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North Korea Suffering Worst Drought Since 1982

North Korea Suffering Severe
Drought, Food Shortage

May 15, 2019 12:34 PM CDT

North Korea Suffering Severe Drought, Food Shortage

Country says drought is the worst since 1982

(Newser) - North Korea said Wednesday it is suffering its worst drought since 1982, with an average of just 2.1 inches of rain having fallen in the country during the first five months of the year. In 1982, the level was 2 inches during that same period. The drought is expected...

North Korea Denounces 'Flagrant Act of Robbery'

North Korea Orders US
to Return Cargo Ship

May 14, 2019 7:21 AM CDT

North Korea Orders US to Return Cargo Ship

Spokesman calls seizure of ship a 'flagrant act of robbery'

(Newser) - North Korea has expressed its displeasure with the US seizure of one of its cargo ships in standard North Korean fashion, denouncing the "flagrant act of robbery" and threatening unspecified consequences. "The United States committed an unlawful and outrageous act of dispossessing our cargo ship," a North...

North Korea's
New Missiles Are
Eerily Familiar

the rundown

May 10, 2019 6:14 AM CDT

North Korea's New Missiles Are Eerily Familiar

They bear a strong resemblance to the Iskander

(Newser) - The three new missiles North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has tested over the past week are eerily familiar to military experts: They look just like a controversial and widely copied missile the Russian military has deployed to Syria and has been actively trying to sell abroad for years. Ending...

Seoul: N. Korea's Latest Launches Were Missiles

Trump: 'Nobody's Happy'
About N. Korea Launches

May 10, 2019 12:26 AM CDT

Trump: 'Nobody's Happy' About N. Korea Launches

Seoul confirms 2 missiles were fired Thursday

(Newser) - The US and South Korean militaries evaluated the two projectiles North Korea flew Thursday as short-range missiles, a South Korean military official said Friday, a day after the North's second launch in five days raised jitters about an unravelling detente between the Koreas and the future of nuclear negotiations...

US Seizes North Korean Ship

May 9, 2019 3:00 PM CDT

US Seizes North Korean Ship

Ship was violating international sanctions, authorities say

(Newser) - In what the New York Times calls "a move certain to escalate tensions already on the rise" between the US and North Korea, the US has seized a North Korean cargo ship. The Justice Department says Wise Honest, the second-largest shipping vessel in Pyongyang’s fleet, was violating US...

S. Korea Says North Fired
'Unidentified Projectile'

May 9, 2019 4:42 AM CDT

S. Korea Says North Fired 'Unidentified Projectile'

South says it is 2nd test in under a week

(Newser) - North Korea fired at least one unidentified projectile from the country's western area on Thursday, South Korea's military says. It was the second such launch in the last five days and a possible warning that nuclear disarmament talks could be in danger, the AP reports. The South's...

A New Sign of
Troubled Relations
With North Korea

May 8, 2019 2:23 PM CDT

A New Sign of Troubled Relations With North Korea

Pentagon suspends its war remains effort

(Newser) - In a new sign of troubled relations with North Korea, the Pentagon said Wednesday it has suspended its efforts to arrange negotiations on recovering additional remains of US service members killed in the North during the Korean War. In a statement Wednesday, the Pentagon's Defense POW-MIA Accounting Agency said...

Kim Jong Un Is at It Again

May 5, 2019 8:01 AM CDT

Kim Jong Un Is at It Again

North Korea tests long-range rocket launchers and apparently a short-range ballistic missile

(Newser) - North Korean state media on Sunday showed leader Kim Jong Un observing live-fire drills of long-range multiple rocket launchers and what appeared to be a new short-range ballistic missile, a day after South Korea expressed concern that the launches were a violation of an inter-Korean agreement to cease all hostile...

Out of North Korea,
a Sudden 'Barrage'

May 4, 2019 6:00 AM CDT

Out of North Korea, a Sudden 'Barrage'

Short-range 'projectiles' flew up to 125 miles before landing in East Sea

(Newser) - An early weekend surprise emerged out of North Korea on Saturday: the launch of a "barrage" of short-range "projectiles," which flew for up to 125 miles before landing in the East Sea, per the Yonhap News Agency . South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a...

He Signed $2M Warmbier
Pledge, Thinks We Should Pay

Apr 29, 2019 5:00 PM CDT

He Signed $2M Warmbier Pledge, Thinks We Should Pay

Joseph Yun speaks to CNN

(Newser) - "No money was paid to North Korea for Otto Warmbier, not two Million Dollars, not anything else," President Trump insisted on Friday. That may be the case, but the former North Korea envoy tells CNN he did indeed sign an agreement to pay Pyongyang $2 million for Warmbier'...

