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Official Seethes Over Daughter 'Snatched Off the Streets'

Seems North Korea repatriated Jo Song Gil's daughter from Italy

(Newser) - "Those responsible for this will pay." A seething Italian official made that claim amid reports North Korea had snatched back the daughter of a diplomat who may have defected to the West, Reuters reports. Talk of the possible defection surfaced after Jo Song Gil, North Korea's acting...

Report Claims a New Purge Has Taken Place in North Korea

While a letter to the UN describes significant food shortages

(Newser) - A pair of unverified reports provide a window into what life might be like in North Korea right now. The first is a letter NBC News obtained that was written by North Korea's ambassador to the UN about food shortages in the country. In it, Kim Song asks for...

The Hot Gift in North Korea Right Now Is Reportedly Meth

Sources say it's being given as a Lunar New Year present

(Newser) - The Lunar New Year is one of Korea's two biggest holidays, and a pair of reports suggest the hot gift to give is "pingdu"—that is, meth. Radio Free Asia on Friday published an article that cited sources from within North Korea on the trend; one said...

Trump Reveals Date, Location of Kim Summit

He will meet leader in Vietnam Feb. 27

(Newser) - President Trump said Tuesday that he will hold a two-day summit with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un on Feb. 27-28 in Vietnam to continue his efforts to persuade Kim to give up his nuclear weapons. "As part of a bold new diplomacy, we continue our historic push for...

Trump Publicly Breaks With His Top Intelligence Officials

He tweets his thoughts on ISIS, Iran, North Korea

(Newser) - President Trump disagrees with his top security officials, and he made that publicly known on Wednesday. His morning tweets to that end followed the testimony given before Congress on Tuesday by Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and CIA Director Gina Haspel as part of what the AP reports is...

Intelligence Chief: N. Korea's WMDs 'Critical to Regime Survival'

National Intelligence Director Dan Coats says it's 'unlikely' Kim Jong Un will entirely give up nukes

(Newser) - In an assessment casting doubt on President Trump's goal of a nuclear-disarmed North Korea, US intelligence agencies told Congress Tuesday the North is unlikely to entirely dismantle its nuclear arsenal. National Intelligence Director Dan Coats, in testimony for the Senate Intelligence Committee, noted leader Kim Jong Un has expressed...

2nd Trump-Kim Summit Set for February

The location is still under consideration

(Newser) - President Trump will meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un next month, Reuters reports. The White House tweeted news of the planned “second summit” Friday after Trump reportedly met with North Korean envoy Kim Yong Chol for an hour and a half and talked about denuclearization and another...

For 35th Birthday, Kim Jong Un Heads to China

He may be preparing for new Trump summit

(Newser) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Beijing on Tuesday at the start of a four-day visit, in what's likely an effort to coordinate with his only major ally ahead of a second summit with President Trump that could happen early this year. A long motorcade including motorcycle...

'You'd Be at War Right Now' if Not for Me: Trump

Trump also says another North Korea summit is coming up

(Newser) - Round two, coming up? President Trump said Sunday that Washington is negotiating a location for another summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, CNN reports. Trump said his administration has a "very good dialogue" with Pyongyang, adding: "Now I say this, North Korea, we're doing very...

North Korea's Ambassador to Italy May Have Defected

Jo Song Gil has applied for asylum in a Western country: reports

(Newser) - North Korea may have a high-profile defection on its hands. The country’s acting ambassador to Italy, Jo Song Gil, apparently fled the North Korean embassy in Rome with his wife weeks ago, before he was to leave his post at the end of November. That's according to South...

North Korea Nuke Test Triggers Earthquake More Than a Year Later

The magnitude 2.8 tremblor struck Wednesday

(Newser) - A small earthquake in North Korea on Wednesday was caused by a nuclear test that country conducted more than a year ago, CNN reports. The September 2017 test—the country’s sixth and most powerful—caused an initial magnitude 6.3 quake, per phys.org , followed by a magnitude 4...

Kim Jong Un Had a New Year's Message for Trump

North Korean leader declares intention to continue talks with US

(Newser) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Tuesday he hopes to extend his high-stakes nuclear summitry with President Donald Trump into 2019, but also warns Washington not to test North Koreans' patience with sanctions and pressure, the AP reports. During his televised New Year's speech, Kim said he's...

1K N. Korean Defectors Just Got Hacked

Names, addresses of people living in South were taken

(Newser) - South Korea says it is responding to a hacking attack that stole the names and addresses of nearly 1,000 North Korean defectors who resettled in the South. A regional office of the Hana resettlement center said Friday that it has been notifying affected defectors after discovering last week that...

Court Orders North Korea to Pay Family of Otto Warmbier $500M

The family of the late student detained in the Hermit Kingdom for a year wanted $1 billion

(Newser) - A court has ordered North Korea to pay the family of the late Otto Warmbier the massive sum of $501 million for what a judge called the country's role in the ‘torture, hostage taking and extrajudicial killing’ of the 22-year-old University of Virginia student, Newsweek reports. Per Bloomberg...

Otto Warmbier's Parents Go After North Korea

They demand $1B in lawsuit, accuse Pyongyang of torturing and murdering their son

(Newser) - A decision by the White House last year to put North Korea on a list of state sponsors of terrorism opened up the regime to US lawsuits. Now the parents of Otto Warmbier are taking full advantage. They accuse the regime in Pyongyang of torturing and killing their son and...

N. Korea Is Denuclearizing? Not According to These Images

Satellite pics shows possible new missile site near border with China

(Newser) - People lie, satellite images don't—hence why the US and South Korea are closely monitoring a new suspected missile site near North Korea's central border with China. The facility in Hoejung-ni, "one of the most likely sites for deploying intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the United...

North Korea Blows Up 10 Border Posts
North Korea Blows Up
10 Border Posts
Nov 20, 2018 12:07 AM CST

North Korea Blows Up 10 Border Posts

South Korea in the process of demolishing 10 of its own

(Newser) - North Korea blew up some of its frontline guard posts Tuesday as part of an agreement to ease tensions along its heavily fortified border with South Korea, Seoul's Defense Ministry says. In September, the militaries of both countries agreed at a leaders' summit in Pyongyang to eventually dismantle all...

'Passionate Joy' From Kim Jong Un at Supposed New Weapons Test

Not much info on 'newly developed ultramodern tactical weapon'

(Newser) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed the successful test of an unspecified "newly developed ultramodern tactical weapon," state media reported Friday, in an apparent bid to apply pressure on the US and South Korea. It's the first publicly known field inspection of a weapons test by...

North Korea: Detained American Will Be Deported

Alleged CIA operative was arrested a month ago

(Newser) - North Korea said Friday that it will deport an American citizen it detained one month ago for illegally entering the country. The announcement suggests that North Korea still wants to maintain the mood for dialogue with the United States despite stalled nuclear diplomacy, the AP reports. In the past, North...

Trump: North Korea Report Is 'Nothing New'

'I will be the first to let you know if things go bad!'

(Newser) - A story emerged Monday suggesting that North Korea was violating the spirit of promises to reduce its nuclear arsenal. Not so, says President Trump. "The story in the New York Times concerning North Korea developing missile bases is inaccurate," he tweeted . "We fully know about the sites...

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