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Japan: Emergency Alert Issued For Okinawa After North Korea Launches Military Satellite

The Japanese government issued a 'J-Alert,' an emergency warning, for Okinawa Prefecture, at about 10:46 p.m. on Monday, May 27, due to a possible threat of a North Korean missile. Pyongyang announced plans to launch a rocket carrying a 'satellite' sometime before or on June 3rd

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DPRK-PYONGYANG-CHINA-ZHAO LEJI-CHINA-DPRK FRIENDSHIP YEAR

(240412) -- PYONGYANG, April 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Zhao Leji, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of China's National People's Congress Standing Committee, addresses the opening ceremony of the "China-DPRK Friendship Year" at the East Pyongyang Grand Theater in Pyongyang, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), April 12, 2024. Zhao Leji and Choe Ryong Hae, a member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK, held talks and attended the opening ceremony of the "China-DPRK Friendship Year" from April 11 to 12. (Xinhua/Liu Weibing)

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Kim Jong Un says relations with Russia top priority: Kremlin

STORY: Kim Jong Un says relations with Russia top priority: Kremlin DATELINE: Sept. 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:22 LOCATION: VLADIVOSTOK, Russia CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Russian President Vladimir Putin meeting with Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea STORYLINE: Developing relations with Moscow is the top priority for Pyongyang, Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, said Wednesday, according to the Kremlin. "Our friendship has deep roots, and relations with the Russian Federation is the top priority for our country now," Kim said during talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Vostochny spaceport in the Amur region in Russia's Far East. Kim thanked the Russian president for the invitation to Russia, adding that the visit takes place at a crucial time. Kim also expressed confidence that bilateral talks will help to "bring relations to a new level." Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Vladivostok,

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N. Korea fires 2 missiles, warns of more launches over Japan

North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan on Monday, the Defense Ministry said, with Pyongyang warning of more launches over the Japanese archipelago as the United States and its East Asian allies held joint exercises. Immediately after North Korea's launches on Monday morning, the Japan Coast Guard said Pyongyang had fired three projectiles, citing data from the Defense Ministry. But the ministry corrected the report later in the day, saying the North had launched two missiles. Matsuno said the Cabinet Secretariat, a governmental body that gathers data from the Defense Ministry and other administrative organizations, mistakenly sent a notification about the second missile launch by North Korea to the Japan Coast Guard twice.

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Amnesty Int'l man speaks on Korean residents in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Arnold Fang, a researcher for East Asia at Amnesty International, speaks in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2014, on how to resolve human rights issues in North Korea. Fang said that if Japan sets an example by respecting the human rights of pro-Pyongyang Korean residents, it could help lead to a solution to the unresolved issue of Japanese nationals abducted by the North.

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N. Korean Premier Pak meets Russian Far East development minister

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean Premier Pak Pong Ju (R) shakes hands with Alexander Galushka, Russia's minister for the development of the Russian Far East, during a meeting in Pyongyang on March 26, 2014.

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N. Korea fires missiles

PYONGYANG, North Korea - File photo shows a Scud ballistic missile during a military parade at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang in July 2013. North Korea fired two short-range missiles into waters off its east coast on the morning of March 3, 2014, according to South Korea's Defense Ministry.

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Kim Jong Il shooting film

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 1979 shows Kim Jong Il, the son of North Korea's founder and leader Kim Il Sung who died in 1994, giving guidance in film shooting at the east Pyongyang outdoor film shooting site.

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N. Korea cruise tour to Mt. Kumgang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - An image captured from video shows a ceremony being held at a port in Rason, a special zone close to the Chinese border on the east coast of North Korea, on Aug. 30, 2011, to mark the departure of the passenger ship Mangyongbong for the Mt. Kumgang resort. North Korea commenced a cruise tour using the vessel for foreign travelers to visit Mt. Kumgang after expropriating facilities at the resort that had been operated by a South Korean developer.

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Campbell visits South Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Kurt Campbell (R), U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, and South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Yu Myung Hwan shake hands ahead of their meeting in Seoul on June 17, 2010. Campbell called on the international community to take a ''strong stance'' in censuring Pyongyang over the sinking of a South Korean warship in March. (Pool photo)

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Saiki, Hill agree N. Korea pledge on sampling needed in 6-way paper

TOKYO, Japan - Akitaka Saiki (R), who heads the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, alongside Christopher Hill (L), U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, speaks to reporters after their talks at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 2. The chief nuclear negotiators said they agreed that the six-party talks on denuclearizing North Korea should try to hammer out a document during the next round of discussions that commits Pyongyang to allowing inspectors to take samples from its nuclear facilities.

