TEHRAN – North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho met with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif in Tehran on Tuesday, according to the Foreign Ministry’s website. Zarif welcomed Ri and a team of officials at the Foreign Ministry in Tehran, but no statement was made to reporters. Ri is on a two-day visit to […]

A North-Korean state news agency, KCNA, has confirmed the upcoming visit of the country’s foreign minister to Iran after the ASEAN Regional Forum meeting hosted by Singapore. State-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Friday that North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho will make an official visit to Iran soon, after participating in Saturday’s […]

TEHRAN – Less than a year ago, the political and verbal tensions between the United States and North Korea peaked. At that time, Pyongyang, with its nuclear and missile tests, made the smell of the war reach the U.S. allies in East Asia (Japan and South Korea), and it was possible at any moment that […]

Tokyo-based news agency Kyodo reported Thu. that North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho is expected to make an official visit to Iran after the ASEAN meeting hosted by Singapore. According to Kyodo news, North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho left Pyongyang on Thursday for an ASEAN-related meeting due to be held later this […]

US intelligence agencies have found that North Korea is building new missiles, based on satellite photographs taken in recent weeks and other new evidence, The Washington Post reported Monday. Just weeks after a high-stakes summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Pyongyang appears to be developing at least one or […]

US President Donald Trump on Friday signed into law a bill designed to promote human rights in North Korea. The legislation, called the North Korean Human Rights Reauthorization Act of 2017, renews a law that was first adopted in 2004 during the George W. Bush administration. It will be in effect until 2022. “This legislation […]

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is visiting China on Tuesday and Wednesday, state broadcaster CCTV said, a week after his unprecedented summit with US President Donald Trump. CCTV did not say whether Kim had arrived in Beijing, but security lined the freeway leading to the city’s airport Tuesday morning as authorities prepared for his […]

 Iran foreign ministry spokesman has welcomed the normalization of ties between the Koreas in a statement on Friday, saying that Iran has always called for a détente on the Korean Peninsula. “Iran considers the recent meeting between the leaders of the two countries of North Korea and South Korea, as a decisive step in the […]

US Vice President Mike Pence, who will be leading the US delegation to the Olympic Opening Ceremonies, isn’t ruling out a possible meeting with North Korean officials. However, the top official reiterated his message to the North, saying that it “must once and for all abandon its nuclear weapons program and ballistic missile ambitions.” Commenting […]

North Korean skiers and skaters were due to arrive in the South Thursday to take part in the Pyeongchang Winter Games, setting the stage for a “peace Olympics” after a year of high tensions over Pyongyang’s nuclear programme. Eight days before the opening ceremony, 10 North Korean skiers and skaters were to fly in on […]