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(MENAFN) North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un declared that his country will not alter its position as a nuclear-armed state, emphasizing that this status "will never change," according to reports released Tuesday.

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(MENAFN) South Korean President Lee Jae Myung pledged on Thursday to keep pursuing workable steps to lower military tensions with North Korea, even as a bitter standoff over deadly landmine blasts along the border shows no sign of easing,...

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(MENAFN) South Korea issued an urgent call Tuesday for coordinated international pressure on North Korea's nuclear ambitions, warning that Pyongyang poses the gravest threat to the world's nuclear containment framework, media reported.

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(MENAFN) South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung has called on North Korea to engage with Seoul’s renewed diplomatic outreach, warning that instability linked to conflicts in the Middle East could add to broader regional uncertainties, according to...

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(MENAFN) Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov has held high-level talks in Pyongyang with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, focusing on expanding and formalizing military cooperation between the two countries, according to statements from the...

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(MENAFN) South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has urged North Korea to respond to what he described as Seoul’s sincere efforts toward peace, while cautioning that instability stemming from the Middle East should not extend to the Korean Peninsula,...

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(MENAFN) Russia’s defense chief held a meeting on Sunday with North Korea’s leader in Pyongyang, where both sides explored ways to expand and formalize their military partnership.

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(MENAFN) Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov arrived in North Korea on Sunday for an official working visit.

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(MENAFN) Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov held high-level talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang on Sunday, with both sides signaling a deepening and formalized defense partnership stretching into the next decade.

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(MENAFN) South Korea appealed for rapid and coordinated international measures to confront North Korea’s nuclear activities, labeling them as the most urgent danger to the worldwide nonproliferation framework, a news agency reported on Tuesday....

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(MENAFN) South Korea has called for urgent and coordinated international action to address North Korea’s nuclear program, warning that it poses what it considers the most serious challenge to the global nonproliferation system, according to a news...

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(MENAFN) Russia’s Defense Minister Andrei Belousov has arrived in North Korea on a working visit, according to reports citing the Russian Defense Ministry.

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(MENAFN) North Korea launched roughly ten ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan on Saturday, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, only days after Pyongyang warned of “terrible consequences” in response to ongoing military...

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(MENAFN) North Korea discharged approximately 10 ballistic missiles toward the East Sea on Saturday, according to South Korea’s armed forces.

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(MENAFN) Moscow and Pyongyang have moved to strengthen their security apparatus partnership, announcing expanded cooperation in law enforcement following high-level ministerial talks held in the North Korean capital, state media reported...

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(MENAFN) Russia and North Korea have inaugurated road traffic across a newly completed bridge over the Tumen River, marking the first direct road connection between the two countries.

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(MENAFN) North Korean leader Kim Jong Un personally supervised the test launch of a sea-to-surface "strategic" cruise missile aboard a warship, state media confirmed Thursday.

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(MENAFN) North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a dual-edged message to the world Thursday, dangling the possibility of improved ties with Washington while simultaneously slamming Seoul's recent outreach as hollow — deepening uncertainty over the...

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(MENAFN) Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in Pyongyang on Thursday, kicking off a two-day visit aimed at deepening bilateral ties — the first such trip by a Chinese foreign minister in six years — amid swirling speculation over a potential...

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(MENAFN) South Korea said on Tuesday that North Korea’s reaction to recent remarks about drone flights indicates “meaningful progress” in reducing tensions on the Korean Peninsula, according to reports.