Tag: Korea
The UN Security Council will assemble on Monday for emergency consultations on North Koreas successful ballistic missile test after Japan, South Korea and the US called for an urgent meeting, diplomats said.....
Two Asian women arrested on suspicion of assassinating the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un were indicted here on Wednesday, prosecutors said. ....
North Korea on Monday test-fired four ballistic missiles into into the Sea of Japan, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) announced.....
North Korea on Tuesday issued a temporary ban on all Malaysians from leaving the country, amid a diplomatic row between the two countries over the death of Pyongyang leader's half brother in Kuala Lumpur, media report said. ....
Former President Park Geun-hye apologised to the nation after she left the presidential complex on Sunday, two days after the Constitutional Court upheld her impeachment. ....
South Korea's Defence Ministry said on Wednesday that North Korea failed in its test-firing of a missile that was believed to have exploded in the air, a media report said.....
India's Olympic bronze medallist P.V. Sindhu overcame South Korean second seed Sung ji Hyun on Saturday to set up a pulsating title showdown against Spanish top seed Carolina Marin in the India Open World Superseries badminton championships here.....
North Korea on Saturday warned the US not to take provocative action in the region, saying it is "ready to hit back with nuclear attacks".....
China is seriously concerned about nuclear threats after North Korea said they would test missiles regularly and warned of a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the US in case they suspected an attack.....
Moon Jae-in of the Liberal Democratic Party was elected South Korea's new President early on Wednesday, with his five-year term set to begin shortly after confirmation of his victory by the election watchdog.....