Новости за 24.03.2016

(ATTN: ADDS more background from 9th para) SEOUL, March 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea confirmed Thursday that North Korea is developing solid-fuel rockets, which would allow the country to conduct rocket launches "frequently." "North Korea appears to

SEOUL, March 24 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has noticeably increased military-related public activity this year in the latest expression of the North's jitters over tougher U.N. sanctions, Seoul officials said Thursday. The North's

(ATTN: UPDATES with more comments by presidential official; ADDS background) SEOUL, March 24 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye ordered the military to strengthen security across South Korea, a government official said Thursday, as North Korea has ra

SEOUL, March 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea confirmed Thursday that North Korea is developing solid-fueled rockets, which would allow the country to conduct rocket launches more "frequently." "North Korea appears to be in the (early) stages of developi

SEOUL, March 23 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's economy is improving despite stiff sanctions imposed by the international community, the country's state-run daily said Wednesday. According to the Rodong Sinmun, an organ of the ruling Workers’ Party of Ko

(ATTN: UPDATES with Seoul's reaction, more info throughout) SEOUL, March 23 (Yonhap) -- North Korea threatened Wednesday to wage a retaliatory war against President Park Geun-hye in the latest show of defiance against tougher U.N. sanctions and joint

SEOUL, March 23 (Yonhap) -- Russia's envoy to South Korea met with a ranking Seoul government official on Wednesday to discuss situations on the divided peninsula following North Korea's nuclear and missile provocations, officials said. The talks b

(ATTN: ADDS more details in paras 4-5, 7, 11-13) SEOUL, March 23 (Yonhap) -- North Korea threatened Wednesday to wage a retaliatory war against President Park Geun-hye in the latest show of defiance against tougher U.N. sanctions and joint military dr

SEOUL, March 23 (Yonhap) -- North Korea threatened Wednesday to wage a retaliatory war against President Park Geun-hye in the latest show of defiance against tougher sanctions and joint military drills between Seoul and Washington. "From this momen

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(ATTN: UPDATES with comments from Pentagon, State Department, ADDS background) By Chang Jae-soon WASHINGTON, March 22 (Yonhap) -- North Korea conducted a ground test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile last week, a U.S. news report said Tuesday

WASHINGTON, March 22 (Yonhap) -- North Korea conducted a ground test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile last week, a U.S. news report said Tuesday, a move that, if confirmed, would add to a series of provocative acts Pyongyang has undertaken in

SEOUL, March 22 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's new large caliber rocket launcher system has the range to strike large parts of South Korea, posing new security challenges for Seoul's military, observers said Tuesday. The assessment of security threats c

SEOUL, March 24 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's state media said Thursday that the country has successfully conducted a solid-fuel rocket test, citing its leader Kim Jong-un's claim that the accomplishment has bolstered the country's ballistic rocket capabi

WASHINGTON, March 23 (Yonhap) -- North Korea is believed to have conducted a simulation test of what it claimed was warhead re-entry technology at a missile factory southwest of Pyongyang, a website monitoring the communist nation said Wednesday. T

WASHINGTON, March 23 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Barack Obama said Wednesday that North Korea's nuclear weapons program is one of the major challenges the U.S. is facing around the world, along with the Islamic State militant group. Obama made the r

WASHINGTON, March 23 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has asked the U.N. Security Council to convene a meeting to discuss joint military exercises between South Korea and the United States, calling the maneuvers "a grave threat" to the communist nation. Amb

SEOUL, March 23 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's ceremonial leader Kim Yong-nam sent "a message of sympathy" to Belgium on Wednesday for the deadly terrorist attacks in its capital a day earlier, the North's official news agency reported. In the message,

SEOUL, March 23 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye pledged Wednesday to put pressure on North Korea over its nuclear and missile programs as Pyongyang threatened to turn South Korea's presidential office into a "sea of flames and ashes." "We will

(ATTN: UPDATES with more info in paras 5-7; ADDS photo) SEOUL, March 23 (Yonhap) -- Russia's envoy to South Korea met with a ranking Seoul government official on Wednesday to discuss situations on the divided peninsula following North Korea's nuclear