Page 18 - North Korea

World will not tolerate North Korea's 'nuclear blackmail', says Trump

Trump said Chinese leader Xi Jinping had pledged to use Beijing's economic leverage over Pyongyang to achieve denuclearization in the North.

North Korea goes online with a medium company sized Intranet for most

With the possible exception of Eritrea, North Korea is still the least Internet-friendly country on Earth.

North Korea could be listed as terrorism sponsor, says White House

HR McMaster, says the administration is considering such a designation as part of Trump's overall strategy to counter the North Korean nuclear threat.

China's Communist Party says still talking to North Korean counterpart

North Korea is likely to be at high on the agenda when Donald Trump visits China next month

EU ministers approve new sanctions to punish North Korea

A total ban on EU investment in North Korea is now in force, along with a complete halt to sales of crude oil

South Korean, US troops begin naval drills as North Korea threat looms

North Korea last week accused the United States of provoking the country by mobilising the aircraft carrier

North Korea earthquake near detonation site sparks fear of new nuclear test

A shallow 2.9-magnitude earthquake struck near North Korea's nuclear test site before dawn today, weeks after Pyongyang's biggest detonation, but South Korean experts said the tremor did not appear to be man-made. The tremor hit at 01:41 AM (local time) with a depth of around five kilometres, the US Geological Survey said, with the epicentre located north of the Punggye-Ri testing site. "This event occurred in the area of the previous North Korean nuclear tests. The event has earthquake-like characteristics, however, we cannot conclusively confirm at this time the nature (natural or human-made) of the event," the US agency said. But the Korea Meteorological Administration in the South said on its website that "analysis shows it was a natural quake". "It is believed to have caused no damage," it added. It came three weeks after a 3.5-magnitude earthquake struck near the same area, with seismic experts and a UN nuclear test ban watchdog calling that tremor on September

Inside North Korea and feeling the drums of war

North Korea is a place where nuclear war is imminent but survivable, where there is zero sympathy for American detainees like Otto Warmbier

Hosting proms and selling cows: N Korean embassies scrounge for cash

North Korean embassies have spent decades running cash-raising schemes, nearly all of them illicit under current international law

Human rights violator? N Korea fares well with regard to disability rights

Despite a generally abysmal human rights record, North Korea has shown improvement in one specific area: disability rights

Five assumptions we make about North Korea - and why they're wrong

The regime's brutal human rights record is a result of measures to consolidate its internal power

North Korea's offensive 'defence' after Trump's war threats

Tensions escalated in Korean peninsula since Pyongyang conducted its 6th & most powerful nuclear test on Sept 3

North Korean FM accuses US of declaring war, says can take countermeasures

Under Kim Jong Un's leadership, Pyongyang carried out several intercontinental ballistic missile tests

US to put more sanctions on North Korea: Donald Trump

North Korea confirmed that it conducted another medium-range ballistic missile test last Friday

India at 2nd spot: Check out North Korea's top trading partners

The new sanctions set a cap on crude and refined oil exports to North Korea

N Korea vows to fulfil nuclear programme after latest missile

The rogue state conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test on September 3

North Korea fires another missile over Japan

The missile flew over Japan and landed in the Pacific about 2,000 km (1,240 miles) east of Hokkaido

N-Korea's latest nuclear test 16 times more powerful than Hiroshima bomb

Pyongyang conducted its sixth and largest nuclear test last week -- saying it was a hydrogen bomb that could be fitted into a missile

UN set for vote after US softens North Korea sanctions

Washington has led the international drive to punish the rogue state

North Korea exported $270 mn of commodities illegally, says UN

Kim Jong Un's government continues to flout sanctions on commodities