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Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister turns up the volume on loudspeaker standoff with South Korea

The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday dismissed South Korean claims the North is removing some ...

South Korea’s Lee Jae Myung pledges respect for North’s system, calls for military trust

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung marked Liberation Day by pledging to respect North Korea’s system and build “military ...

N Korea denies removing propaganda louspeakers at border

North Korea has "never removed" the speakers and "are not willing to remove them", Kim Yo Jong said in a statement published ...

South Korean president will meet Japanese leader ahead of summit with Trump

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will meet Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in Tokyo next week before flying to ...

North Korea holds artillery drills ahead of U.S.-S. Korea joint exercise

North Korea conducted artillery firing drills, state-run media reported Tuesday, as the United States and South Korea prepare ...
Yonhap News Agency on MSN4d

(LEAD) N. Korea warns of 'self-defense' measures against planned S. Korea-U.S. military exercise

North Korea's defense chief on Monday warned that Pyongyang would exercise its "self-defense" right in the event of a ...
The Manila Times on MSN4d

SKorea’s military shrinks by 20% in six years

South Korea’s military shrank by 20% in the past six years to 450,000 troops, largely due to a sharp drop in the population of males of enlistment age for mandatory service in the country with the ...