Opening a bureau in Pyongyang
By Michèle Léridon PYONGYANG—What will a global news agency do in one of the world’s most closed countries? The answer ...
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US bombers in show of force vs. North Korea
Two huge US strategic bombers flew over South Korea on Tuesday in a show of force against North Korea following ...
Read moreNorth Korea ready to conduct another nuclear test
North Korea has completed preparations for another nuclear test in a previously unused tunnel at its Punggye-ri site, South Korea's ...
Read moreStiffer sanctions eyed on NKorea
TOKYO"•Washington and Tokyo are seeking “the strongest possible” measures against North Korea after its latest and most powerful nuclear test, ...
Read moreTaming North Korea
In conducting yet another nuclear test Friday, North Korea has escalated its confrontation with the rest of the world. The ...
Read moreKim a ‘nuke maniac’–Sokor dailies
Seoul—South Korean newspapers sounded the alarm Saturday over what one termed the “nuclear maniac” Kim Jong-Un, saying the North Korean ...
Read moreUN to begin work on new North Korea sanctions
The United Nations (UN) Security Council agreed to immediately begin work on a new raft of sanctions on North Korea ...
Read more‘Warhead mounted on rocket’
Pyongyang—North Korea said Friday its latest nuclear test had confirmed that it could mount a nuclear warhead on a rocket, ...
Read moreUN Council condemns North Korea missile tests
The UN Security Council issued a strong condemnation of North Korea's latest missile tests and threatened to take "further significant ...
Read moreUN condemns Nokor missile tests
United Nations—The UN Security Council on Friday strongly condemned North Korea for test-firing ballistic missiles and agreed to take “significant ...
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Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.