South Korean officials block bid to send balloons carrying leaflets into North
Paju, South Korea Reuters South Korean authorities in a village near the border with North Korea thwarted a plan on Thursday by a group of families of those believed to have been abducted by the North to send aloft balloons with leaflets criticising it, the group said. The failed bid to send the balloons over […]
Blinken expects North Korea troops to enter fight against Ukraine in coming days
Washington DC, US Reuters The United States expects North Korean troops in Russia’s Kursk region to enter the fight against Ukraine in the coming days, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday as he pressed China to use its influence to rein in Pyongyang. Blinken spoke after North Korea conducted its longest-ever intercontinental […]
North Korea leader says longest ICBM test “appropriate military action” against enemies; UN Security Council meeting likely
Seoul, South Korea/Tokyo, Japan Reuters North Korea said it tested an intercontinental ballistic missile on Thursday, upgrading what it called the “world’s most powerful strategic weapon”, as Seoul warned Pyongyang could get missile technology from Russia for helping with the war in Ukraine. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the test was a warning […]
Dozens of North Koreans defectors caught by secret police “vanish”, says rights group
Seoul, South Korea Reuters More than 100 North Koreans have gone missing after being caught by secret police while trying to defect from the isolated country or even for trying to call relatives in South Korea, a Seoul-based human rights group said on Thursday. The Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG) released a report detailing patterns […]
North Korea and Russia send political shockwaves with Ukraine war moves
Moscow, Russia/Seoul, South Korea Reuters North Korea’s foreign minister arrived in Russia on Tuesday for talks as the Russia-Ukraine war appeared to take a dangerous new turn, with NATO and South Korea expressing alarm that North Korean troops could soon be joining in on Moscow’s side. US President Joe Biden said Ukraine should strike back […]
No new limits on Ukraine’s use of US arms if North Korea joins fight, Pentagon says
Washington DC, US/Brussels, Belgium Reuters The United States will not impose new limits on Ukraine’s use of American weapons if North Korea enters the fight, the Pentagon said on Monday, as NATO said North Korean military units had been deployed to Russia’s Kursk region. The North Korea deployment is fanning Western concerns that the two-and-a-half-year […]
North Korea blames South’s military for drone intrusion
Seoul, South Korea Reuters North Korea’s defence ministry blamed South Korea’s military for sending drones into its territory for political purposes, calling it an infringement upon the country’s sovereignty, state media KCNA said on Monday. The remains of a crashed drone are shown in a photo released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency […]
Zelenskiy calls on allies “not to hide”, respond to North Korean involvement in war
Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on allies on Tuesday “not to hide” and to respond to evidence of North Korean involvement in Russia’s war in Ukraine. He said in his nightly address that Ukraine had information about the preparation of two units – possibly up to 12,000 North Korean troops – to take part […]
North Korea to blow up cross-border roads with South amid drone dispute, Seoul says
Seoul, South Korea Reuters North Korea is getting ready to blow up roads that cross the heavily militarised border with South Korea, Seoul said on Monday, amid an escalating war of words after the North accused its rival of sending drones over its capital Pyongyang. North Korean troops were working under camouflage on the roads […]
Zelenskiy says North Koreans fighting with Russians in Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that defence relationships with his country’s partners would have to change in light of North Korean transfers of people as well as weapons to Russian forces in Ukraine. The Kremlin on Thursday dismissed South Korean assertions that North Korea may have sent some military personnel […]