SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the country has come a long way in building a powerful army but weapons without ideology are simply “ironware”, as he stressed loyalty to some of its most elite military cohorts, state media reported on Tuesday (Feb 25). Kim’s remarks at theContinue Reading
MUNICH, Germany: The United States, Japan and South Korea renewed their “resolute” pledge to seek the “complete denuclearisation” of North Korea, according to a joint statement from the three allies released on Saturday (Feb 15). The statement came after new US Secretary of State Marco Rubio held his first meetingsContinue Reading
U.S. President Donald Trump has again reiterated that he will seek momentum to engage in dialogue with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. In the joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru on February 7 in Washington, D.C. Trump recalled the aggravated tensions on the Korean Peninsula whenContinue Reading
US President Donald Trump, after a meeting on Friday with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, said he would have relations with North Korea, as they expressed concern over its nuclear program. But during the visit, Kim “clarified once again the unshakable policy of more highly developing the nuclear forces”, according to the report. On Russia’sContinue Reading
Early last month, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un invited an art troupe of Korean boys and girls living in Japan to the headquarters building of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) Central Committee during their visit to Pyongyang, and took some commemorative photos with them. The sight of theContinue Reading
