Everything you need to know about North T.t.nagar: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about North T.t.nagar: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Seoul, May 20 (IANS) North Korea Monday fired two more short-range missiles, a day after UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged the regime to return to talks on its controversial nuclear programme.
Seoul, May 19 (IANS) North Korea Sunday fired a short-range missile into the East Sea, even as UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he was concerned over Pyongyang's latest missile launches and urged the regime to return to the talks on its controversial nuclear programme.
Moscow, May 19 (IANS/RIA Novosti) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Sunday said he was concerned over North Korea's latest short-range missile launches and called on Pyongyang to return to the six-party talks on its controversial nuclear programme.
Los Angeles, May 19 (IANS) Singer Beyonce Knowles is reportedly expecting her second child with rapper Jay-Z and it is unlikely to affect her forthcoming stage performances.
Tokyo, May 19 (IANS) While confirming North Korea's missile launches Saturday, the Japanese government clarified none of the missiles landed in its territorial waters, Xinhua reported.
Seoul, May 18 (IANS) North Korea Saturday launched three short-range guided missiles into the Sea of Japan, Yonhap News Agency reported, citing South Korea's defence ministry.
Seoul, May 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) North Korea may have up to 200 mobile missile launchers, or twice the number previously estimated by South Korea's authorities, South Korean media reported Friday.
London, May 12 (ANI): It is increasingly likely that hundreds of millions of people will be displaced from their homelands in the near future as a result of global warming, according to an expert.
Washington, May 11 (ANI): Basketball star Dennis Rodman has said he is going back to North Korea for another up-front-and-close meeting dictator Kim Jong-un to talk about freeing a jailed American.
Wellington, May 10 (ANI): South Korea has turned notorious in adding photoshop effects, emulating its northern counterpart in its attempts to photoshop a photo claiming to show South Korean President Park Geun-hye and US President Barack Obama shaking hands.
Gandhinagar, May 10 (ANI): Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will address non-resident Indians (NRIs) in 18 American cities via satellite from here on Sunday.
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is all set to talk to the India community in US via satellite in North America from state capitl of Gandhinagar on Sunday.
New York, May 8 (ANI): American basketball star Dennis Rodman has come to the aid of a Korean-American man jailed in North Korea.
Moscow, May 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A man and his son have been held by the US authorities for trying to send machinery which could be used to produce weapon of mass destruction (WMD) in North Korea.
Seoul, May 7 (IANS/RIA Novosti) South Korea and the US have begun an anti-submarine exercise in the Yellow Sea, the Yonhap news agency reported. The drill will continue till Friday.
London, May 6 (IANS) Posters expressing support for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the second man charged with last month's bombings at the Boston Marathon, have been put up on walls in Chechnya's capital Grozny, BBC reported.
Mexico City, May 4 (IANS/EFE) The Mexican unit of Japanese auto giant the Honda Motor Co. announced plans to invest $470 million in the construction of a transmission plant in Celaya, in the central state of Guanajuato.
Chicago, May 3 (IANS) General Motors said its profit fell 13.8 percent in the first quarter of 2013 from last year's $1 billion.
Tbilisi (Georgia), May 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Georgia will not boycott next year's Winter Olympics in the Russian city of Sochi after the country's National Olympic Committee voted unanimously in favour of taking part.
London, May 3 (ANI): The United States has urged North Korea for an immediate release of a Korean-American man, who has been sentenced to 15 years of hard labour for alleged anti-government crimes.
Singapore, May 2 (IANS) An over-a-century-old Hindu temple here was re-consecrated in an event that was attended by 12,000 Hindus.
Pyongyang, May 2 (IANS) A US citizen has been sentenced to 15 years of compulsory labour by North Korea's Supreme Court, the official KCNA news agency said Thursday.
Washington, April 28 (IANS) North Korea plans to begin a trial against a US citizen detained there last year, CNN reported.
Washington, Apr. 27 (ANI): Republican and Democratic lawmakers have proposed to introduce tough sanctions against North Korea amid growing concern over its nuclear programmes.