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N. Korean negotiator arrives in Beijing before talks with U.S.

BEIJING, China - North Korea's Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan (photo) arrived in Beijing from Pyongyang on March 11, before heading to Geneva for talks with Christopher Hill, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, later this week on denuclearizing North Korea.

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N.Y. Philharmonic performs unprecedented concert in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - The audience stands to listen to the United States' national anthem performed by the New York Philharmonic at the East Pyongyang Grand Theater in Pyongyang on Feb. 26.

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N.Y. Philharmonic performs unprecedented concert in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Yoko Nagae Ceschina, a Japanese philanthropist who is underwriting a large part of the costs of the New York Philharmonic's concert in Pyongyang, is seen seated during the concert at the East Pyongyang Grand Theater on Feb. 26.

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N.Y. Philharmonic performs unprecedented concert in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - The audience stands to listen to the United States' national anthem performed by the New York Philharmonic at the East Pyongyang Grand Theater in Pyongyang on Feb. 26.

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N.Y. Philharmonic performs unprecedented concert in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Women in Korean dress chat before the start of an unprecedented concert by the New York Philharmonic at the East Pyongyang Grand Theater in the North Korean capital on Feb. 26.

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N.Y. Philharmonic performs unprecedented concert in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Women in Korean dress arrive at the East Pyongyang Grand Theater in the North Korean capital on Feb. 26 for an unprecedented concert by the New York Philharmonic.

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N.Y. Philharmonic performs unprecedented concert in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Women in Korean dress arrive at the East Pyongyang Grand Theater in the North Korean capital on Feb. 26 for an unprecedented concert by the New York Philharmonic.

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N.Y. Philharmonic holds unprecedented concert in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - New York Philharmonic music director Lorin Maazel (on the podium) addresses the audience at the East Pyongyang Grand Theater in Pyongyang on Feb. 26 as the United States' oldest symphony orchestra holds an unprecedented concert in North Korea.

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N.Y. Philharmonic holds unprecedented concert in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - The New York Philharmonic, the United States' oldest symphony orchestra, holds an unprecedented concert at the East Pyongyang Grand Theater in the North Korean capital on Feb. 26, marking the largest cultural exchange event held between the two countries that are still technically at war. The flags of both countries are on the stage.

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N.Y. Philharmonic gears up for unprecedented concert

PYONGYANG, North Korea - The New York Philharmonic holds a dress rehearsal at the East Pyongyang Grand Theater in Pyongyang on Feb. 26 ahead of an unprecedented concert in the evening.

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N.Y. Philharmonic gears up for unprecedented concert

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Music Director Lorin Maazel (C) conducts the New York Philharmonic during a dress rehearsal at the East Pyongyang Grand Theater in Pyongyang on Feb. 26 ahead of an unprecedented concert in the evening.

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U.S. nuclear negotiator meets with N. Korean foreign minister

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Christopher Hill (R), U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, shakes hands with North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun as they meet at the Mansudae Assembly Hall in Pyongyang on Dec. 4. Hill, the top U.S. nuclear negotiator, is in Pyongyang on a three-day visit to monitor the progress of North Korea's denuclearization and to hold talks with his counterpart.

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Hill in Pyongyang, says denuclearization at crucial stage

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Christopher Hill, U.S. assistant secretary for East Asian and Pacific affairs, arrives at Pyongyang airport on Dec. 3 for a three-day stay to monitor the progress of North Korea's denuclearization and meet with his counterpart.

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N. Korea to shut Yongbyon in 3 weeks: Hill

TOKYO, Japan - Christopher Hill (L), U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, speaks to reporters after a meeting with Kenichiro Sasae (R), head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, in Tokyo on June 24. Hill, who traveled to North Korea this week, said Pyongyang will shut down the Yongbyon nuclear facility ''within probably three weeks.''

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N. Korea to shut Yongbyon in 3 weeks: Hill

TOKYO, Japan - Christopher Hill (L), U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, speaks to reporters after a meeting with Kenichiro Sasae (R), head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, in Tokyo on June 24. Hill, who traveled to North Korea this week, said Pyongyang will shut down the Yongbyon nuclear facility ''within probably three weeks.''