Trump on $2M 'Bill' for 'Our
Great Otto': I Paid Nothing

Apr 26, 2019 11:41 AM CDT

Trump on $2M 'Bill' for 'Our Great Otto': I Paid Nothing

President insists no money was paid to North Korea for Otto Warmbier

(Newser) - On Thursday, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders noted that the administration doesn't comment on hostage negotiations, a remark necessitated by reports that North Korea billed the US $2 million for Otto Warmbier's hospice care before the 21-year-old student was sent back to the US in 2017. On...

North Korea Billed US
$2M for Warmbier's Care

Apr 26, 2019 2:00 AM CDT

North Korea Billed US $2M for Warmbier's Care

Trump ordered the deal signed, but the bill hasn't been paid

(Newser) - North Korea insisted the US agree to pay $2 million in medical costs in 2017 before it released detained American college student Otto Warmbier while he was in a coma, a former US official said Thursday. An envoy sent to North Korea to retrieve the 21-year-old student signed an agreement...

Putin Says He's Willing to
Tell Trump What Kim Said

Apr 25, 2019 7:10 AM CDT

Putin Says He's Willing to Tell Trump What Kim Said

In wake of his 'fruitful' summit with North Korean leader

(Newser) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un say they have had "fruitful" talks about how to defuse a standoff over Pyongyang's nuclear program. The two leaders spoke after their one-on-one meeting Thursday as they sat down for broader negotiations involving top officials from both...

Putin, Kim to Meet for First
Time. What Do They Want?

Apr 23, 2019 9:20 AM CDT

Putin, Kim to Meet for First Time. What Do They Want?

No date has been announced for upcoming summit between Russian, North Korean leaders

(Newser) - When North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin for their first one-on-one meeting, he'll have a long wish list and a strong desire to notch a win after the failure of his second summit with President Trump. But it's not entirely clear how...

North Korea:
Pompeo Makes
the Table 'Lousy'

Apr 18, 2019 6:15 AM CDT

North Korea: Pompeo Makes the Table 'Lousy'

It wants someone more 'mature' to participate in denuclearization talks

(Newser) - If the US is willing to come back to the table, North Korea would like one face to be absent from it. A senior foreign ministry official expressed no love for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in comments run by the country's KCNA news agency Thursday. The comments followed...

NK Test-Fires New Weapon

Apr 17, 2019 5:50 PM CDT

NK Test-Fires New Weapon

Or so says the nation's central news agency

(Newser) - North Korea announced that it has test-fired a new type of tactical guided weapon, the AP reports. The Korean Central News Agency says Chairman Kim Jong Un observed the firing of the weapon Wednesday by the Academy of Defense Science. The agency reports that Kim said "the development of...

Soldiers Shot a Friend Running
for the Border. But He Gets It

Apr 16, 2019 2:09 PM CDT

Soldiers Shot a Friend Running for the Border. But He Gets It

'I would have done the same thing,' says North Korean defector Oh Chong Song

(Newser) - A North Korean defector says he understands why his fellow soldiers shot him as he made a run for the border in 2017 after smashing his vehicle through a military checkpoint. Friendship isn't the issue, he said. It was their job. "If I were in their shoes, I...

With a New Title, Kim
Consolidates Power

Apr 12, 2019 4:25 PM CDT

With a New Title, Kim Consolidates Power

North Korean ruler tells party to make economy self-sufficient

(Newser) - North Korea's legislature has given Kim Jong Un a new title and a tighter grip on power. State media referred to Kim on Friday as "supreme representative of all the Korean people" for the first time publicly, Reuters reports. He also was re-elected as chairman of the State...

2nd Suspect
Pleads Guilty
in Murder of
Kim Jong Nam

Apr 1, 2019 2:22 AM CDT

2nd Suspect Pleads Guilty in Murder of Kim Jong Nam

Doan Thi Huong could be free in weeks

(Newser) - A Vietnamese woman who is the only suspect in custody for the killing of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's brother pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in a Malaysian court on Monday and her lawyer said she could be freed as early as next month. Doan Thi Huong...

For North Korean Refugees,
an 'Underground Railroad'

For North Korean Refugees, an 'Underground Railroad'

'GQ' takes a look at the network through the stories of 2 key people

(Newser) - North Koreans trying to escape the hardship of their homeland often rely on what's come to be known as the North Korean Underground Railroad. GQ has a lengthy story providing a look at how this network of safe havens across Asia operates, and the story by Doug Bock Clark...