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Kim Tightens Leadership Over North Korea In Major Government Reshuffle

11:52am April 12, 2019

by Anthony Kuhn

The North Korean leader shunted aside a pair of long-serving senior officials and seated a newly elected parliament. The move is thought to be aimed at helping Kim ride out U.S. sanctions.

The North Korean flag is flown at Madrid's North Korean embassy, which was was raided in February.

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After Madrid Embassy Raid, North Korean Defector Group Vows More Action

3:21pm April 02, 2019

by Anthony Kuhn

The group's leader is "less like the leader of a civic group, and more like a soldier on a battlefield, bold and combative," says a defector who has worked with him. "He's a very charismatic leader."

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Doan Thi Huong (center) leaves the court in Shah Alam, Malaysia, on Monday. Prosecutors have dropped murder charges against her.

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Murder Charge Dropped Against Vietnamese Woman In Death Of Kim Jong Un's Half-Brother

7:21pm April 01, 2019

by Matthew S. Schwartz

Doan Thi Huong will plead guilty to a lesser charge. All charges against her Indonesian co-defendant, Siti Aisyah, were unexpectedly dropped last month. North Korea very likely ordered the killing.

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South Korea's Moon Will Visit Trump At White House In April

8:21am March 29, 2019

by Bill Chappell

South Korean President Moon Jae-in will visit President Trump in Washington on April 11, after U.S. denuclearization talks with North Korea recently fizzled.

A break-in occurred at the North Korean Embassy in Madrid on Feb. 22, Spanish authorities say. A judge now says the assailants flew via Portugal to the U.S.

North Korean Embassy Attack Suspects Fled To U.S., Spanish Court Says

7:55pm March 26, 2019

A Spanish judge said the alleged attackers offered stolen hard drives and other materials to the FBI.

Protesters hold a banner showing images, of President Trump, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and National Security Adviser John Bolton during a rally against U.S. sanctions on North Korea, near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea.

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President Trump Announces Halt To 'Additional Sanctions' On North Korea

9:21pm March 22, 2019

by Dalia Mortada

A source says the president was referring to future penalties, not those imposed Thursday against two Chinese companies for illicit support of North Korea in violation of international sanctions.

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N. Korea Considering Whether To Resume Nuclear, Missile Tests Amid Impasse With U.S.

2:41pm March 15, 2019

by Francesca Paris

Pyongyang blamed U.S. officials for the breakdown in talks in Hanoi last month and said North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will soon decide whether to end his country's voluntary moratorium on testing.

Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong, center, is escorted by police as she leaves Shah Alam High Court in Malaysia on Thursday. Malaysia's attorney general ordered the murder case to proceed against the Vietnamese woman accused in the killing of the North Korean lea

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Murder Trial To Proceed Against 2nd Woman In Killing Of Kim Jong Un's Half-Brother

7:15am March 14, 2019

by Matthew S. Schwartz

Malaysian authorities dropped charges this week against the Indonesian woman accused of smearing poison on the face of Kim Jong Nam. But they won't drop charges against Doan Thi Huong.

Indonesian national Siti Aisyah smiles while leaving the Shah Alam High Court, outside Kuala Lumpur on March 11.

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Murder Charge Dropped Against Accused Killer Of Kim Jong Un's Half-Brother

5:00am March 11, 2019

by Matthew S. Schwartz

Siti Aisyah of Indonesia was freed Monday after Malaysian prosecutors unexpectedly dropped the murder charge against her. Kim Jong Nam was killed after a nerve agent was spread on his face in 2017.

North Korea's Unha-3 rocket lifts off from the Sohae launchpad in Dongchang-ri, North Korea, in this Dec. 12, 2012, photo released by the Korean Central News Agency.

North Korea Seen Reassembling Rocket Test Site

8:12am March 06, 2019

by Geoff Brumfiel

Just days after the U.S.-North Korea summit ended in stalemate, satellite images show workers have been active at the Sohae Satellite Launching Station, a partially disassembled missile test facility.