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16 December 2025
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Hwasong-20 Missile: North Korea’s Trump Card in a Possible War with America

The display of the intercontinental ballistic missile "Hwasong-20", which is capable of targeting America's territory, was carried out to demonstrate the actual capability of North Korea's nuclear weapons.
News ID: 86807    Publish Date : 2025/10/19

Seoul's Bold Proposal and New Signals from Pyongyang

The North Korean ruler considered nuclear weapons a matter of survival and said: The world knows very well what the US does after disarming a country; we will never give up our nuclear weapons.
News ID: 86706    Publish Date : 2025/09/23

Seoul’s New Leadership Seeks to Ease Tensions with Pyongyang

South Korea’s new president has ordered the removal of propaganda loudspeakers near the border with North Korea to reduce tensions with its northern neighbor.
News ID: 86537    Publish Date : 2025/08/05

US Must Recognize Nuclear North Korea

The influential sister of the North Korean ruler has admitted that negotiations with the US will only be possible if it recognizes North Korea's nuclear status.
News ID: 86497    Publish Date : 2025/07/29

We Have No Interest in Dialogue with South Korea

In a statement, Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korea’s leader, ruled out dialogue with Seoul, describing the policies of President Lee Jae-myung’s government as a continuation of the previous administration’s approach.
News ID: 86494    Publish Date : 2025/07/28

We Have No Interest in Dialogue with South Korea

In a statement, Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korea’s ruler, ruled out dialogue with Seoul, describing the policies of President Lee Jae-myung’s government as a continuation of the previous administration’s approach.
News ID: 86494    Publish Date : 2025/07/28

We Have No Interest in Dialogue with South Korea

In a statement, Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korea’s ruler, ruled out dialogue with Seoul, describing the policies of President Lee Jae-myung’s government as a continuation of the previous administration’s approach.
News ID: 86494    Publish Date : 2025/07/28

We Have No Interest in Dialogue with South Korea

In a statement, Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korea’s ruler, ruled out dialogue with Seoul, describing the policies of President Lee Jae-myung’s government as a continuation of the previous administration’s approach.
News ID: 86494    Publish Date : 2025/07/28

We Strongly Condemn the US Attack on Iran

North Korea, along with other countries in the region and the world, condemned the US aggression against Iran's nuclear facilities.
News ID: 86360    Publish Date : 2025/06/23

North Korea Fires More Missiles than Ever amid Coronavirus Outbreak

TEHRAN (defapress) – North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles into the ocean off its east coast on Sunday, the latest in an unprecedented flurry of launches that South Korea decried as “inappropriate” amid the global coronavirus pandemic.
News ID: 80650    Publish Date : 2020/03/29

North Korea Says 'Not Right Time' for Kim to Attend South Korea-ASEAN Summit

TEHRAN (defapress) – North Korea rejected an invitation for leader Kim Jong Un to attend a planned summit in Seoul with Southeast Asian nations next week, saying “now is not the time” due to strained ties, North Korean state media reported on Thursday.
News ID: 79328    Publish Date : 2019/11/23

North Korea Calls Pompeo 'Diehard Toxin’

TEHRAN (defapress) – North Korea’s top diplomat said on Friday that US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was a “diehard toxin” who only complicates denuclearization talks.
News ID: 78434    Publish Date : 2019/08/23

North Korea Calls Embassy Raid in Spain A 'Grave Terrorist Attack'

TEHRAN (defapress) – A break-in at the North Korean embassy in Spain last month was “a grave terrorist attack”, a representative from North Korea’s foreign ministry said on Sunday in the North’s first official comment on the incident.
News ID: 76510    Publish Date : 2019/03/31

North Korea Says Trump Was Open to Easing Sanctions with 'Snapback' Clause

TEHRAN (defapress) – US President Donald Trump was open to easing sanctions on North Korea provided there was a 'snapback' clause if the North restarted nuclear activities, according to South Korean media reports of a North Korean statement.
News ID: 76411    Publish Date : 2019/03/26

FM: N. Korea Offered to Halt Nuclear, Long-Range Rocket Testing for Partial Relief of Sanctions

TEHRAN (defapress)- North Korea offered a “realistic proposal” to halt nuclear and missile tests in exchange for partial sanctions relief, Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho told reporters in Hanoi after the failed Trump-Kim summit.
News ID: 75911    Publish Date : 2019/03/01

Moscow Urges Lifting of Unilateral Sanctions against North Korea

TEHRAN (defapress)- Moscow urges all countries that are imposing unilateral sanctions against North Korea to abandon this practice, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told a UN Security Council ministerial session on denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.
News ID: 72737    Publish Date : 2018/09/28

Japan PM Abe Open to Summit with North Korea's Kim

TEHRAN (defapress) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a longtime hardliner on North Korea, said Tuesday he was willing to meet Kim Jong Un after the once reclusive leader's historic summit with US President Donald Trump.
News ID: 72671    Publish Date : 2018/09/26

N Korea's Kim Wants New Summit with Trump: South Korea's Moon

TEHRAN (defapress) – North Korea’s Kim Jong Un wants a second summit with US President Donald Trump soon to hasten denuclearization, but a key goal is declaring an end this year to the 1950-53 Korean War, the South’s President Moon Jae-in said.
News ID: 72572    Publish Date : 2018/09/21

Seoul: North, South Korean Leaders in Fact Proclaimed End of State of War

TEHRAN (defapress)- North Korea and South Korea signed an agreement in defense sector as well as a joint statement following the results of the summit in Pyongyang.
News ID: 72533    Publish Date : 2018/09/19

Japan's Military Seeks Record Spending to Reinforce Missile Defenses

Japan’s military wants record spending next year to help pay for major upgrades to defenses designed to shoot down North Korean ballistic missiles that Tokyo sees as a continued threat despite Pyongyang’s promise to abandon nuclear weapons.
News ID: 72109    Publish Date : 2018/08/31

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