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  Amid speculations surrounding Kim Jong-Un's health, satellite imagery spots his train

  World | April 26, 2020 9:42 IST

  A train likely belonging to North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has been parked at his compound on the country’s east coast since last week, satellite imagery showed, amid speculation about his health that has been caused, in part, by a long period out of the public eye.

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  Donald Trump on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un: 'I wish him well'

  World | April 22, 2020 9:14 IST

  U.S. President Donald Trump wished North Korean leader Kim Jong Un “well" amid reports of him undergoing serious surgery. Trump, however, did not confirm or deny news reports that the North Korean leader was ailing and that his health was in grave danger.

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  Kim Jong Un in fragile condition post surgery, claims US report

  World | April 21, 2020 9:09 IST

  Officials from South Korea’s Unification Ministry and National Intelligence Service said they couldn’t immediately confirm the report. Reports an anonymous U.S. official who said Kim was in “grave danger” after an unspecified surgery.

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  North Korea test fires missiles amid worries about coronavirus outbreak

  World | March 29, 2020 16:12 IST

  North Korea on Sunday fired two suspected ballistic missiles into the sea, South Korea and Japan said, continuing a streak of weapons launches that suggests leader Kim Jong Un is trying to strengthen domestic support amid worries about a possible coronavirus outbreak in the country.

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  North Korea fires 2 presumed missiles into sea, claims South Korea

  World | March 21, 2020 7:54 IST

  North Korea on Saturday fired two presumed short-range ballistic missiles into the sea, South Korea’s military said, as it continues to expand military capabilities amid deadlocked nuclear negotiations with the Trump administration and a crippling global health crisis.

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  North Korea fires 3 unidentified projectiles: South Korean military

  World | March 09, 2020 7:28 IST

  North Korea fired three unidentified projectiles off its east coast on Monday, South Korea’s military said, two days after the North threatened to take “momentous” action to protest outside condemnation over its earlier live-fire exercises.

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  'Middle East will become a graveyard for US', North Korea's apprehensive take on Gulf crisis

  World | January 07, 2020 7:59 IST

  North Korea has given its take on the Gulf crisis between Iran and the USA in the aftermath of the killing of top Iranian General Qasem Soleimani by the American forces. The hermit kingdom said that the Middle East will become a graveyard for the US.

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  Kim Jong-Un goes underground after Qasem Soleimani's killing: report

  World | January 06, 2020 19:48 IST

  North Korean leader Kim Jong-un might have gone underground fearing the same fate that befell Iran’s top commander Major General Qasem Soleimani

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  US ready for any Christmas gift from North Korea: Trump

  World | December 25, 2019 12:22 IST

  President Donald Trump said Tuesday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may be planning to give him “a nice present” such as a “beautiful vase” for Christmas rather than a missile launch. The president was asked what he will do if North Korea does conduct a long-range missile test.

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  N.Korea warns Trump to stop 'abusive language' against Kim

  World | December 10, 2019 10:32 IST

  "The recent words and expressions spouted one after another by Trump sound like a threat to someone at a glance but they are a corroboration that he feels fear inside," Ri Su-yong, Vice-Chairman of the Central Committee of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, said in a statement carried by the North's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).  

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  Kim Jong-un rides to sacred mountain on white horse

  World | December 05, 2019 8:47 IST

  On Wednesday, Pyongyang's state media reported that Kim rode to Mount Paekdu and "revolutionary battle sites" where his late grandfather, Kim Il-sung staged anti-Japanese and independence struggles, calling for a fight against "imperialists" and "class enemies", Yonhap News Agency reported.

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  No talks until US drops hostile policy: North Korea

  World | November 19, 2019 11:23 IST

  It will be possible to consult denuclearization only when confidence-building between the North and the US goes first and all the threats to the security and development of Pyongyang were removed, Kim Yong Chol, chairman of the Korea Asia-Pacific Peace Committee, stressed.

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  Kim Jong-un supervises airborne landing training: Report

  World | November 18, 2019 15:28 IST

  Kim watched "an airborne landing training of sharpshooter sub-units of the Air and Anti-Aircraft Force of the Korean People's Army (KPA)", Pyongyang's state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said in the report.

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  North Korean media confirms multiple rocket launcher test

  World | November 01, 2019 11:40 IST

  The North tested the weapon twice before, once in August and again in September. The September test was considered a failure because state media did not mention the firing was a success.

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  North Korea says it’s running out of patience with US

  World | October 27, 2019 9:21 IST

  Those talks have faltered after the collapse of a February summit between Kim and Trump in Hanoi, Vietnam, where the U.S. rejected North Korean demands for broad sanctions relief in exchange for a piecemeal deal toward partially surrendering its nuclear capabilities.

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  Kim Jong Un rides horse on sacred peak, vows to fight US sanctions

  World | October 16, 2019 11:59 IST

  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to surmount U.S.-led sanctions on his country in state media reports Wednesday alongside evocative propaganda images of him riding a white horse seen as foretelling significant decisions as his own deadline for U.S. movement on nuclear talks is nearing.

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  North Korean vessel collides with Japanese patrol boat

  World | October 07, 2019 11:50 IST

  Japan's Coast Guard has said that it was notified of the collision on at around 9.10 a.m.

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  North Korea successfully test-fired new submarine-launched ballistic m

  World | October 03, 2019 8:23 IST

  The Korean Central News Agency said the test of the Pukguksong-3 missile in the waters off its east coast was successful and “ushered in a new phase in containing the outside forces’ threat to (North Korea) and further bolstering its military muscle for self-defense.”

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  North Korea test fires several short-range missiles ahead of US talks

  World | October 02, 2019 8:01 IST

  The first projectile was launched at 7.17 am local time, while the one that reached the EEZ was fired 10 minutes later.

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  North Korea confirms 2nd test of multiple rocket launcher

  World | September 11, 2019 10:47 IST

  Tuesday’s rocket launcher test was made hours after North Korea said it was willing to resume nuclear negotiations with the United States in late September.