North Korea’s Kim Jong Un says Pyongyang will build 10,000 tonne warships and arm its navy with nuclear weapons, state media reported, announcing the plans at the commissioning of the 5,000 tonne destroyer Choe Hyon.
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Kim Jong Un Vows Navy Growth
Kim Jong Un:
The combat capability of our navy will grow to be admirable beyond imagination.
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South Korea's Lee on Trump-North Korea
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung:
As for U.S.-North Korea dialogue, President Trump seemed frustrated.
He wants to have dialogue with North Korea.
He appeared to believe that now is the time to engage Kim Jong Un in talks again.
But...
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung:
As for U.S.-North Korea dialogue, President Trump seemed frustrated.
He wants to have dialogue with North Korea.
He appeared to believe that now is the time to engage Kim Jong Un in talks again.
But he was frustrated about how exactly to proceed. He even asked me, 'What is the solution?'
What I told him was that, in the end, this is about the North Korean nuclear issue and the issue of regime security.
The current approach is not working. Sanctions and pressure are no longer effective.
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North Korea Amends Nuclear Policy Law
North Korea amended its constitution to require an automatic nuclear retaliation if leader Kim Jong Un is killed by a foreign enemy, according to The Telegraph.
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North Korea Adds Auto-Nuclear Launch Law
North Korea amended its constitution to require an automatic nuclear launch if Kim Jong Un is killed or incapacitated.
Global
Chinese FM Wang Yi Visits North Korea
Chinese FM Wang Yi arrives in North Korea to meet Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un.
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Suspected NK Hacker Exposed in Job Interview
Footage circulating online shows a suspected North Korean hacker exposed after going silent when asked to say, “Kim Jong-un is a fat ugly pig,” during a job interview.
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Trump Comments on Kim Jong Un Ties
Trump: We have 45,000 soldiers in South Korea to protect us from Kim Jong un, who I get along with very well, as you know. Do you notice he said very nice things about me. He used to call Joe Biden a mentally retarded person. He likes Trump
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Lukashenko Gifts Rifle to Kim Jong Un
Lukashenko gifted Kim Jong Un a rifle “in case enemies show up.”
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Kim Jong Un Meets Lukashenko
North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un met Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Pyongyang earlier today.
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Kim Jong Un Denounces U.S. and South Korea
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called the U.S. a perpetrator of state terrorism and repeated that South Korea is the “most hostile state” on Monday, wrapping up a session of the country’s rubber-stamp parliament, according to NK News.
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Putin Congratulates Kim Jong Un
Russian President Putin congratulates North Korea’s Kim Jong Un on his reelection as head of the State Affairs Commission.
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Kim Jong Un Reappointed as NK Leader
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Kim Jong Un reappointed as head of North Korea’s State Affairs Commission.- KCNA
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Kim Jong-un and Daughter Ride Tank
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Kim Jong-un rolled out with his daughter Ju-ae, the presumed heir, riding a tank during a live exercise.
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Kim Jong-un Wins North Korea Election
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Kim Jong-un wins North Korea’s parliamentary elections with 99.93% of the vote.
