North Korea

North Korea

#Cheong Wa Dae
(LEAD) NSC voices 'strong concern' about N. Korea's projectile launch
(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with meeting results) SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's National Security Council (NSC) expressed "strong concern" Tuesday about North Korea's latest launch of pro... 10:02 Sep. 10
#field hockey
With unified team in doubt, S. Korea to face Spain in women's Olympic field hockey qualifiers
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will face Spain in the final Olympic women's hockey qualifying matches next month, with the possibility of forming a joint team with North Korea fading by th... 08:47 Sep. 10
#IFRC
Int'l Red Cross providing emergency aid to typhoon-hit N. Korea
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Yonhap) -- The international Red Cross said it is providing emergency aid to North Korea, which is struggling to recover from damage caused by Typhoon Lingling over the weekend. ... 08:31 Sep. 10
#Cheong Wa Dae
S. Korea holds NSC session on N. Korea's firing of projectiles
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea opened an emergency National Security Council (NSC) meeting Tuesday in response to North Korea's launch of projectiles earlier in the day, Cheong Wa Dae said... 08:24 Sep. 10
#US-NK talks
(3rd LD) N. Korea offers to hold talks with U.S. in late Sept.
(ATTN: UPDATES with Trump's remarks, other details) By Lee Haye-ah SEOUL/WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (Yonhap) -- North Korea is willing to resume denuclearization talks with the United States in late Septe... 06:33 Sep. 10
#Trump
(LEAD) Trump says meetings are good thing after N.K. offers nuke talks
(ATTN: UPDATES with Trump's remarks, details from 4th para) By Lee Haye-ah WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that meetings are a good thing and he'll see what ... 05:34 Sep. 10
#Trump
Trump says meetings are good thing after N.K. offers nuke talks
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that meetings are a good thing and he'll see what happens, after North Korea proposed denuclearization talks this month. T... 04:12 Sep. 10
#US-NK talks
(2nd LD) N. Korea offers to hold talks with U.S. in late Sept.
(ATTN: UPDATES with English statement, State Department response) By Lee Haye-ah SEOUL/WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (Yonhap) -- North Korea is willing to resume denuclearization talks with the United States... 01:59 Sep. 10
#US-NK talks
(LEAD) N. Korea offers to hold talks with U.S. in late Sept.
(ATTN: UPDATES with details from 4th para; ADDS photo) SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Yonhap) -- North Korea is willing to resume denuclearization talks with the United States in late September, the country's fir... 00:24 Sep. 10
#US-NK talks
N. Korea offers to hold talks with U.S. in late Sept.
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Yonhap) -- North Korea is willing to resume denuclearization talks with the United States in late September, the country's vice foreign minister said Monday. Choe Son-hui made th... 23:49 Sep. 09
#NK talks
(URGENT) N. Korea willing to hold talks with U.S. in late Sept.: vice FM
23:41 Sep. 09
#human rights watchdog NK defectors
Human rights watchdog finds lack of evidence to suspect gov't coercion in N.K. defectors case
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Yonhap) -- A public human rights watchdog said there is insufficient evidence to suspect that the government intervened in a 2016 defection by a group of North Koreans to South Kore... 23:05 Sep. 09
#Pyongyang Declaration
(LEAD) Concert along DMZ celebrates 1st anniversary of Pyongyang Declaration
(ATTN: UPDATES throughout) SEOUL/PAJU, Sept. 9 (Yonhap) -- A medley of Korean and Western classical and contemporary music brought a symbolic train station at the inter-Korean border to life Monday... 21:40 Sep. 09
#North Korea
Defectors fly anti-Pyongyang leaflets into N.K. ahead of founding anniversary
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Yonhap) -- A group of North Korean defectors said Monday that it has sent anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the inter-Korean border ahead of the communist nation's 71st founding annive... 14:47 Sep. 09
#Koreas
Koreas not to hold joint event to celebrate anniv. of liaison office launch
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will not hold a joint event with North Korea to celebrate this week's anniversary of the opening of an inter-Korean liaison office, the unification ministry s... 11:41 Sep. 09
#North Korea
Recovery work under way in N. Korea after powerful typhoon hits peninsula
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Yonhap) -- North Korea is working hard to recover from the damage caused by a deadly typhoon that passed through the Korean Peninsula over the weekend, state media said Monday, high... 11:38 Sep. 09
#Pompeo NK talks
Pompeo says Trump would be 'very disappointed' if Kim does not return to talks
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that President Donald Trump would be "very disappointed" if North Korean leader Kim Jong-un does not return to dialogue, in a... 11:23 Sep. 09
#Pyongyang Declaration
Concert along DMZ to celebrate 1st anniv. of Pyongyang Declaration
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will hold a concert along the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone on Monday in celebration of the first anniversary of the Joint Pyongyang Declaration, adopt... 10:33 Sep. 09
#Xi
(LEAD) Xi, Putin highlight strong ties with N. Korea in messages for state founding anniversary
(ATTN: ADDS more details, background) By Koh Byung-joon SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Yonhap) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin highlighted strong ties with North Korea in cong... 09:56 Sep. 09
#Xi
Xi, Putin highlight strong ties with N. Korea in messages for state founding anniversary
By Koh Byung-joon SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Yonhap) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin highlighted strong ties with North Korea in congratulatory messages sent to leader Kim... 08:51 Sep. 09