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Seoul, March 17— North Korea will hold its first session of its new Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) to deliberate on the election of state leadership and the revision of the constitution, state media reported on Tuesday.The upcoming session comes after North Korea held elections last Sunday to...

Seoul, March 16 – South Korean Unification Minister Chung Dong-young called on North Korea on Monday not to miss an opportunity to resume dialogue with the United States after President Donald Trump expressed interest in meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un."The government's position...

Seoul, March 14 – The South Korean presidential office of National Security denounced North Korea's Saturday launch of ballistic missiles as a violation of UN Security Council (UNSC) resolutions, calling for an immediate halt.The office issued the statement after holding an emergency security...

Seoul, March 14 – North Korea fired approximately 10 ballistic missiles towards the East Sea on Saturday, according to the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), apparently as a show of force while South Korea and the United States were conducting their key springtime military exercise.The JCS said they...

Seoul, March 11 – Ham Jin-woo, a North Korean defector turned journalist who went missing in 2017 in the border areas between North Korea and China, has been officially recognized by the government as one of seven South Koreans being held in North Korea, officials said on Wednesday.The...

Seoul, March 11 – The deterrence posture against North Korea will not be affected by any potential shift of military assets owned by the US military stationed in South Korea, a senior official at Cheong Wa Dae said on Wednesday, amid media reports that the US Forces Korea (USFK) has shipped out...

Seoul, March 10 – South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Tuesday that a potential relocation of military assets owned by the US military stationed in South Korea would not affect the deterrence posture against North Korea.Citing media reports that the US Forces Korea (USFK) might have...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 4 The BJP launched a scathing attack on senior Congress leaders on Wednesday over Jairam Ramesh's criticism of BJP MPs praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Parliament, comparing it to members of the North Korean assembly praising their supreme leader.The BJP said...

Seoul, March 4 North Korea will elect representatives to its parliament, the Supreme People's Assembly, later this month, state media said Wednesday, as a follow-up step after a recent party congress.The election of representatives to the 15th Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) will be held on...

Washington, March 4 – The United States is urging its allies to take greater responsibility for regional security as it confronts simultaneous threats from adversaries across multiple regions, Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby told the Senate Armed Services Committee.Testifying on the Trump...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 4 Congress leader and senior parliamentarian Jairam Ramesh has criticized BJP MPs for "excessively" praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Parliament, saying their actions sometimes give him the feeling that he is sitting in the Supreme People's Assembly of North...

Seoul, February 28 – Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, has been confirmed as the director of the General Affairs Department of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), according to state media on Saturday.Kim was promoted to a party department chief at the...

Seoul, February 27 – North Korean leader Kim Jong-un used the latest party congress as an opportunity to consolidate his power base for a long-term hold, effectively marking the beginning of his own era, Seoul's unification ministry said on Friday.In an assessment of North Korea's ninth party...

Moscow, February 26 More than 10,000 foreign volunteers from 75 countries serve in the Ukrainian ground forces, and approximately 600 new individuals enlist each month to join them, Russia's state-run TASS said on Thursday, quoting an official publication from Kyiv.A similar claim was made by...

New Delhi, February 26 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi strongly criticised the police action against his party's youth wing activists over the "shirtless protest", drawing a sharp parallel between Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government and the authoritarian regime in North Korea."This is...

Seoul, February 26 – South Korean President Lee Jae Myung vowed on Thursday to continue efforts to normalize relations with North Korea despite Pyongyang's rejection of his dialogue proposal, saying the two Koreas should move beyond past confrontation and pursue peace and stability.Lee...

Seoul, February 26 – North Korean leader Kim Jong-un warned that "terrible retaliatory attacks" would be carried out against any force committing hostile military acts against his country during a military parade marking a key party congress, state media reported on Thursday.Kim made the...

Seoul, February 25 – South Korea and the United States will conduct their annual joint springtime military exercise next month to strengthen their combined defense posture, as they prepare for the transfer of wartime operational control (OPCON) from Washington to Seoul, the allies' militaries...

Gwacheon, February 25 – A new special counsel team was officially launched on Wednesday to investigate remaining suspicions surrounding the former South Korean President, Yoon Suk Yeol, his failed attempt to declare martial law, and allegations involving his wife.Special counsel Kwon...

Washington, February 25 – The United States is using the promotion of democracy as a strategic tool for national security, lawmakers and officials from the Trump Administration said, describing the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) as a key instrument for advancing American interests...