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Diplomats in Beijing, Pyongyang to defuse tension over missiles

BEIJING, China - Christopher Hill, assistant secretary of state for East Asia and Pacific affairs, arrives at Beijing airport on July 11 in a bid to urge China to convince North Korea to stop missile launches and return to six-party talks on its nuclear program.

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Diplomats in Beijing, Pyongyang to defuse tension over missiles

BEIJING, China - Christopher Hill, assistant secretary of state for East Asia and Pacific affairs, speaks with reporters on arrival at Beijing airport on July 11. He is set to meet with Chinese officials in a bid to urge Beijing to convince North Korea to stop missile launches and return to six-party talks on its nuclear program.

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Jenkins, Soga return to Japan after weeklong visit to U.S.

NARITA, Japan - Charles Jenkins, a former U.S. Army deserter who spent decades in North Korea, his Japanese wife Hitomi Soga (R), a repatriated victim of Pyongyang's abductions of Japanese nationals, and their family arrive at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on June 22 after a weeklong visit to the United States. ''I had a great trip,'' Jenkins told reporters at the airport. ''We had a wonderful time, and I'm very happy to be back in Japan. I got homesick for Japan.''

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Seoul worried over Pyongyang's claim to have nuke weapons

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Yoon Young Kwan (L) shakes hands with James Kelly, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, at his ministry in Seoul on April 25 after their talks. Kelly arrived in Seoul earlier in the day to brief the South Korean government on China-brokered talks with North Korea in Beijing.

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Koizumi wants to talk with Putin aide about N. Korea

MOSCOW, Russia - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi expressed hope on Jan. 9 of discussing North Korea with Russian President Vladimir Putin's aide, Konstantin Pulikovskii, who is known to be close to Pyongyang. Koizumi made the remark to reporters on a government jet while heading for Moscow for an official visit. Pulikovskii is Putin's representative for federal affairs in the Russian Far East.

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Kelly meets Kawaguchi

TOKYO, Japan - James Kelly (R), U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, holds talks with Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi in Tokyo on Oct. 21 over Pyongyang's recent admission that it has a nuclear weapons development program.

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Kelly visits Seoul on his way to Pyongyang

SEOUL, South Korea - James Kelly (L), the U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, shakes hands with South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Choi Sung Hong at the foreign ministry in Seoul on Oct. 2 prior to their talks. Kelly visited Seoul earlier in the day before flying to Pyongyang on Oct. 3 as President George W. Bush's special envoy.

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Kawaguchi meets Kelly

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs James Kelly (L) shakes hands with Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi prior to their talks at the ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 2. Kelly visited Japan before going to Pyongyang for talks with North Korean government officials.

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U.S. delegation to N. Korea arrives in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - James Kelly, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asia and Pacific affairs who heads a U.S. government delegation to North Korea, arrives at Narita airport, northeast of Tokyo, on Oct. 1. Kelly came to Japan for talks with Japanese officials prior to making a three-day visit to Pyongyang starting Oct. 3.

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U.S. to send envoy to N. Korea Oct. 3-5

WASHINGTON, United States - U.S. President George W. Bush will send a delegation headed by James Kelly (file photo), assistant secretary of state for East Asia and Pacific affairs, to North Korea between Oct. 3 and 5 to reopen high-level talks with Pyongyang, the White House said Sept. 26.

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Date for U.S. envoy's dispatch to N. Korea undecided

WASHINGTON, United States - Christopher LaFleur, principal deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, speaks in an interview with Japanese media in Washington on Sept. 18. LaFleur said that the United States has yet to decide when to send its envoy to Pyongyang to resume high-level dialogue with North Korea.

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U.S. reiterates intention to resume dialogue with N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - (From L to R) U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs James Kelly, South Korean Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Yim Sung Joon and Hitoshi Tanaka, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, shake hands before the start of a trilateral policy consultation meeting in Seoul on Jan. 25. At the meeting, the U.S. reiterated its intention to resume the currently stalled dialogue with North Korea ''without preconditions'' and urged Pyongyang to respond positively.

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Pro-Pyongyang Koreans in Japan leave for homecoming in S. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - A group of 50 Korean residents in Japan (L side) are seen off at Narita airport east of Tokyo on Sept. 22 before leaving on a homecoming trip to South Korea, the first delegation organized by the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan. The participants, who are in their 70s, 80s and 90s, will meet family and visit relatives' graves, during the six-day trip.

