Latest News Headlines Pyongyang

North Korean officials returned to the liaison office on Monday where they usually meet with South Korean colleagues. Last week the North Koreans pulled themselves...

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is considering stopping denuclear talks with the US for the time being. The Russian state news agency Tass notes that from the mouth of Choe Son-hui, the…

The North Korean leader Kim Jong-un does not seem to have participated in the parliamentary elections in his country. His name was not on the list of the 687 members of the Supreme People's Assembly...

The North Koreans eligible for voting will choose a new parliament on Sunday, which currently has 687 members. Their five-year term is over. It is since Kim Jong-un came to power the second time that...

The South Korean intelligence service NIS has indications that Pyongyang is in the process of restoring part of the dismantled missile launch base Dongchang-ri. It looks like there is another...

A North Korean top official has admitted that his country is suffering from food shortages. This appears from a memo that has been acquired by the American NBC News.

A man who disappeared more than 40 years ago from his home in Japan is now found in North Korea. This is reported by the Japanese news agency Kyodo.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un wants to hold more summits next year with South Korean President Moon Jae-in to meet the goal of denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.

Many South Koreans want the sanctions against North Korea to be relaxed to restart talks about the phasing out of the nuclear program there. This is shown by a survey conducted by the National Reunification Office.

Just like in many other countries, mothers are also in the spotlight in North Korea one day a year. If they are lucky, they get a bag of cosmetics and other luxury products from their husbands, and they go out to dinner with the family. On Mother's Day there is no more table at the Taedonggang fish restaurant in Pyongyang. In blue waders, an employee of the Taedonggang wades carefully between the fish. In his hand he holds a net with which he wants to catch the fish that a customer has just designated. The trout, salmon and cod that are served on the second floor are found in basins on the ground floor. The women in Pyongyang take good care of themselves. Their colorful jackets and scarves stand out cheerfully at the dull black jackets of their men.

North Korea is about to release an American who was arrested last month. That was reported by American and South Korean media on Saturday.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has consulted Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez. They would have spoken in Pyongyang about strengthening the cooperation between the countries, the South Korean news agency Yonhap reported Tuesday.

North Korea is threatening the resumption of its controversial nuclear program if the United States does not lift the severe sanctions against the country.

The US wants to send inspectors to North Korea to view nuclear complexes there. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Wednesday that he would like to discuss this next week during a meeting with his North Korean colleague.

The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, during a brief visit to Pyongyang, worked out Kim Jong-un with 'options' for a new summit between President Donald Trump and the North Korean leader. Washington called it a constructive conversation in which, among other things, the location and the date were discussed. It is 'another step forward', the American department reported without going into details.

The United States and North Korea are making progress in their negotiations on the dismantling of the North Korean nuclear weapons arsenal. The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reported this via Twitter on Sunday after consultation with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will fly to Asia on Saturday to talk with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang, among others. The department announced this on Tuesday.

The leaders of North and South Korea visit a volcano on the Chinese border on Thursday. The active volcano is called the Paektu Mountain and is revered by many Koreans as a spiritual source of the country.

North and South Korea have taken a new step in the peace process between the two countries. The North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un and the president of South Korea, Moon Jae-in, have agreed during the three-day summit in Pyongyang to work for a nuclear-free and peaceful peninsula.

South Korean president Moon Jae-in was welcomed at the airport at Pyongyang by Kim Jong-un. The North Korean dictator was waiting for Moon when he stepped off the plane. The women of the two leaders were present.

Moon is about the diplomatic ties, not just the umpteenth explanation. That is what the South Korean president says, prior to his visit to Pyongyang where he will meet the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. It is the third time that they shake hands, since they first spoke in April.

The American president Donald Trump has received a letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in which he proposes a new meeting between the two. And the White House wants it to continue, said spokeswoman Sarah Sanders Monday. We are already looking at a suitable date.

The North Korean leader Kim Jong-un told an envoy from the Chinese President Xi Jinping that he will abide by the agreement with the United States on nuclear-freeing the country. That has been announced by Chinese state television.

Kim Jong-un wants to visit Russia. President Valentina Matvjenko of the Russian House of Lords said this after a meeting with the North Korean leader.

The leaders of North and South Korea hold a summit from 18 to 20 September. That is what both countries have announced. The North Korean leader Kim Jong-un also stated that the Korean peninsula will have been denuclearized as an American president within the first term of Donald Trump.

A South Korean delegation met with the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Wednesday. The South Koreans had brought a personal letter from President Moon Jae-in for the dictator, message Yonhap news agency.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in is sending a special envoy to Pyongyang next Wednesday. The diplomat must prepare for Moon's visit to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, news agency Yonhap.

The North Korean authorities put a Japanese tourist out of the country. The man was arrested on suspicion of criminal offenses. The State Press Agency of North Korea reports that the Japanese is being treated leniently and may leave.

Donald Trump has asked foreign minister Mike Pompeo on Friday on Twitter to abandon his planned trip to North Korea. The US president thinks that this is not opportune at the moment because he feels that Washington is not making enough progress in clearing the nuclear weapons arsenal on the Korean peninsula.

The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will return to Pyongyang next week. He is accompanied by Steve Biegun, who has been appointed as Special Envoy for North Korea. That was announced in Washington.