North Korea-US relations

North Korea denies US claims of cyber attacks, threatens countermeasures

US officials have repeatedly accused North Korea of state-sponsored cyber activity, including hacking and cryptocurrency theft.

 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during the expanded meeting of the first plenary meeting of the Ninth Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), in Pyongyang, North Korea.
Officials and attendees applaud as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during a meeting of the Supreme People's Assembly at the Mansudae Assembly Hall in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this picture released September 22, 2025 by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency.

North Korea says antagonized by US sanctions, will respond

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches a military parade celebrating the 80th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this pictured released October 11, 2025 by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency.

North Korea holds military parade, shows off new intercontinental missile

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during a meeting of the Supreme People's Assembly at the Mansudae Assembly Hall in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this picture released September 22, 2025 by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency.

North Korea can talk to US if it stops insisting on denuclearisation, Kim says


N.Korea's launches short-range missiles, complicating U.S. talks

Saturday's launch was the seventh by North Korea since U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met at the inter-Korean border in June.

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea, June 30, 2019

Trump says U.S. has really good relationship with North Korea

"Kim Jong Un has been very straight with me," Trump told reporters.

U.S. President Donald Trump

N.Korea says U.S. missile test, military moves 'dangerous'

North Korea remains unchanged in its position to resolve all issues through dialog and negotiation, a North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman said.

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea, June 30, 2019

N.Korea's Kim oversaw the test-firing of new weapon again

The North has protested against joint US-South Korea military drills, which kicked off last week, calling them a rehearsal for war.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches the ballistic rocket launch drill of the Strategic Force of the Korean People's Army (KPA) at an unknown location

Pentagon chief says U.S. will not "overreact" to N.Korea missile launches

North Korea fired missiles into the sea off its east coast for the fourth time in less than two weeks, the South Korean military said on Tuesday.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrives for an opening ceremony of a newly constructed residential complex in Ryomyong street in Pyongyang, North Korea April 13, 2017

North Korea conducts new launches, threatens to take 'new road'

Trump has played down the tests by saying they did not break any agreement he had with Kim, but the talks have yet to resume.

NORTH KOREAN leader Kim Jong Un visits the Ministry of the People’s Armed Forces in Pyongyang last week. (KCNA/Reuters)

Trump sure Kim 'does not want to disappoint his friend, President Trump!'

Stressing the personal rapport he says he has built with Kim in three meetings since June last year, Trump said: "He will do the right thing because he is far too smart not to.

U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un leave after signing documents that acknowledge the progress of the talks and pledge to keep momentum going, after their summit at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore June 12, 2018.

Trump plays down new apparent North Korea test, still open to talks

Unidentified short-range projectiles were fired at 2:59 a.m. and 3:23 a.m. local time on Friday, South Korea's military said.

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea, June 30, 2019

Parents of Otto Warmbier file claim for North Korean cargo ship

The vessel was detained in May because it was carrying coal to be sold in other countries in violation of United Nations sanctions.

FILE PHOTO - Otto Frederick Warmbier attends a news conference in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this photo released by Kyodo February 29, 2016.

Trump’s North Korean steps could be felt in Mideast - analysis

What happens on the Korean Peninsula could have implications for Trump's attempt to break the logjam in the Middle East.

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea, June 30, 2019