Seoul, April 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) While reiterating Seoul's commitment to a denuclearised Korean Peninsula, South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-won Thursday opposed the idea of redeploying US tactical nuclear weapons in the country.
Washington, Apr. 25 (ANI): America's top military leader has said North Korea is in ever-greater danger of provoking a fight under the leadership of Kim Jong-un.
Washington, Apr. 24 (ANI): Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has said he is confident North Korea will not be permitted to start a general conflict.
London, Apr. 24 (ANI): South Korea is trying to establish who sent a letter threat to the defence minister.
Tokyo, Apr. 24 (ANI): Possible radioactive traces from a North Korean nuclear test in February have been detected for the first time in Japan, a monitoring organization has said.
Pyongyang, April 18 (IANS) North Korea Thursday listed conditions for resuming talks with Washington and Seoul amid festering tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
New York, Apr 18 (ANI): Former American basketball player Dennis Rodman has announced that he would be traveling to North Korea again this year to "have some fun" with his new friend Kim Jong un.
Beijing, April 18 (IANS) China has given an assurance to comply with the UN resolution on North Korea and abide by the international duties related to it..
Pyongyang, April 16 (IANS) Negotiations with the US would be possible only when Washington stops its hostile policy and nuclear threat against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK/North Korea), its foreign ministry said Tuesday.
Washington, Apr 16 (ANI): North Korea has warned that it would not give any advance notice before attacking South Korea.
Tokyo, Apr. 15 (Xinhua-ANI): South Korea on Monday expressed deep regrets that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) had rejected its dialogue offer.
London, Apr. 15 (ANI): North Korea has rejected South Korea's offer to hold talks on the future of the joint Kaesong industrial complex, which the two countries jointly run, amid continued tensions.
Washington, Apr. 15 (ANI): The United States and Japan have offered talks with North Korea to resolve the increasingly dangerous standoff over its nuclear and missile programmes.
Seoul, April 15 (IANS) North Korea was "seen ready" to launch missiles but there are no signs of a full-scale war, South Korea's defence chief said Monday
London, April 14 (IANS) While North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is hogging international headlines over threats to the US and South Korea, the person pulling his strings is a 66-year-old woman running downtown Pyongyang's only burger bar.
Seoul, April 14 (IANS/RIA Novosti) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has not been seen in public for two weeks, sparking speculation amid escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula, Yonhap news agency reported Sunday.
London, Apr. 14 (ANI): The London School of Economics has claimed that the BBC deceived its students and put them in serious danger while making a Panorama programme in North Korea.
London, Apr. 14 (ANI): The London School of Economics has claimed that the BBC deceived its students and put them in serious danger while making a Panorama programme in North Korea.
Washington, Apr. 14 (ANI): The United States and China have committed to a process aimed at ridding North Korea of its nuclear weapons.
Washington, April 13 (IANS) The White House has said that Washington did not believe North Korea had the capability to deploy a nuclear-armed missile.
Seoul, April 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) US Secretary of State John Kerry has warned North Korea that any test of a mid-range missile would further isolate it from the international community.
Seoul, April 12 (IANS) North Korea is believed to be on its way to miniaturizing nuclear weapons, the South Korean defence ministry said Friday.
Seoul, April 12 (IANS) North Korea was estimated to be on the way to miniaturizing nuclear weapons, the South Korean defence ministry said Friday.
London, Apr 12 (ANI): The United States has urged China to use all its leverage to help rein in North Korea's 'destabilising' actions.
Washington, Apr. 12 (ANI): The Pentagon has released a statement playing down a US intelligence report suggesting North Korea has the ability to launch nuclear missiles.
Washington, April 12 (IANS/RIA Novosti) US President Barack Obama has called on North Korea to stop its belligerent saber-rattling and "lower temperatures", saying no one had an interest in conflict on the Korean peninsula.
Washington, Apr. 11 (ANI): A second Korean War is not just unlikely but out of the question as North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has nothing to gain but only lose in the new war, a professor has said.
Seoul, April 11 (IANS) Bank of Korea (BOK), South Korea's central bank, Thursday expressed its concerns over growing geopolitical risks on the Korean Peninsula.
