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North Korea will send 22 athletes to Olympics in South

london - Emiratesvoice

North Korea will send 22 athletes to next month's Winter Games in the South, the International Olympic Committee said Saturday, approving a landmark deal between two nations still officially at war. South Korea had hoped that the Games which begin in Pyeongchang on February 9 could help ease the crisis on the peninsula that surged to new heights in recentRead more

Trump says Russia undermining N.Korea sanctions

Washington - Emiratesvoice

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday accused Russia of undermining international sanctions against North Korea and weakening efforts to curb Kim Jong-Un's nuclear weapons program. "Russia is not helping us at all with North Korea," Trump told the Reuters news agency. "What China is helping us with, Russia is denting." Last month, Trump had already denounced Russia for "not helping"Read more

Kim says North Korea could participate

Seoul - Emiratesvoice

Kim Jong-Un on Monday gave the first indication that North Korea could participate in next month's Winter Olympics in the South, despite tensions over Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programme. "I sincerely hope the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics will be staged successfully," said Kim, the North Korean leader, in his new year's address to the nation. "We are willing to take necessary measuresRead more

Kim calls on North to mass-produce nukes, missiles

SEOUL - Emiratesvoice

Kim Jong-Un urged North Korea to mass-produce nuclear warheads and missiles in a defiant New Year message Monday suggesting he would continue to accelerate a rogue weapons program that has stoked international tensions. Pyongyang dramatically ramped up its efforts to become a nuclear power in 2017, despite a raft of international sanctions and increasingly bellicose rhetoric from the United States.Read more

US sanctions two N.Koreans over ballistic missile program

Washington - Emiratesvoice

The United States sanctioned two North Korean officials on Tuesday over their country's ballistic missile program, in Washington's latest effort to punish Pyongyang for its weapons development drive. Tensions have escalated after the isolated but nuclear-armed regime staged a series of atomic and intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) tests, most recently on November 28, while US President Donald Trumpand North Korean leader KimRead more

Kim vows to make N.Korea 'world's strongest nuclear power'

Seoul - AFP

Kim Jong-Un has vowed to make North Korea the "world's strongest nuclear power", state media reported Wednesday, as the reclusive nation shows little sign of reining in a weapons programme fuelling global alarm. In a speech to workers behind the recent test of a new missile Pyongyang said was capable of reaching the United States, the North Korean leader declaredRead more

North Korea says new ICBM puts all of US within range

Seoul - AFP

Nuclear-armed North Korea said Wednesday it had successfully tested a new intercontinental ballistic missile that put "all of the US continent" within its range. The North's leader Kim Jong-Un declared the test-launch of the Hwasong-15 missile a success, according to an announcement on state televisionRead more

Trump says he would never call N. Korea leader 'short and fat'

Hanoi - AFP

US President Donald Trump has said he would never call Kim Jong-Un "short and fat", after months of trading personal insults and threats of war with the North Korean leader. "Why would Kim Jong-Un insult me by calling me 'old,' when I would NEVER call him 'short and fat?' Oh well, I try so hard to be his friend -Read more

Trump offers N. Korea 'a path towards a much better future'

Seoul - AFP

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday offered North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un what he called "a path towards a much better future" as tensions soar over Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions. "The weapons you are acquiring are not making you safer," Trump said at the South's parliament, in what he described as a direct message for Kim. "They are putting your regimeRead more