Korean Peninsula

North Korea fires three ballistic missiles amid tensions over drone flights, caps record year of tests

Military tensions on the Korean peninsula have risen sharply in 2022 as the North has conducted sanctions-busting weapons tests nearly every month, including firing its most advanced intercontinental ballistic missile ever

UN committed to N. Korea's denuclearisation despite divided Security Council, says UN Chief Guterres

In a meeting with South Korean President in Seoul, the Secretary-General affirmed the UN's clear commitment to full, verifiable and irreversible denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula including North Korea. Fundamental objective is to bring regional peace, security and stability

Winter Olympics 2022: South Korea says no boycott, wants to maintain harmonious relation with China

Moon Jae-in stressed that South Korea wanted to promote a free and open Pacific region, but also had to consider China's role in trying to bring peace to the Korean Peninsula

North Korea's Kim Jong-un vows to build invincible military, slams US' 'persistent hostility'

Kim also accused South Korea of hypocrisy because it criticises North Korea’s weapons development as provocations while spending heavily to increase its own military capabilities

North Korea accuses US of hostility, claims nukes a deterrent; wants South to come out of American influence

North Korea mainly uses the term "hostile policy" to refer to US-led sanctions over its nuclear weapons programme and the joint US-South Korea military drills

Korean Peninsula on edge again as Pyongyang, Seoul test missiles hours apart from each other

The North Korean missile tests came as Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi was in Seoul

Joe Biden dials Xi Jinping as US-China ties nosedive over trade, coronavirus, cybersecurity

Biden initiated the call with Xi, the second between the two leaders since Biden took office

Donald Trump says Kim Jong-un risks losing 'everything' after North Korea claims to have carried out 'very important test'

Donald Trump said that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un risks losing 'everything' if he resumes hostility and his country must denuclearise after the North said it had carried out a 'successful test of great significance'

North Korea carries out 'very important test' at its rocket launch site, says move will affect country's strategic position

North Korea said Sunday it carried out a 'very important test' at its long-range rocket launch site that will have a key effect on the country's strategic position.

South Korea's Moon Jae-in calls for Chinese role in denuclearising Korean peninsula, ending stand-off with North

South Korean president Moon Jae-in said Thursday the global diplomatic push to defuse the nuclear stand-off with North Korea is at a 'critical crossroads' and has called for China to continue serving a 'positive role' in denuclearising the Korean Peninsula and stabilising peace