Seoul, March 27 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un held summit talks with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Pyongyang and signed a treaty on friendship and cooperation, the North’s state media reported Friday.Lukashenko, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, had made a two-day official visit to North Korea at the invitation of Kim, and reportedly said bilateral ties between Pyongyang and Minsk were upgraded to a “new stage.”Kim and Lukashenko also signed a number of agreeme…
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Seoul, March 26 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has welcomed Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Pyongyang, as the Belarusian leader made his first official visit to the North, according to the North’s state media Thursday.A ceremony to welcome Lukashenko took place at Kim Il Sung Square on Wednesday as he arrived in Pyongyang by his private plane for a two-day visit at the invitation of the North’s leader, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).Both North Korea and B…
Seoul, March 24 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has unveiled a plan to introduce a police system in what might be a bid to shed its image as a reclusive country, where public security forces have traditionally carried out policing roles. The Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA) will review the introduction of the “police system” at a future session, Kim said Monday on the second and final day of the first session of the newly elected 15th SPA, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA)…
Seoul, March 24 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has formally recognised South Korea as the “most hostile state” and warned of merciless consequences if provoked by Seoul, while reaffirming the North’s status as a nuclear state, Pyongyang’s state media reported on Tuesday.Kim also said the North’s constitution was revised to reflect the necessary demands of national development, delivering a speech Monday, the second and final day of the first session of the newly elected 15th Supreme Peop…
Seoul, March 23 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on his reelection as chairman of the State Affairs Commission, expressing hope for stronger bilateral relations, the Kremlin said Monday.According to the North’s Korean Central News Agency, Kim was reappointed to the highest post of the commission at the first session of the Supreme People’s Assembly held on Sunday.It marked his third consecutive term since the commission was created in 2016…
Seoul, March 23 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was reappointed as president of the state affairs commission at the first session of the Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA) after last month’s ruling party congress, state media reported Monday.Kim was reappointed president of the state affairs commission on the first day of the first session of the 15th SPA, the Korean Central New Agency (KCNA) said.During the meeting, Jo Yong-won, known as one of Kim’s closest aides, was also elected chairman…
Seoul, March 22 (IANS) North Korea is set to hold the first session of its new Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA) on Sunday amid attention on whether the regime will codify its hostile policy toward South Korea in its constitution. The parliamentary session comes after new deputies were selected following last month’s Ninth Congress of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea.The country’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said Tuesday the session will be held in Pyongyang “to deliberate on the election …
Seoul, March 20 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un oversaw a joint offensive drill featuring new main battle tanks equipped with an “active protection system,” saying ground troops will be equipped with the “superior” tank “extensively,” state media reported Friday.Kim oversaw “a coordinated offensive tactical drill of infantrymen’s and tankmen’s sub-units” a day earlier at the Pyongyang Training Base No. 60 under the Capital City Defence Corps of the Korean People’s Army, the Korean Central…
Seoul, March 4 (IANS) North Korea will elect representatives to its parliament, the Supreme People’s Assembly, later this month, state media said Wednesday, as a follow-up step after a recent party congress.The election of representatives to the 15th Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA) will be held March 15, the Korean Central News Agency said, citing a decision by the parliamentary standing committee.The formation of a new parliament will follow a weeklong congress of the ruling Workers’ Party of K…
Seoul, Feb 28 (IANS) Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, was confirmed to have taken the post of director of the general affairs department of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), according to state media on Saturday.Kim was promoted to a party department chief at the WPK’s plenary meeting on Monday, held in the midst of the ninth party congress that concluded a weeklong run on Wednesday, but details of her official title were not disclosed at that time.But …