US ‘hasn’t seen’ North Korean leader Kim Jong-un recently, says Mike Pompeo

He added there was ‘a real risk’ of a famine in the isolated country amid the coronavirus outbreak, and that Washington was closely monitoring the situation.

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· Apr 30, 2020 · 10:51 am

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is ‘alive and well’: South Korea

On April 21, the South Korean government had said it cannot confirm reports that Kim is in danger following a major surgery.

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· Apr 27, 2020 · 09:48 am

South Korea says it can’t confirm reports that Kim Jong-un is in danger after a surgery

Speculation about the North Korean leader’s health started doing the rounds after he missed the celebration of his late grandfather’s birth anniversary.

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· Apr 21, 2020 · 09:43 am

North Korea has fired three projectiles into the East Sea, says South

The type, flight range and altitude of the projectiles is not yet clear.

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· Mar 09, 2020 · 08:25 am

North Korea no longer bound by moratorium on nuclear tests, says Kim Jong-un

The North Korean leader said this was because the US continued to carry out joint military drills with South Korea.

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· Jan 01, 2020 · 12:01 pm

North Korea has fired two projectiles off its east coast, says South Korean military

The Joint Chiefs of Staff said that North Korea’s actions will not help ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

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· Nov 28, 2019 · 05:33 pm

United States, North Korea announce resumption of dialogue on nuclear weapons

North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui said in a statement that talks will be held on October 5.

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· Oct 01, 2019 · 08:44 pm

North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast, says South Korea

Both missiles flew around 250 kilometres at a height of 30 km, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

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· Jul 31, 2019 · 08:54 am

Donald Trump steps into North Korean territory after meeting Kim Jong-un at demilitarised zone

Trump is the first US president to enter North Korean soil.

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· Jun 30, 2019 · 11:19 am

South Korean president says another summit between Kim Jong-un, Donald Trump is imminent

Moon Jae-in said the agreement between the North Korean leader and US president their first summit, in Singapore on June 12 last year, was ‘somewhat vague’.

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· Jan 10, 2019 · 01:27 pm

Kim Jong-un writes to South Korean president promising to meet frequently in 2019

The North Korean leader also wrote a ‘conciliatory’ message to US President Donald Trump.

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· Dec 31, 2018 · 11:30 am

North Korea warns US, says new sanctions could ‘forever’ affect its plans to denuclearise

Pyongyang said the US State Department wanted to bring relations back to ‘exchanges of fire’.

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· Dec 17, 2018 · 11:22 am