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Pyongyang

Lifestyle 8 years ago

Lessons in loyalty as N.Korea celebrates children's day

To celebrate Korean Children's Union Day on Tuesday, the pupils of Pyongyang Number Four Primary School threw mock grenades at targets, crawled under a frame and threw themselves over a fence -- all with an imitation AK47 over their shoulders.

World 8 years ago

UN slaps sanctions on North Koreans amid US warning

The UN Security Council on Friday imposed sanctions on 18 North Korean officials and entities as the United States vowed to respond to Pyongyang's missile and nuclear tests "through other means, if necessary."

World 8 years ago

UN Security Council vows sanctions over N. Korea missile test

The UN Security Council on Monday strongly condemned North Korea's latest ballistic missile test and vowed to ratchet up the pressure on the regime, including sanctions, ahead of an emergency meeting to discuss the launch.

World 8 years ago

Chinese foreign minister: No winners if Korea war breaks out

There can be no winners in a war between the US and North Korea over Pyongyang's nuclear weapons and missile programs, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said, while pledging support for dialogue between the sides.

World 8 years ago

Trump strategy on NKorea: 'Maximum pressure and engagement'

The Trump administration has settled on its North Korea strategy after a two-month review: "Maximum pressure and engagement."

News 8 years ago

Pyongyang luxury hotel gets more modern, less Soviet, style

North Korea's most famous luxury hotel has reopened after renovations that modernized its 1980s, vaguely Soviet, style.

News 9 years ago

New charter flight links Pyongyang and Chinese border city

A charter flight opened between Pyongyang and Dandong, a Chinese city near the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Tuesday, shortening the trip to 40 minutes.

World 9 years ago

NKorea: US-SKorea exercises leading to 'nuclear disaster'

North Korea warned Monday that US-South Korean military exercises, which it called "the most undisguised nuclear war maneuvers," are driving the Korean Peninsula and northeast Asia toward "nuclear disaster."

World 9 years ago

Missile tests add pressure on Trump over North Korea

North Korea's latest volley of missile tests put new pressure on a preoccupied Trump administration Monday to identify how it will counter leader Kim Jong Un's weapons development.