North Korea holds mass celebrations for latest missile test

 
Photographs showed thousands of tightly packed soldiers and people applauding on Pyongyang’s Kim Il-Sung square, which was decorated with large portraits of the North’s late leaders. (Photo: AFP)

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SEOUL: North Korea held mass celebrations for its latest successful long-range missile test, Pyongyang’s state media said on Saturday (Dec 2), with the regime accusing Washington of “begging for nuclear war” over planned military drills. Tiếp tục đọc “North Korea holds mass celebrations for latest missile test”

North Korea fires missile into Sea of Japan days ahead of first Xi-Trump summit

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 Apr 5, 2017Prime Minister Shinzo Abe lashed out at North Korea’s firing Wednesday of a medium-range ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan, just days ahead of a key summit between the U.S. and Chinese leaders expected to focus on reining in Pyongyang’s weapons programs.

The U.S. Pacific Command said it detected the launch at 6:42 a.m. from a land-based facility near Sinpo, home to a North Korean submarine base. Tiếp tục đọc “North Korea fires missile into Sea of Japan days ahead of first Xi-Trump summit”

US, South Korea and Japan discuss sanctions on Pyongyang

WASHINGTON: Senior US, South Korean and Japanese officials met on Monday (Feb 27) to discuss how better to enforce international sanctions against North Korea’s nuclear weapon and ballistic missile programmes. The Washington talks came shortly after United Nations experts warned that Pyongyang has been flouting existing sanctions, and just as China’s top diplomat held talks at the White House.

US special representative for North Korea policy Joseph Yun met senior Japanese diplomat Kenji Kanasugi and South Korea’s special representative Kim Hong-kyun at the State Department.

In a statement, they condemned the North’s “flagrant disregard for multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions prohibiting its ballistic missile and nuclear programmes.” Tiếp tục đọc “US, South Korea and Japan discuss sanctions on Pyongyang”