Seoul, April 11 (IANS) South Korea's missile defense system may intercept North Korean missiles, if they are to strike South Korean territory, the defence ministry said Thursday.
Washington, Apr. 11 (ANI): US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has said North Korea was 'skating very close to a dangerous line' with its heated rhetoric.
London, April 10 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Embassies of countries under the European Union in North Korea will remain open for business despite a proposal from Pyongyang for them to evacuate staff over mounting tensions on the Korean peninsula, the British Foreign Office said Wednesday.
London, Apr. 10 (ANI): Revealing a possible clue to the tensions lying behind North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's calls to war, a former officer has said that the country's army was deeply split over whether to accept the command of the young leader.
Islamabad, Apr. 10 (ANI): Disgraced Pakistani scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan has expressed doubts over North Korean claims to launch a nuclear attack aimed at the United States and South Korea, saying that Kim Jong Un's regime is "not so stupid".
Seoul, April 10 (IANS) The South Korean government Wednesday confirmed that North Korea was behind the March 20 cyber attack that paralyzed computer networks at banks and broadcasters.
Seoul, April 10 (Xinhua-ANI): The South Korean government on Wednesday made a formal confirmation that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) was behind the March 20 cyber attack that paralyzed computer networks at banks and broadcasters.
Seoul, April 10 (IANS) North Korea is highly likely to launch mid-range missiles "at any time from now on", said South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se Wednesday.
Pyongyang, April 9 (Xinhua-ANI): North Korea or the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Tuesday asked foreigners living in South Korea to consider evacuation, the official KCNA news agency reported.
Pyongyang, April 9 (IANS) North Korea Tuesday asked foreigners living in South Korea to consider evacuation, the official KCNA news agency reported.
Washington, April 9 (IANS) The US has warned North Korea not to undertake another nuclear test or missile launch.
Washington, Apr. 9 (ANI): North Korea has planned to recall 51,000 workers and temporarily shut down its operations at the Kaesong Industrial Park that it runs jointly with South Korean companies just north of the border.
Washington, Apr 9 (ANI): Chinese officials have declined to blame North Korea for ongoing tensions in the Korean Peninsula and called for an easing of tensions in the region.
Hanover (Germany), April 9 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for calm on the Korean peninsula, saying the escalation of tension in the region could lead to a nuclear disaster far worse than the Chernobyl incident.
Seoul, April 8 (IANS) North Korea said Monday that it would withdraw all its workers from a joint industrial park at its border town of Kaesong, Yonhap News Agency reported.
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Monday criticised Governor Kamla Beniwal for not signing a legislation reserving 50 percent of all seats in local bodies to women.
Washington, Apr. 8 (ANI): An American lawmaker has said that news that North Korea is expected to go ahead with a missile launch signals "a catastrophe of enormous proportions" and warned that an accidental war could break out on the Korean peninsula.
Tokyo, Apr 8 (ANI): Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera has ordered the country's defense forces to prepare to intercept ballistic missiles from North Korea, a report has said.
Seoul, April 8 (IANS) North Korea might be preparing for its fourth nuclear test, a South Korean minister said Monday.
Sydney, Apr 8 (ANI): The United States and South Korea have drawn up plans to respond more forcefully as North Korea hints at new military provocations, a report has said.
Washington, Apr. 8 (ANI): In a move that signifies growing frustration with North Korea, China has taken a rare, if thinly veiled, shot at its ally over the steadily escalating tension on the Korean peninsula.
Seoul, April 8 (IANS) North Korea might be preparing for its fourth nuclear test, a minister said Monday.
Washington, Apr 8 (ANI): North Korea is likely to set the stage for a missile test or another provocative act with its warning that it soon will be unable to guarantee diplomats' safety in Pyongyang, a top South Korean national security official has said.
Beijing, April 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Beijing has asked Pyongyang to ensure safety of its diplomats amid rising tension on the Korean peninsula, the Chinese foreign ministry said Sunday.
