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Senior UN official to make rare visit to North Korea

United Nations - Muslimchronicle

A top UN official will travel to North Korea this week for talks with officials there, a UN spokesman said Monday, amid heightened tensions over Pyongyang's nuclear and ballistic missile programs. Jeffrey Feltman, the UN under-secretary-general for political affairs, "will discuss with DPRK officials issues of mutual interest and concern," UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said, using the acronym for NorthRead more

DPRK sends condolences to Egypt over Sinai terror attack

Sinai - Muslimchronicle

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has sent condolences to Egypt over the deadly terrorist attack in Sinai last week, said the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) Monday. Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, sent a message of sympathy to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday, expressing condolences to the Middle EastRead more

DPRK top leader vows to retaliate over Trump speech

Pyongyang - Muslimchronicle

The top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), Kim Jong Un, has vowed to retaliate after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to destroy Pyongyang in his speech at the United Nations General Assembly. Kim said Trump "will face results beyond his expectation" in a statement released early Friday, three days after Trump gave his speech. Trump saidRead more

Kim vows to make Trump 'pay dearly' for threatening N Korea

Seoul - Muslimchronicle

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un Friday mocked Donald Trump as "mentally deranged" -- and warned he will make the US president "pay dearly" for threatening the destruction of his country at the United Nations. "I will make the man holding the prerogative of the supreme command in the US pay dearly for his speech calling for totally destroying the DPRK,"Read more

Trump signs new order to ramp up sanctions on DPRK

Washington - Muslimchronicle

U.S. President Donald Trump signed on Thursday an executive order aimed at further cutting off the funding for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). Calling the DPRK's nuclear and missile program "a grave threat to peace and security in our world," Trump told reporters the new executive order would cut off sources of revenue that fund the DPRK's nuclearRead more

Trump targets DPRK, Iran in his 1st UN speech

United Nations - Muslimchronicle

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday strongly pressured the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to give up its nuclear weapons and threatened to end Iranian nuclear deal in his first speech at the UN General Assembly source: XinhuaRead more

DPRK's nuclear risk 'most dangerous crisis we face today

New York - Musimchronicle

United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, yesterday "unequivocally" condemned the latest nuclear and missile tests by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DPRK, denouncing them as "profoundly destabilising for regional and international security". "Yet again, the DPRK has broken the global norm against nuclear test explosions," Mr. Guterres told reporters yesterday at the UN Headquarters in New York. "Yet again, the countryRead more

UAE Press: North Korea playing with fire

Abu Dhabi - Musimchronicle

A local daily has said that in another reckless act, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, DPRK, has conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test to date and this is a matter of grave concern that necessitates stern international action. "The test-firing by Pyongyang of what it claims is a hydrogen bomb able to fit atop a missile isRead more

Military action against DPRK not inevitable

Washington - Muslimchronicle

U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that military action against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) was not inevitable. "Military action would certainly be an option. Is it inevitable? Nothing is inevitable," said Trump here during his joint press conference with visiting Kuwaiti Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Trump also warned that while he would prefer "not goingRead more

US demands crippling new North Korea sanctions

Washington - Muslimchronicle

China is treading a very fine line as the crisis over North Korea’s nuclear ambitions continues to escalate, condemning its neighbour for its latest missile test but also calling for calm from all sides – and in doing so making it clear to the US it will not be bullied into action it does not want to take. North KoreanRead more