North Korea is likely to explore the possibility of dialogue with the United States in 2018 as the communist state seeks to secure a status as a de facto possessor of nuclear weapons, the Ministry of Unification said Tuesday."North Korea may continue to advance its nuclear and missile capabilities

North Korea on Monday defended its push for space development as a "legitimate" exercise of its rights, sparking speculation that it may continue to stage missile provocations under the disguise of satellite launches.The Rodong Sinmin, the official newspaper of the North's ruling Workers'

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called for a fight to root out "non-socialist" elements in the society, its media reported Sunday, as he strives to tighten the ideological discipline amid international sanctions over its nuclear and missile programs.In his address to the Conference of Cell Cha

The latest United Nations sanctions are expected to cut North Korea's foreign currency revenue from exports by approximately US$250 million a year, the foreign ministry here forecast Saturday."North Korea is projected to suffer an export loss of about $250 million due to the newest U.N. sanctio

North Korea on Friday lambasted the recent U.S. security strategy report, threatening to make the country bitterly regret its belligerent policy toward Pyongyang.U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled his government's first National Security Strategy on Monday, pledging its readiness to respond wi

Satellite imagery shows little evidence that new sanctions caused a shortage of petrol in North Korea, forcing North Koreans to stand in long lines at gas stations, a U.S. think tank said Thursday.In September U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted that long gas lines were forming in North Korea, a rem

North Korea on Wednesday rejected U.S. allegations that it is developing biological weapons, saying that the claim is part of Washington's scheme to stifle the regime.The Trump government's first National Security Strategy released Monday said that the North is pursuing chemical and biologic

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited a Pyongyang mausoleum on the weekend to pay tribute to his late father, marking the sixth anniversary of his death, the nation's state media reported Monday.North Korea watchers here had been curious about Kim's whereabouts on the North's "greates

North Korea may shift to compromising alternatives for its nuclear weapons development next year in the face of U.S. threats of military options, while the North's bid to become a globally recognized nuclear state could be hampered by fiscal hardships, a think tank here forecast Friday."(In 201

South Korea's defense ministry said Friday North Korea is likely to continue with military provocations, such as further missile firings, maritime intrusions and cyberattacks.The assessment came as Defense Minister Song Young-moo hosted a year-end meeting of more than 150 senior commanders natio

The United States said Thursday it is looking forward to participating in the Winter Olympics in South Korea's PyeongChang, after an envoy raised the possibility that it might skip the event.U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said a day earlier that it's an "open question" w

North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho had a meeting with a senior U.N. official in Pyongyang, the North's official news agency KCNA reported Thursday.Ri had a "talk" with Jeffrey Feltman, the chief diplomat and undersecretary general for political affairs at the United Nations, who paid a c

North Korea has slammed U.S. officials' condemnation over its nuclear and missile programs, warning that Pyongyang will not avoid a war with the United States though it does not want one, Pyongyang's media report showed Thursday.A spokesman at North Korea's foreign ministry said that bel

U.S. weekly Time on Monday announced the 10 finalists for this year's Person of the Year, including North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump.The two leaders were shortlisted along with other people deemed to have most influenced the news during the year."The North Korean

U.S. President Donald Trump will "take care of" the growing nuclear threat from North Korea by taking unilateral action if necessary, his national security adviser said Sunday.H.R. McMaster made the remark on "Fox News Sunday" after North Korea launched what appeared to be its most powerful inte

Emboldened by North Korea's successful test flight of a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) last week, the country's leader Kim Jong-un inspected a local tire factory, a supplier of goods for mobile rocket launchers, according to the country's state media Sunday.He stressed tha

North Koreans dance on the streets of Pyongyang on Nov. 30, 2017, in this photo in celebration of their country's claimed successful test of a new type of an intercontinental ballistic missile. The North's Korean Central News Agency, which released this photo, said servicepersons and civilia

President Moon Jae-in on Friday met with a group of South Korean and U.S. soldiers guarding the border with North Korea to commend them on the way they handled the recent defection of a North Korean soldier through the heavily fortified border."I invited you here because I wished to personally expr

President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to continue strong pressure and sanctions against North Korea to bring the regime back to negotiations as they held their second phone talks in two days after Pyongyang's latest long-range missile test, Cheong Wa Dae said."The two lea

North Korea fired an apparent long-range missile from an area north of Pyongyang early Wednesday, resuming its provocations after a 75-day lull, according to South Korean and U.S. militaries."North Korea launched an unidentified ballistic missile into the East Sea from the vicinity of Pyongsong, So