North Korean leader may visit Russia to meet with Putin
WASHINGTON: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is expected to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin this month to discuss potentially providing Moscow with weapons to support its war in Ukraine. Kim will probably travel from the capital Pyongyang by armoured train to Vladivostok on Russia’s east coast, Anadolu Agency (AA) quoted The New York […]
N. Korea’s Kim Jong Un inspects cruise missile test
SEOUL: North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un has overseen the launch of strategic cruise missiles as part of a drill, state-controlled media reported on Monday. Kim watched seamen staging the drill during a visit to a naval unit of the Korean People’s Army (KPA), German news agency (dpa) quoted the official Korean Central News Agency […]
Kim presides key party meeting to increase nuclear war deterrence
SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un presided over a Central Military Commission meeting and discussed “new policies for further increasing the nuclear war deterrence of the country,” Yonhap news agency reported quoting the country’s state media Sunday. Also discussed at the enlarged meeting of the Central Military Commission of the ruling Workers’ Party were important […]
N. Korean top leader Kim Jong Un cuts tape for factory completion
PYONGYANG: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony of a phosphatic fertiliser factory on Friday, reported Xinhua news agency — quoting the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Saturday. All the participants broke into thunderous cheers of ‘hurrah!’. A completion ceremony of the Sunchon Phosphatic FertiliSer Factory, which has been built […]
Kim Jong Un reappears after weeks of speculation
SEOUL: North Korea’s Kim Jong Un has made his first public appearance in nearly three weeks, state media reported Saturday, following intense speculation that the leader of the nuclear-armed nation was seriously ill or possibly dead. The North reported that Kim had attended the opening of a fertiliser factory and released pictures it said […]
S. Korea’s daily speaks of bracing every possibility as speculation continues
SEOUL: South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency has run an editorial from Korea JoongAng Daily dated April 27 on its website. The editorial follows heavy speculation in the last two weeks on the status of North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un who has been noticeably absent in the two-week period. The following is the editorial. Bracing for every possibility […]
Trump says he does not know about Kim Jong-un’s health
WASHINGTON: US president Donald Trump said Tuesday he does not know about the health condition of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un but hopes he is doing well amid unconfirmed reports that the young leader may be seriously ill. “These are reports that came out, and we don’t know. We don’t know,” Trump said at a […]
Kim Jong Un was in critical condition after surgery
By Bloomberg The US is seeking details about Kim Jong Un’s health after receiving information that the North Korean leader was in critical condition after undergoing cardiovascular surgery last week, US officials said. The Trump administration wasn’t sure of Kim’s current condition, said the officials, who asked not to be identified. One of the officials […]
