China’s Xi Jinping secured a precedent-breaking third leadership term on Sunday and introduced a top governing body stacked with loyalists, cementing his place as the country’s most powerful ruler since Mao Zedong. Shanghai Communist Party chief Li Qiang followed Xi onto the stage at the Great Hall of the People as the new Politburo Standing… Read More China’s Xi Jinping re-elected for third term
North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast on Friday, South Korea’s military said, the latest in a series of launches by the nuclear-armed country. Earlier, South Korea’s military said it scrambled fighter jets when a group of about 10 North Korean military aircraft flew close to the border… Read More North Korea fires short-range ballistic missile into sea off east coast
North Korea has passed a law officially enshrining its nuclear weapons policies, a move that leader Kim Jong Un said makes its nuclear status “irreversible” and bars any negotiation on denuclearisation, state media reported on Friday. The move comes as observers say North Korea appears to be preparing to resume nuclear testing for the first… Read More North Korea passes law solidifying its nuclear weapons policies
South Korea on Thursday offered talks with North Korea to discuss a reunion of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War, in its first direct overture under President Yoon Suk-yeol despite strained cross-border ties. The surprise proposal came days before the thanksgiving holiday of Chuseok, when the two Koreas have held family reunions before. But… Read More South Korea offers talks with North Korea for reunion of war-torn families
North Korea fired two cruise missiles from the west coast town of Onchon early on Wednesday, a South Korean military source said. The source added the South Korean and the United States military authorities are analysing details of the missiles’ flight, including the range. The launches come a day after Seoul and Washington kicked four… Read More North Korea test-fires two cruise missiles
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country is ready to mobilise its nuclear war deterrent and counter any U.S. military clash, and criticised South Korea’s new president for the first time, warning Seoul was pushing towards the brink of war. Kim made the remarks during a speech at an event to mark the… Read More North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says nation ready to mobilise nuclear deterrent
North Korea promoted its key nuclear negotiator to foreign minister, state media said on Saturday, as leader Kim Jong Un vowed to his ruling party that he would use “power for power” to fight threats to the country’s sovereignty. Choe Son Hui, long a key member of Pyongyang’s team negotiating over its nuclear programme with… Read More North Korean leader Kim Jong Un promotes country’s nuclear envoy
China and Russia vetoed on Thursday a U.S.-led push to impose more United Nations sanctions on North Korea over its renewed ballistic missile launches, publicly splitting the U.N. Security Council for the first time since it started punishing Pyongyang in 2006. The remaining 13 council members all voted in favor of the U.S.-drafted resolution that… Read More China and Russia veto U.S. push for more UN sanctions on North Korea
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