North Korea has started welcoming delegates from around the country to its first ruling party congress in 36 years, as rival South Korea expressed concern that Pyongyang could conduct a nuclear test before or during the event.
North Korea fired off what appeared to be an intermediate-range ballistic early Thursday, but the launch seems to have failed, military officials said.
North Korea said Wednesday that its ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) plans to hold its first party congress in more than three decades late next week, a move expected to reaffirm North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's tight grip on power.
North Korea appears to be readying to test-launch another intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) after the country botched its first attempt earlier in the month, government sources said Tuesday.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday rejected North Korea's offer to halt nuclear tests if the United States suspends joint military exercises with South Korea, saying he doesn't take the proposal seriously and will continue to take steps to defend the Asian ally.
South Korea's top diplomat will attend a regional security forum in China next week to increase international pressure on North Korea over its nuclear and missile programs, Seoul's Foreign Ministry said Friday.
North Korea's failed launch of its Musudan intermediate-range ballistic missile last week sparked a huge fireball that damaged the launcher and could have also injured or killed missile technicians on the ground, a news report said Wednesday.
South Korea, the United States and Japan plan to hold high-level talks on North Korea Tuesday as the communist country appears set to conduct another nuclear test.
President Park Geun-hye said Monday that South Korea has detected signs of North Korea preparing for a fifth nuclear test.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been selected to represent the military in the upcoming party congress in May, the country's state-run media said Thursday, as Pyongyang moves toward its first party congress in more than 30 years.
South Korea plans to develop ground-to-ground guided munitions to better fend off threats posed by North Korea's latest multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS), the Ministry of National Defense said in its five-year defense plan on Wednesday.
North Korea on Sunday denied that it conducted cyber attacks against officials from rival South Korea, calling the South’s accusation that it did so a “fabrication”.
The New Zealand government Thursday welcomed the adoption of a United Nations Security Council resolution imposing tougher sanctions on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
A U.S. student held in North Korea since early January was detained for trying to steal an item bearing a propaganda slogan from his Pyongyang hotel and has confessed to "severe crimes" against the state, the North's official media said on Monday.
(REUTERS) Geun-hye said on Tuesday, but warned that Pyongyang, facing new U.N. sanctions, would be subject to even greater pressure as long as it stuck to its nuclear program.
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