China and the United States will work together to try to prevent further missile tests by North Korea, US President Barack Obama says. In recent weeks, North Korea has carried out a hydrogen bomb test and repeatedly test-fired missiles. Mr Obama met Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of a nuclear summit in Washington...
North Korea released a dramatic propaganda video Saturday called "Last Chance" that depicts a nuclear strike on Washington, complete with animation of a missile slamming into the earth near the Lincoln Memorial. The four-minute video, backed by a hyper musical score reminiscent of TV Westerns of the 1960s, includes a...
A FlyDubai Boeing 737-800 plane coming from Dubai crashed at about 03:50 Moscow time (00:50 GMT) on Saturday while attempting to land amid poor weather conditions at the Rostov-on-Don Airport (ROV). Daria Koposova was only 20 years old. Her last few posts on Instagram showed her vacationing in Dubai just a few days ago. Her...
North Korea has fired a ballistic missile into the sea, South Korean and US officials say. They say the missile, launched off the east coast, flew about 800km (500 miles) and fell into the water. North Korea has not commented on the report. A US defence spokesperson later said a second missile was launched. US President Barack...
While efforts to free Otto Warmbier, a U.S. student who was sentenced to 15 years hard labor in North Korea after attempting to steal a propaganda poster, are underway, history suggests that the odds of his being released are in his favor. The Associated Press has identified at least seven Americans who have been held and then...
US student Otto Warmbier has been given 15 years hard labour in North Korea for crimes against the state. Warmbier, 21, was arrested for trying to steal a propaganda sign from a hotel while visiting North Korea in January. He later appeared on state TV apparently confessing and saying a church group had asked him to bring back...
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A North Korean submarine is missing and presumed sunk, according to reports in the US media. The vessel was operating off the North Korean coast for several days when it disappeared, a paper with close links to the US military says. The accident comes at a time of heightened tension in the region as South Korea and the US...
I visited North Korea and took these photos, most of them illegal, so you could get a more candid look into the most mysterious country on the planet. I was told I would be detained in case photos like these were found (“You took many photos. Too many,” – said my guide), but I managed to smuggle them out of...
North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea, South Korea's military has said. It said the missiles, launched off the east coast, flew some 500km (310 miles) and fell into the water. Shortly after the launch, Pyongyang announced it "nullifies" all inter-Korean cooperative projects and will...
Kim Jong-un says North Korean scientists have developed nuclear warheads small enough to fit on ballistic missiles. State media published images showing the North's leader standing next to what it said was a miniaturised weapon. The claim is impossible to verify from the images alone and experts have long cast doubt on such...
NORTH Korea has tried to attack South Korea’s transport system by hacking into railway workers' emails, spy chiefs say. Bosses at South Korea’s National Intelligence Service issued a statement overnight saying they had managed to stop the brazen attempts. The agency issued the statement after an emergency...