The White House said Friday that it is aware of North Korea's launch of short-range projectiles and will keep tabs on the situation.The unidentified projectiles were fired off North Korea's east coast just after 9 a.m. (local time) and fell into the East Sea after flying some 70-200 kilometers, according to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff.The firings appear to signal Pyongyang's frustration with Washington over stalemated negotiations on dismantling the North's nuclear weapons program in exc

North Korea fired a barrage of unidentified short-range projectiles into the East Sea on Saturday, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said, in apparent saber-rattling amid stalled nuclear talks with the United States.The JCS had earlier said the North fired multiple short-range "missiles" but later revised the announcement to portray what were fired only as "projectiles." The projectiles were fired from areas near the east coast town of Wonsan between 9:06 a.m. and 9:27 a.m., the JCS said

North Korean state media on Friday chided a weeklong Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missile defense drill by the US Forces Korea, calling on the South Korean government to “behave with discretion.”The exercise at Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, focused on reloading inert munitions in launchers of a THAAD battery.(Yonhap)North Korea’s propaganda website Uriminzokkiri said in its commentary that the recent drill was a “military provocation that ruins the hard-won peace atmosp

Struck with a severe food shortage due to frequent droughts, North Korea is considering requesting emergency disaster relief, said a report released by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.The IFRC depicted North Korea’s food crisis in detail in a report titled “DPR Korea: Drought and Food Insecurity,” saying, “The DPRK Red Cross Society, with the support of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, is considering a Disaster Relief Emer

With negotiations on free movement in JSA ongoing, visitors from North wave to South

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday that Washington remains ready to engage North Korea in nuclear disarmament talks, showing little concern for Pyongyang's latest attack on him.Pompeo's remark came after North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui warned the US of an "undesired consequence" unless it changes its negotiating position by the end of the year, a deadline set by the regime's leader, Kim Jong-un.Choe also said in the interview with North Korean state media that P

A senior North Korean official on Tuesday warned of "unwanted consequences" if Washington does not shift its policy on the North's denuclearization within this year, deepening the nuclear standoff with the U.S. North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui did not elaborate on what she meant by "unwanted consequences" that she said the U.S. does not want to see. North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui. (Yonhap)"Our resolution on denuclearization remains unchanged and we wil

The former US envoy who flew to North Korea to secure the release of an American detainee in 2017 said Monday that he believes the Trump administration should honor its pledge to pay $2 million to the regime.Joseph Yun, then the US special representative for North Korea policy, made the remark in an interview on CNN, after confirming that he signed a letter of assurance on the payment before he brought home American college student Otto Warmbier. (Yonhap)Warmbier fell into a coma shortly after h

North Korea's new premier, Kim Jae-ryong, has inspected a cement complex and a tractor factory, the North's state media reported Monday, marking his first known solo public activity since he was chosen for the post earlier this month. Kim was named premier of the North's cabinet at the first session of the 14th Supreme People's Assembly on April 11, replacing Park Bong-ju. North Korea's new premier, Kim Jae-ryong (Yonhap)The Korean Central News Agency reported that Kim called for officials at th

South Korea's unification minister, who is in charge of ties with North Korea, said Monday inter-Korean relations have a "long way to go," as Pyongyang has effectively shunned Seoul amid stalled diplomacy on the North's denuclearization. U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ended their second summit in February in Hanoi without an agreement, putting future diplomacy on the North's nuclear program into question.  Unification Minister Kim Yeon-chul speaks at a meeting in

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s call for multilateral dialogue to provide an international security guarantee for North Korea has raised the possibility of resuming six-party talks, but experts said this is highly unlikely.The talks involving the two Koreas, the US, China, Russia and Japan began in 2003 in an effort to persuade the North to give up its nuclear ambitions. But the talks collapsed in 2008 mainly because the North denied access to its nuclear facilities. Russia's President Vladim

North Korea appears to have deviated from its signature stiff recitation of its daily weather broadcast and decided to add some "human touch" to it, as the state television network has revealed some noticeable changes in the style of delivering news.The North's Korean Central Television has begun to air a somewhat different version of its regular weather forecast since last Saturday.  (Yonhap)While it's the same anchorwoman reading the weather news, she's not nearly the same in terms of her gest

North Korea's state TV has aired a documentary film featuring leader Kim Jong-un's recent trip to Russia for a summit with President Vladimir Putin, highlighting their strong relations amid stalled denuclearization talks between Pyongyang and Washington.The 50-minute-long documentary, aired on the Korean Central TV Broadcasting Station on Sunday night, came a day after Kim returned to North Korea from a trip to Russia's Far East city of Vladivostok last week. He and Putin held their first-ever s