The North’s official Korean Central News Agency said Wednesday that the country has no connection to terrorism and “doesn’t care whether or not the United States places the hat of terrorism on our heads.”
The move followed U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to add Pyongyang to a list of governments that support terrorism but there was no indication that prompted Air China’s decision.
S President Donald Trump today said he has made it clear that he will not allow "twisted" North Korean dictatorship to hold the world hostage to nuclear blackmail.
During his speech last week, Trump, who was here during his 5-nation Asian tour, had criticised the repressive North Korean regime and painted a bleak picture of life in the country.
Song Tao, the head of China’s ruling Communist Party’s International Department, will travel to Pyongyang on Friday to report on outcomes of the party’s national congress held last month.
The manoeuvers are the first in 10 years in which three aircraft carriers have been involved, reports Efe news.
The White House is signaling that Trump will push American economic interests in the region, but the North Korean threat is expected to dominate the trip.
North Korea’s state media denounced the exercise as a “surprise nuclear strike drill” and says “gangster-like U.S. imperialists” are seeking to ignite a nuclear war.
Donald Trump on Friday embarks on the longest trip to Asia by an American president in more than a quarter century.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who is currently in South Korea on a two-day visit, on Thursday urged for a peaceful solution to the North Korean crisis.
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket on Monday launched KoreaSat 5A communications satellite from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
In remarks in Seoul with South Korean Defence Minister Song Young-moo at his side, Mattis accused the North of illegal and unnecessary missile and nuclear programs - and vowed to defeat any attack.
Gurjant Singh's last-minute heroics helped India to eke out a draw against South Korea in their opening match of Super 4s stage of Hockey Asia Cup 2017.
Kim In Ryong told the UNGA’s disarmament committee that North Korea is the only country in the world that has been subjected to “such an extreme and direct nuclear threat” from the United States since 1970s.
200,000 people from 30 countries including USA, South Africa, United Kingdom and Philippines participated through live broadcasting.
Military analysts say North Korea doesn’t have either the capability or the intent to attack U.S. bombers and fighter jets, despite the country’s top diplomat saying it has every right do so.
The quake was detected in an area around Kilju, in northeastern North Korea, and about 20 kilometers (12 miles) southeast of where the North conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test on Sept. 3.
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