The Irish Times

North Korea raises tensions with missile launch into Sea of Japan

US’s worsening relations with Russia and China may have emboldened Pyongyang, experts say

Thu Mar 24 2022 - 08:25

North Korea wants sanctions eased to restart US nuclear talks – South Korea

Country wants ban on metal exports, and refined fuel and luxury imports, lifted

Tue Aug 03 2021 - 06:59

South Korea bids to boost low birth rate as population falls for first time

Latest incentives include a ‘congratulatory allowance’ for pregnant women

Sun Jan 03 2021 - 16:15

Joe Biden thanks Pope Francis for his ‘blessings’ in call with pontiff

US president-elect speaks to more world leaders despite Trump’s refusal to concede

Thu Nov 12 2020 - 20:53

Biden picks White House staff as Trump refuses to accept result

President-elect picks Rob Klain as chief of staff and speaks to several foreign leaders

Thu Nov 12 2020 - 07:20

US allies express hope for fresh start after four years of Trump

World leaders congratulate Joe Biden on his victory in presidential election

Sun Nov 08 2020 - 10:09

World’s largest nuclear fusion project begins new phase in France

Facility means fusion takes step towards generating clean energy source at scale

Tue Jul 28 2020 - 15:59

Seoul mayor Park Won-soon found dead after being reported missing

Mayor was reportedly subject of criminal investigation into sexual assault allegations

Thu Jul 09 2020 - 19:36

Coronavirus: China faces increasing pressure over handling of outbreak

Spain reports lowest daily death toll in weeks as South Korea records only eight new cases

Sun Apr 19 2020 - 22:14

Coronavirus: China denies allegations pandemic began in lab near Wuhan

‘No fast track back to normal’, says WHO director as global cases pass 2 million

Thu Apr 16 2020 - 20:26

Coronavirus: ‘Italy’s darkest hour,’ says PM as north locked down

Conte says ‘massive shock therapy’ to fight outbreak as riots erupt in dozens of prisons

Mon Mar 09 2020 - 19:07

Coronavirus: Almost 60 new cases recorded in Italy as two die

Two Irish citizens reportedly among group repatriated to UK on Saturday

Sat Feb 22 2020 - 20:27

Donald Trump offers to meet Kim Jong Un at Korean DMZ

North Korea says US president’s offer is a ‘very interesting suggestion’

Sat Jun 29 2019 - 08:44

Police arrest captain of cruise ship involved in Danube deaths

Master of vessel involved in collision taken into custody after seven dead and 21 missing

Thu May 30 2019 - 21:51

Asia and Europe send strong message to Donald Trump

Brussels summit champions global co-operation in face of US protectionism

Fri Oct 19 2018 - 17:00

Military parade marks 70th anniversary of North Korean regime

Trump praises Kim for event’s focus on growth and lack of nuclear weapons

Sun Sept 09 2018 - 19:28

North Korea returns remains of US troops killed in Korean War

White House hails repatriation as a significant step in Korean peace process

Fri Jul 27 2018 - 06:27

Top North Korean official heads to US for talks

Kim Yong-chol’s visit is further sign that planned Trump-Kim summit will go ahead

Tue May 29 2018 - 16:07

US warns Iran could face ‘strongest sanctions in history’

US secretary of state’s speech seen as advocating Tehran regime change

Mon May 21 2018 - 21:03

Date and location for meeting North Korea’s Kim are set – Trump

US president hints at progress in winning the release of three Americans held in North

Fri May 04 2018 - 16:14

Kim Jong-un to cross border for landmark Korea summit

Details emerge for meeting where peace treaty and denuclearisation to be discussed

Thu Apr 26 2018 - 11:57

North Korea suspends nuclear missile tests to pursue peace

Pyongyang reveals plans to close its nuclear test site ahead of landmark Korean summit

Sat Apr 21 2018 - 07:58

China and North Korea hail close friendship after Kim visit confirmed

North Korean pledges to denuclearise at meeting with Chinese president Xi Jinping

Wed Mar 28 2018 - 08:30

South Korea-US military exercises to resume in April

Drills to resume despite diplomatic push, including planned Trump-Kim meeting

Tue Mar 20 2018 - 09:24

Trump-North Korea meeting a gamble as intentions unclear

No US president has held a face-to-face meeting with the North Korean leadership

Fri Mar 09 2018 - 18:40

North Korea willing to start direct talks with US, says South Korea

Announcement comes as controversial general mobbed at Winter Olympics

Sun Feb 25 2018 - 17:33

Kim Jong-un hails ‘warm climate’ between two Koreas

North Korean leader gives instructions for more inter-Korean engagement, says media

Tue Feb 13 2018 - 14:29

Fire at South Korean hospital with no sprinklers kills 37

Witnesses describe chaos in city of Miryang in country’s deadliest fire in a decade

Fri Jan 26 2018 - 16:56

Pentagon chief says US goal in North Korea is diplomacy, not war

James Mattis says North Korean nuclear weapons ‘threaten others with catastrophe’

Fri Oct 27 2017 - 14:10

North Korea threat set to top agenda of UN general assembly

Rex Tillerson says US will use military force against rogue state if diplomatic efforts fail

Mon Sept 18 2017 - 01:00

Latest missile provocation by North Korea not unexpected

Range of 3,700km is proof that Kim Jong-un regime could target Guam if it chooses

Sat Sept 16 2017 - 01:00

Paul Mason: For Trump breaking the nuclear taboo has always been thinkable

But doing so would teach China and Russia that it is morally and practically acceptable

Tue Sept 05 2017 - 09:46

North Korea: US patience 'not unlimited', UN told

Further sanctions urged after regime claims to have tested hydrogen bomb

Tue Sept 05 2017 - 07:28

US ambassador to UN says North Korea ‘begging for war’

North Korea preparing for further missile launch

Mon Sept 04 2017 - 07:57