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North Korean foreign minister Choe Son Hui says that North Korea will not hold any talks with Japan on any issue, including the issue of Japanese abductees in North Korea. This follows an announcement by Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida in which he stated his desire to meet with North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un "without any preconditions".
2024-03-29

A South Korean citizen crosses the heavily fortified Korean Demilitarized Zone in a rare case of defection to North Korea from the South.
2022-01-2

North Korea holds a rare nighttime military parade featuring missiles to mark the 75th anniversary of the Workers' Party. This was the country’s first military parade in two years.
2020-10-10

A bus crash in North Hwanghae, North Korea, kills 32 Chinese tourists and four North Koreans. A further two people are seriously injured.
2018-04-23

North Korea warns South Korea that it will conduct live firing near the disputed maritime border.
2014-04-29

Thirty-one North Koreans arrive in South Korea after crossing the Yellow Sea by boat.
2011-02-7

South Korea and the United States cancel a joint naval drill against North Korea in the Yellow Sea, citing its previous anti-submarine training -- held from Sept. 27 to Oct. 1 -- and a desire "not to irritate neighboring countries" ahead of the upcoming 2010 G-20 Seoul summit.
2010-10-24

Prominent North Korean defector Hwang Jang-yop is found dead in Seoul, South Korea.
2010-10-10

China says it will "not protect" whoever sank the ROKS "Cheonan" in March.
2010-05-28

North Korea seizes five properties owned by South Korea in Kŭmgangsan.
2010-04-23