Rodman's gifts for Kim Jong-un include Trump's book and a mermaid puzzle
He also gave a copy of Where’s Waldo? The Totally Essential Travel Collection, two sets of soap and two autographed jerseys.
# pyongyang - Monday 15 May, 2017
North Korea's 'new missile' has unprecedented range
Kim Jong-Un is said to have hugged officials and said they had ‘worked hard to achieve a great thing’.
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