London, Apr. 7 (ANI): South Korean military chiefs fear North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un's troops - as many as 30,000 - have dug a series of tunnels reaching behind the South's defensive lines.
Tokyo, Apr. 7 (ANI): Japan and the United States might deploy a high-altitude reconnaissance drone called the 'Global Hawk' at Misawa Air Base in Aomori Prefecture to increase surveillance of North Korea, according to sources.
Washington, Apr. 7 (ANI): The Pentagon has delayed an intercontinental ballistic missile test for next week at an Air Force base in California amid mounting tensions with North Korea, according to a senior U.S. defense official.
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has offered to mediate to bring peace to the Korean peninsula, and urged North Korea "to give peace a chance".
Sydney, Apr 6 (ANI): North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered his country's military to increase artillery production, a report has said.
United Nations, April 6 (IANS) The UN has no plan to pull its staff out of North Korea, and it is studying warnings from Pyongyang amid rising nuclear tensions on the Korean peninsula, UN spokesman Martin Nesirky said.
Washington, Apr 6 (ANI): A majority of Americans think that the U.S. should militarily defend South Korea against North Korea, a poll has revealed.
Washington, Apr 6 (ANI): North Korea has reportedly deployed mid-range missile launchers to its east coast and warned foreign embassies it cannot guarantee the safety of diplomats after April 10.
London, Apr 6 (ANI): Amid increasing tensions on the Korean Peninsula, retired Cuban leader Fidel Castro has sternly cautioned North Korea and US of dangers of nuclear war, a report has said.
London, April 5 (IANS) North Korea has asked Britain to evacuate its embassy, saying it will not be able to guarantee the safety of staff in the event of conflict from April 10.
Washington, Apr. 5 (ANI): U.S. officials are steadily working through diplomatic channels around North Korea in a bid to calm tensions before things get 'hotter'.
Washington, Apr. 5 (ANI): A top American lawmaker has warned North Korea that any pre-emptive nuclear strike against the United States would be suicide, telling Congress the isolated nation posed 'a growing threat'.
Moscow, April 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) North Korea's recent decision to reinforce its current nuclear weapons capability complicates the prospects of six-party talks on nuclear settlement in the region, the Russian foreign ministry said.
Washington, Apr 5 (ANI): China has reportedly rejected the plea from old ally North Korea to send them an envoy in order to improve their soured relations.
Moscow, April 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) An intermediate-range missile that North Korea has deployed to its east coast is not capable of striking the US mainland, South Korean Defence Minister Kim Kwan-jin said Thursday, according to Yonhap.
Sydney, Apr. 4 (ANI): Hacker group Anyonmous has claimed it has stolen 15,000 passwords from one of North Korea's top websites - Uriminzokkiri.com.
Brisbane, Apr. 3 (ANI): North Korea has reportedly been seen moving a mid-range missile into position for launch.
Washington, Apr. 4 (ANI): US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has said that Pentagon continues to take precautions against North Korea's rising threats which pose a "real and clear danger", by planning to deploy a missile-defense system to Guam.
London, Apr. 3 (ANI): US Secretary of State, John Kerry, has said it will defend itself and its "treaty ally" South Korea in the face of North Korean threats.
Seoul, April 3 (IANS) North Korea banned the entry of South Korean workers to the joint industrial complex at the border town of Kaesong, authorities said Wednesday.
Seoul, April 3 (IANS) North Korea has banned the entry of South Korean workers to the joint industrial complex at the border town of Kaesong, authorities said Wednesday.
London, Apr. 3 (ANI): The United States has described the prospect of North Korea restarting a mothballed atomic reactor as "extremely alarming".
United Nations, April 2 (IANS) As the UN General Assembly Tuesday overwhelmingly approved the first UN treaty regulating the multi-billion dollar international arms trade, India abstained from the resolution, stressing its strong protest over the draft which it described as an instrument in the hands of weapons exporting countries.
Washington, Apr. 2 (ANI): North Korea has announced plans to restart a reactor at its main nuclear complex that it had agreed to shut down more than five years ago, escalating already heightened tensions with the US and South Korea.
