Seoul, July 5 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has overseen tests of strategic cruise missiles and other weapons from a new 5,000-tonne naval destroyer, ordering the warship to be commissioned into the Navy within two months, state media reported Sunday.Kim observed tests of cruise missiles, naval artillery, automatic guns, and electronic warfare means from the destroyer Kang Kon on Friday, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).In June last year, North Korea launched the destr…
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New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Sanae Takaichi on Thursday expressed their serious concerns over the situation in the East and South China Sea.According to the Joint Statement released after their meeting in New Delhi, both leaders reiterated their strong opposition to any unilateral actions that endanger the safety as well as freedom of navigation and overflight and attempts to change the status quo by force or coercion. “They shared their seri…
Seoul, July 2 (IANS) South Korea’s Supreme Court will deliver its verdict next week on charges that former President Yoon Suk Yeol obstructed justice by blocking investigators from detaining him in the wake of his failed martial law bid in 2024, legal sources said Thursday. The sentencing hearing will be held at 2 pm next Thursday, marking the top court’s first ruling for Yoon over charges stemming from his surprise declaration of martial law on December 3, 2024.The jailed former president is ac…
Seoul, June 30 (IANS) South Korea and Ukraine agreed Tuesday to work toward resolving the issue of North Korean Prisoners of War (PoWs) captured in Ukraine in accordance with international law and humanitarian principles, Seoul’s foreign ministry said.The consensus was made during a meeting between Foreign Minister Cho Hyun and his Ukrainian counterpart, Andrii Sybiha, in Seoul earlier in the day, according to the ministry.Two North Korean soldiers were captured by Ukrainian forces in early 2025…
Seoul, June 29 (IANS) South Korea said on Monday that it is maintaining close coordination with the United States on North Korea’s missile launches, after criticism arose over its delayed announcement of the North’s latest launch.The North’s state media said Friday that North Korea conducted tests of a new multiple rocket launcher and other key weapons the previous day, a launch that was overseen by its leader Kim Jong-un.South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), however, did not disclose detai…
Seoul, June 28 (IANS) South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Sunday vowed to make efforts to resolve the issue of South Korean citizens abducted by North Korea during the 1950-53 Korean War through “dialogue and cooperation.” “The government will not allow the issue of abductees to be buried in history,” Lee said in the message read by Vice Unification Minister Kim Nam-jung on his behalf at an event marking the Korean War Abductees Remembrance Day in Paju, north of Seoul.”Through dialogue and c…
Washington, June 27 (IANS) South Korea’s top envoy to the United States has said that the sacrifices of Korean War veterans laid the foundation for the bilateral alliance, stressing that strong security cooperation is “essential” amid growing North Korean threats and other challenges. Ambassador Kang Kyung-wha made the remarks on Friday (local time) during an event commemorating the 76th anniversary of the outbreak of the 1950-53 war at the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, underscorin…
Los Angeles, June 26 (IANS) Hollywood actor Seth Rogen is set to direct his next movie again. The actor is returning to direction after 12 years. His last directorial was ‘The Interview’, and the actor feels the film “almost started a war”, reports ‘Female First UK’.The 44-year-old actor has made several TV projects since he helmed the 2014 motion picture, but he felt a “little gun-shy” about directing a film after the huge controversy caused by The Interview, in which he and James Fra…
Pyongyang, June 26 (IANS) North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un has overseen tests of multiple firepower systems in a bid to modernise the country’s artillery and missile forces, the official Korean Central News Agency said Friday.The tests, on Thursday, involved the upgraded 240 mm-calibre 24-tubular multiple rocket launcher system, tactical ballistic missile, and 155mm self-propelled gun-howitzer shells with an extended firing range, the report said.The upgraded rocket launcher system emplo…
Seoul, June 26 (IANS) South Korea’s Unification Minister Chung Dong-young on Friday called for shifting away from an approach that sticks to denuclearisation as the sole solution to the North Korean nuclear issue, saying such a precondition has been one of the reasons for stalled diplomacy with Pyongyang. Chung made the remarks in a keynote speech at a forum, co-hosted by Yonhap News Agency, pointing out that the lack of progress in nuclear diplomacy has only helped the North bolster its nuclear…