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The United States imposes sanctions on two Russian shipping companies and six vessels for involvement in oil transfer to North Korea.
2018-08-21

North Korea vows to accelerate its nuclear weapons programme to "maximum pace" and test a nuclear device "at any time" in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's aggressive stance towards the regime. [https:--www.theguardian.com-world-2017-may-02-north-korea-launches-salvo-of-rhetoric-threatening-nuclear-test-at-any-time ("The Guardian")]North Korea–United States relations
2017-05-2

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un appoints his sister, Kim Yo Jong, to a high government position.
2014-11-27

North Korea withdraws an invitation to a United States envoy to discuss the release of Kenneth Bae.
2014-02-10

Kenneth Bae, an American prisoner in North Korea, releases a message to the United States for help.
2014-01-20

North Korea releases 85-year-old American retiree Merrill Newman after 42 days in captivity. The United States once again asks the DPRK to pardon and release Kenneth Bae.
2013-12-7

Myunghee Bae arrives in North Korea to visit her American son Kenneth Bae, who is serving 15 years of hard labor.
2013-10-11

North Korea sentences American Kenneth Bae to 15 years of prison labor for "hostile acts" against the regime. The United States calls for amnesty.
2013-05-2

A private South Korean committee announces that it plans to file a lawsuit with the International Criminal Court against North Korea over repatriation of prisoners of war and remains of soldiers killed in the Korean War.
2012-07-25

North Korea executes by firing squad Kwon Ho Ung, a former cabinet official who led talks with South Korea from 2004 until 2007.
2010-07-20