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Lets start anew from Singapore accord Posted : 2021-02-18 18:28 By Cho Byung-jae Will the U.S.-DPRK dialogue, which has remained dormant since the Hanoi summit in February 2019, resume with the launch of the Biden administration? At the eighth party congress in January, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un revealed his stance on the issue. While he left the door open for potential dialogue, it was conditioned upon "the withdrawal of the U.S. hostile policy toward North Korea." At the same time, he...

Military coup in Myanmar removed the "star" of the West In Myanmar (Burma), the military seized power and declared a state of emergency after the arrest of President Vin Myin, the leader of the ruling party Aung San Suu Kyi, other officials and MPs. The Internet, television and radio broadcasting were turned off, banks were closed, a news anchor announced on a TV channel owned by the military that the power had been transferred to the commander-in-chief of the army, Min Aung Hlaing. Suu Kyis Na...

North Korea has unveiled what it says is a new submarine-launched ballistic missile, the latest apparent development in its fast-advancing weapons program. Several of the SLBMs rolled through Pyongyang’s central Kim Il Sung Square during a nighttime military parade, state media said Friday. Using typically flowery language, the state-run Korean Central News Agency called the missile the “world's most powerful weapon.” North Korea also showed off a new short-range missile during the pa...

North Korean state TV on Friday aired edited footage of the parade which showed thousands of civilians and troops roaring and fireworks exploding overhead as Kim stepped out of a building and took his spot at a podium in Kim Il Sung Square, named after his grandfather and the country’s founder. Kim, wearing a black fur hat and leather trench coat, waved and smiled widely as his troops chanted “Let’s defend Kim Jong Un with our lives!” and “Protect with our lives the Workers’ Party o...

The North’s missiles on parade could be engineering mock-ups that would require further development before they are ready to be deployed.

North Korea has displayed new submarine-launched ballistic missiles under development and other military hardware in a massive nighttime parade.

The North also displayed a variety of solid-fuel weapons designed to be fired from mobile land launchers, which potentially expands the North’s capabilities to strike targets in South Korea and Japan, including US military bases there.

North Korea has displayed new submarine-launched ballistic missiles under development and other military hardware in a massive nighttime parade.

After failed diplomacy with Trump, Kim Jong Un flouts new weaponry in huge military parade, but much of it remains unproven, and likely still needs work.

Top stories in the Russian press on Friday, January 15 Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine© Yuri Smityuk/TASS   Kommersant: Russia to reconsider Open Skies Treaty membership Moscow is set to announce plans to reconsider its membership in the Treaty on Open Skies, which allows signatory countries to conduct observation flights over each other’s territory. The United States left the treaty last year, forcing Russia to search for a proper response. According to experts interviewed by Kommersant, M...