Seoul, May 27 (IANS) North Korea has tested a newly developed lightweight multipurpose missile launching system and multiple tactical cruise missiles, state media said Wednesday, with leader Kim Jong-un overseeing the test as part of Pyongyang’s ongoing weapons modernisation drive. The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) published the report a day after South Korea’s military detected the launch of multiple close-range ballistic missiles (CRBMs) and artillery rockets toward the Yellow Sea from the…
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Seoul, Feb 1 (IANS) North Korean Premier Pak Thae-song has highlighted the regional development initiative being pushed for by leader Kim Jong-un as the state’s top priority, calling on officials to devote themselves to the plans, its state media reported Sunday. Pak made the remarks during a groundbreaking ceremony of a construction project in Pyongwon County, South Phyongan Province, the previous day, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.In a speech at the event, Pak described the “R…
Seoul, Jan 10 (IANS) South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Saturday ordered a prompt investigation into alleged drone incursions into North Korea, warning that such acts would constitute “a grave crime” threatening peace on the Korean Peninsula and national security if confirmed. North Korea claimed earlier in the day that South Korea had infringed on its sovereignty with drone incursions last September and again earlier this week, but Seoul’s defence ministry rejected Pyongyang’s accusations….
Seoul, Jan 2 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s teenage daughter Ju-ae has paid tribute at the family mausoleum for the first time, accompanied by her father, the North’s state media images showed on Friday.Her first known attendance at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, where the North Korean leader’s late father and grandfather lie in state, came amid growing speculation about her presence in the North Korean communist dynasty’s potential succession.Kim, his wife and Ju-ae, as well as key p…
Seoul, Dec 27 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has sent a message of greetings to Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of New Year’s Day, calling the two countries’ relations a “precious common asset,” the North’s state media said on Saturday.In the message, Kim described this year as a ‘meaningful’ one when the two countries ‘steadily wrote a great biography of the alliance’ through “full mutual support and selfless encouragement,” according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).Kim’…
Seoul, Dec 25 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said South Korea’s plan to build nuclear-powered submarines will “worsen the instability” in the region, calling Seoul’s move a threat to the North’s national security, according to state media on Thursday.Kim made the remarks during an on-site inspection of an 8,700-ton nuclear-powered strategic guided missile submarine under construction, reports Yonhap, quoting the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).The North Korean leader referred to Se…