Seoul nuclear summit: India offers to launch satellite for South Korea
Seoul: Seeking to enhance ties with South Korea, India today offered to launch a satellite for Seoul and invited its businesses to invest in the country, particularly in the infrastructure sector. “I offered More...
U.S. diplomat: North Korea to be subject of talks ‘in the near future’
Representatives of South Korea, Japan and the United States will meet “in the near future” to discuss North Korea, a U.S. State Department official told reporters Friday in Tokyo at the Ministry of Foreign More...
Kim Jong Un named ‘supreme commander’ in North Korea
Kim Jong Un has assumed “the supreme commandership” of the North Korean army, state media reported Saturday. The power was transferred to him on October 8 at the behest of his father, Kim Jong Il, who More...
North Korea says it won’t deal with South Korean government
North Korea said Friday that it remained steadfast in its refusal to engage with the current South Korean government, dismissing the prospect of a shift in relations with Seoul after a dynastic succession in Pyongyang. “We More...
North Korea holds memorial service for Kim Jong-il
North Korea is holding another day of national mourning for late leader Kim Jong-il, a day after his elaborate funeral. State TV showed huge crowds and ranks of troops gathered for a memorial service in Pyongyang’s More...
North Korea dubs Kim Jong Un ‘supreme commander’
North Korea continued to mourn its late leader Saturday while calling his successor son the “supreme commander,” as the country faces a transition of power following Kim Jong Il’s death one week More...
