A top military official in North Korea has confirmed that the country ... could be a pretext for testing a ballistic missile. Ri Pyong Chol, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission ...

In comments published on state media, senior North Korean military official Ri Pyong Chol berated the combined U.S.-South Korean military exercises, which Pyongyang has long described as invasion ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (far R) talks with top party and military officials, including Ri Pyong-chol (L ... (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap) (END ...

North Korea's envoy to the U.N.-backed Conference on Disarmament has lashed out at the United States over its latest military exercises with South Korea, accusing Washington of "inciting military ...

Ri Pyong Chol, secretary of the North's ruling Worker's Party's Central Committee, said the missile test was self-defensive against threats posed by South Korea and the United States with their ...

North Korean Foreign Minister ... among others, by Ri Pyong-chol, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea, and Pak Jong-chon, head of the Workers’ Party ...