North Korea opened a national exhibition of information communication technology in Pyongyang on Wednesday, displaying the country's latest achievements in high-tech fields, the North's media reported.The 29th National Exhibition of IT Achievements opened with a ceremony at the Sci-Tech Complex in the North's capital, with more than 800 information science technology achievements on display, according to the Korean Central News Agency on Thursday."The exhibition is divided into nine panels, incl

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he expects to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un "sometime early next year."Trump's remarks came hours after the US announced the postponement of Thursday's scheduled meeting between Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and North Korean officials in New York."We're very happy how it's going with North Korea," Trump said at a White House press conference on Tuesday's midterm elections, adding that the meeting will be rescheduled.(Yonhap)He attributed the

The Unification Ministry said Wednesday it has no plans to meet with two senior North Korean officials visiting South Korea next week. A seven-member delegation led by Ri Jong-hyok, vice chairman of the Korean Asia-Pacific Peace Committee, and Kim Song-hye, director of the United Front Department’s tactical office, is expected to attend an international forum on peace and prosperity in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, from Nov. 14-17. Ri Jong-hyok, vice chairman of the Korean Asia-Pacific Peace Commit

A giant portrait of Kim Jong-un has gone on display in public for the first time, in what analysts say could be a sign of a turning point in the current North Korean leader’s status within his country and a message to the international community. The portrait was spotted at events both welcoming and bidding farewell to Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel at Pyongyang International Airport this week. It was hung next to Diaz-Canel’s portrait, painted in a similar style, according to photos released

PAJU -- The South Korean border city of Paju said Wednesday it is seeking to open the first branch of Pyongyang's famous cold noodles restaurant Okryukwan in the city.To that end, the city, just north of Seoul, said it has requested the Gyeonggi provincial government, which has jurisdiction over it, to provide full support. (Yonhap)Early last month, Vice Gyeonggi Gov. Lee Hwa-young made an agreement with the North on the introduction of the branch within the province during a visit to Pyongyang

South Korea said Wednesday it received a prior notification from the United States on its plan to put off high-level talks with North Korea in New York this week.Washington informed Seoul of the decision before a related announcement by the State Department, according to senior presidential press secretary Yoon Young-chan. (Yonhap)Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was scheduled to meet with Kim Yong-chol, a top aide to the North's leader Kim Jong-un, on Thursday.The department, however, said their

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s planned meeting with his North Korean counterpart Kim Yong-chol, which was due to take place in New York on Thursday, has been postponed, the State Department said Tuesday. 　The top US diplomat’s meeting with Kim “will now take place at a later date” and they will reconvene when their “respective schedules permit,” according to a statement by State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert. 　“Ongoing conversations continue to take place,” it read. 　Nauert did not

North Korea anxious to jack up its tourism revenue appears to be aggressively promoting the symbols of inter-Korean summit talks, such as Pyongyang cold noodles, the border peace village of Panmunjom and Mount Paekdu, to potential foreign tourists.JS Tours, a Japanese booking agent of the North's Korean International Travel Co., has launched North Korean tour packages featuring places jointly visited by the leaders of South and North Korea, American broadcaster Radio Free Asia reported Wednesday

 North Korea is preparing to launch a government agency charged with pushing for the opening up of the reclusive communist nation to the outside world, a South Korean lawmaker said Wednesday.Rep. Ha Tae-keung of the minor opposition Bareunmirae Party made the remark in a Facebook message posted during his visit to Beijing, citing information obtained when he visited the Institute for International Strategies of China's Central Party School. Rep. Ha Tae-keung (Yonhap)"I heard that senior official

South and North Korea on Wednesday agreed to jointly establish measures to combat infectious diseases, including tuberculosis and malaria, during an inter-Korean meeting of the two countries’ high-ranking health officials held in the North’s border town of Kaesong. 　The agreement was reached after Kwon Deok-cheol, South Korea’s vice health minister, and his North Korean counterpart, Park Myong-su, discussed ways to expand cooperation on health care policies at the joint liaison office in Kaesong

What appears to be the first official portrait of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un appeared in the North earlier this week in time for the visit of Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, British broadcaster BBC reported Wednesday.Citing footage of Pyongyang's Korean Central Television, BBC said that huge portraits of Kim and Diaz-Canel were on display at the terminal building of Pyongyang Sunan International Airport on Sunday, when the Cuban president arrived there and was greeted in person by the No

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has seen off Cuban President Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel Bermudez after his three-day visit to Pyongyang, the communist state's state media reported Wednesday.The Cuban leader left Pyongyang by his personal plane Tuesday, the North's official Korean Central News Agency said. Kim and his wife, Ri Sol-ju, were at the airport to see off the president and his wife, Lis Cuesta Peraza. (Yonhap)"After Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel Bermudez and his wife got off a car, the supreme l

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un met with his Cuban counterpart at his office in Pyongyang and discussed in-depth “ways to vitalize cooperation and exchange in various fields,” along with the situation on the Korean Peninsula, the North’s state-run news agency reported Tuesday. The meeting, which took place at the office building of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea on Monday, came during Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel Bermudez’s state visit to North Korea. The office was the venue fo

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and North Korean No. 2 Kim Yong-chol will meet in New York on Thursday, resuming stalled denuclearization talks, the US Department of State said Monday. The two last met May 31. Pompeo and Kim Yong-chol, vice chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, are also expected to discuss a second summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.  Kim Yong-chol, vice chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Part

Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung said Tuesday that he greatly welcomes Pope Francis' possible visit to North Korea and is willing to accompany him on the rare travel.The cardinal made the comment, according to Lee Hae-chan, the chief of the ruling Democratic Party, during their meeting at a time when the pope has expressed his wish to visit North Korea someday. (Yonhap)"I strongly welcome the pope's potential visit to Pyongyang," said the archbishop of Seoul, who also serves as the acting chief of