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Russian veto brings an end to the UN panel that monitors North Korea nuclear sanctions

Mar. 28, 2024 16:17 PM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A veto Thursday by Russia ended monitoring of U.N. sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear program, prompting Western accusations that Moscow is seeking to avoid scrutiny as it allegedly violates the sanctions to buy weapons from Pyongyang for its war in Ukraine. ...

Japan's leader seeks a meeting with North Korea and an end to deflation, to boost public support

Mar. 28, 2024 09:41 AM EDT

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida reiterated Thursday his determination to work toward a summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un to realize the return of Japanese people believed abducted by North Korean agents in the 1970s and 80s. “I remain committed to...

North Korea says Japan's prime minister offered to meet with leader Kim Jong Un soon

Mar. 25, 2024 10:19 AM EDT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Monday that Japan's prime minister has offered to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un but stressed that prospects for their countries’ first summit in about 20 years would depend on Tokyo tolerating the North's weapons program and ignoring its...

North Korea says Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has proposed a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un

Mar. 24, 2024 23:53 PM EDT
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has proposed a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

North Korean leader Kim visits tank unit and touts war preparations in face of tensions with Seoul

Mar. 24, 2024 23:13 PM EDT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised a tank exercise and encouraged his armored forces to sharpen war preparations in the face of growing tensions with South Korea, the North’s state media said Monday. Kim made those comments Sunday while visiting...

North Korea claims progress in developing a hypersonic missile designed to strike distant US targets

Mar. 19, 2024 23:32 PM EDT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea successfully tested a solid-fuel engine for its new-type intermediate-range hypersonic missile, state media reported Wednesday, claiming a progress in efforts to develop a more powerful, agile missile designed to strike faraway U.S. targets in the region. ...

North Korea says Kim Jong Un supervised tests of rocket launchers targeting Seoul

Mar. 19, 2024 01:46 AM EDT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised a live-fire drill of nuclear-capable “super-large” multiple rocket launchers designed to target South Korea's capital as he vowed to boost his war deterrent in the face of deepening confrontations with rivals, state media...

Putin extends rule in preordained Russian election after harshest crackdown since Soviet era

Mar. 18, 2024 22:59 PM EDT

President Vladimir Putin extended his reign over Russia in a landslide election whose outcome was never in doubt, declaring his determination Monday to advance deeper into Ukraine and dangling new threats against the West. After the harshest crackdown on dissent since Soviet times,...

Biden to host Japan PM Kishida, Philippines President Marcos for White House summit

Mar. 18, 2024 21:33 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will host Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for a White House summit next month amid growing concerns about North Korea's nuclear program, provocative Chinese action in the South China Sea and differences...

Blinken tells democracy summit that technology must sustain democratic values

Mar. 18, 2024 10:15 AM EDT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken underscored the need to make sure that technologies sustain democratic values, telling a democracy summit on Monday that authoritarian regimes deploy them to undermine democracy and human rights. Blinken spoke at the...