TEHRAN (defapress) – North Korea said on Friday it might test a hydrogen bomb on the Pacific Ocean after US President Donald Trump vowed to destroy the country, with leader Kim Jong Un promising to make a “mentally deranged” Trump pay dearly for his threats.
News ID: 66008 Publish Date : 2017/09/22
TEHRAN (defapress) – North Korea's foreign minister has brushed aside US President Donald Trump's fiery threat to destroy his nation, comparing it to a "dog's bark" and suggesting Pyongyang would not be deterred by the rhetoric.
News ID: 65995 Publish Date : 2017/09/21
TEHRAN (defapress) - China and Russia began naval drills near North Korea on Monday amid continuing tensions over the isolated state's nuclear ambitions and ahead of a United Nations General Assembly meeting this week, where North Korea is likely to loom large.
News ID: 65973 Publish Date : 2017/09/18
Report:
TEHRAN (defapress) – South Korea’s imports of Iranian crude oil rose by 40.2 percent in August compared to the same period last year, a report said.
News ID: 65960 Publish Date : 2017/09/17
TEHRAN (defapress) – North Korea fired a missile that flew over Japan’s northern Hokkaido far out into the Pacific Ocean on Friday, South Korean and Japanese officials said, deepening tensions after Pyongyang’s recent test of its most powerful nuclear bomb.
News ID: 65937 Publish Date : 2017/09/15
TEHRAN(defapress) - A North Korean state agency threatened on Thursday to use nuclear weapons to "sink" Japan and reduce the United States to "ashes and darkness" for supporting a UN Security Council resolution and sanctions over its latest nuclear test.
News ID: 65931 Publish Date : 2017/09/14
TEHRAN (defapress) - Guterres said the key question was to get North Korea to stop its nuclear and ballistic missile programme and respect UN Security Council resolutions.
News ID: 65885 Publish Date : 2017/09/10
TEHRAN (defapress)- Russia is ready to develop ties with N. Korea within UN restrictions, but the missile and nuclear tests impinge on trade and economic relations, the Russian Far East Development Minister said upon meeting the N. Korean delegation.
News ID: 65868 Publish Date : 2017/09/07
TEHRAN (defapress)- North Korea’s Minister of External Economic Relations and head of delegation at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Kim Yong-jae, said Pyongyang will introduce strong countermeasures against Washington’s attempts to exert pressure.
News ID: 65867 Publish Date : 2017/09/07
TEHRAN (defapress) - North Korea said on Sunday it has developed an advanced hydrogen bomb that possesses “great destructive power” as US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe talked by phone about the “escalating” nuclear crisis.
News ID: 65816 Publish Date : 2017/09/03
White House:
TEHRAN (defapress) - US President Donald Trump keeps "all options" on the table to deal with the nuclear and ballistic missile threats from North Korea, the White House said Friday.
News ID: 65806 Publish Date : 2017/09/02
TEHRAN (defapress) - The United Nations Security Council unanimously condemned North Korea's firing of a ballistic missile over Japan on Tuesday as an "outrageous" threat and demanded that Pyongyang not launch any more missiles and abandon all nuclear weapons and programmes.
News ID: 65776 Publish Date : 2017/08/30
TEHRAN (defapress) - A North Korean missile fired over Japan Tuesday was denounced by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as a "most serious and grave" threat.
News ID: 65761 Publish Date : 2017/08/29
TEHRAN (defapress) - North Korea fired several short-range missiles into the sea off its east coast early on Saturday, South Korea and the US military said, as the two allies conducted annual joint military drills that the North denounces as preparation for war.
News ID: 65727 Publish Date : 2017/08/26
TEHRAN (defapress) – Russian nuclear-capable strategic bombers have flown over the Pacific Ocean, the Sea of Japan, the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea, prompting Japan and South Korea to scramble jets to escort them, Moscow said on Thursday.
News ID: 65715 Publish Date : 2017/08/24
TEHRAN (defapress) – North Korea would be "crossing a red line" if it put a nuclear warhead on an intercontinental ballistic missile, South Korea's president said on Thursday, but the United States had promised to seek Seoul's approval before taking any military action.
News ID: 65626 Publish Date : 2017/08/17
China:
TEHRAN (defapress)- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced that there are signs that tensions around North Korea are easing, but it is necessary to work together to ultimately settle the crisis.
News ID: 65610 Publish Date : 2017/08/16
TEHRAN (defapress)- North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un received a report from his army on plans to fire missiles towards Guam and stressed that he will watch the actions of the United States before making a decision to fire.
News ID: 65604 Publish Date : 2017/08/15
TEHRAN (defapress)- Russia’s air defense systems in the country's Far East region have been enhanced and put on a state of high alert in connection with the escalated situation around North Korea’s recent missile tests, Russia's upper house of parliament lawmaker Viktor Ozerov announced on Friday.
News ID: 65544 Publish Date : 2017/08/11
North Korea:
TEHRAN (defapress) – North Korea dismissed as a "load of nonsense" warnings by US President Donald Trump that it would face "fire and fury" if it threatened the United States, and outlined on Thursday detailed plans for a missile strike near the Pacific territory of Guam.
News ID: 65525 Publish Date : 2017/08/10