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S. Korea fires missiles in response to DPRK's ICBM test-firing

STORY: S. Korea fires missiles in response to DPRK's ICBM test-firing DATELINE: March 25, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:12 LOCATION: Seoul CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of South Korea's missile launch (Courtesy of South Korea's Ministry of National Defense) STORYLINE: The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Thursday testfired what was believed to be an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) off its east coast, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said. In response to the DPRK's ICBM test-firing, the South Korean military launched five missiles from ground, sea and air off its east coast from 4:25 p.m. local time (0725 GMT), the JCS said in a statement. According to the JCS, it detected one ICBM launched toward the eastern waters from the Sunan area in Pyongyang at about 2:34 p.m. local time (0534 GMT). The missile was fired on a lofted trajectory, traveling about 1,080 km at a top altitude of over 6,200 km. It marked the DPRK's first known ICBM test-launch in over four years since

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80th birth anniv. of Kim Jong Il

Spectators applaud at the East Pyongyang Grand Theater in the North Korean capital on Feb. 11, 2022, during the opening show of the art festival celebrating the 80th anniversary of the country's late leader Kim Jong Il's birth on Feb. 16.

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Celebration marking 80th birth anniv. of Kim Jong Il

A show is performed at the East Pyongyang Grand Theater in the North Korean capital on Feb. 11, 2022, as the art festival opens to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the country's late leader Kim Jong Il's birth on Feb. 16.

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Celebration marking 80th birth anniv. of Kim Jong Il

A show is performed at the East Pyongyang Grand Theater in the North Korean capital on Feb. 11, 2022, as the art festival opens to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the country's late leader Kim Jong Il's birth on Feb. 16.

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Celebration marking 80th birth anniv. of Kim Jong Il

People welcome performers for the art festival celebrating the 80th anniversary of the country's late leader Kim Jong Il's birth on Feb. 16, in front of the East Pyongyang Grand Theater in the North Korean capital on Feb. 11, 2022.

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Celebration marking 80th birth anniv. of Kim Jong Il

People welcome performers for the art festival celebrating the 80th anniversary of the country's late leader Kim Jong Il's birth on Feb. 16, in front of the East Pyongyang Grand Theater in the North Korean capital on Feb. 11, 2022.

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Celebration marking 80th birth anniv. of Kim Jong Il

People welcome performers for the art festival celebrating the 80th anniversary of the country's late leader Kim Jong Il's birth on Feb. 16, in front of the East Pyongyang Grand Theater in the North Korean capital on Feb. 11, 2022.

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U.S. reiterates intention to resume dialogue with N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - (From L to R) U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs James Kelly, South Korean Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Yim Sung Joon and Hitoshi Tanaka, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, shake hands before the start of a trilateral policy consultation meeting in Seoul on Jan. 25. At the meeting, the U.S. reiterated its intention to resume the currently stalled dialogue with North Korea ''without preconditions'' and urged Pyongyang to respond positively.

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Pro-Pyongyang Koreans in Japan leave for homecoming in S. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - A group of 50 Korean residents in Japan (L side) are seen off at Narita airport east of Tokyo on Sept. 22 before leaving on a homecoming trip to South Korea, the first delegation organized by the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan. The participants, who are in their 70s, 80s and 90s, will meet family and visit relatives' graves, during the six-day trip.

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Kim Jong Il shakes hands with South's Unification Minister Park

NORTH HAMGYONG PROVINCE, North Korea - Photo taken by a South Korean pool reporter shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Il shaking hands with South Korean Unification Minister Park Jae Kyu on Sept. 1 at an undisclosed location on the east coast of North Hamgyong Province. Park took a seven-hour train ride from Pyongyang to the location where Kim was staying, and met with him for about three hours over breakfast. Park, who returned to Pyongyang at 6 p.m. the same day, came to Pyongyang Aug. 29 for the second round of bilateral ministerial talks.

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Kelly visits Seoul on his way to Pyongyang

SEOUL, South Korea - James Kelly (L), the U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, shakes hands with South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Choi Sung Hong at the foreign ministry in Seoul on Oct. 2 prior to their talks. Kelly visited Seoul earlier in the day before flying to Pyongyang on Oct. 3 as President George W. Bush's special envoy. (Kyodo)