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Israel-North Korea relations

In this Jauary 25, 2017 photo, former North Korean deputy ambassador to the UK, Thae Yong-Ho, center, speaks with media at the Foreign Correspondents Club in Seoul, South Korea. (Ed Jones, Pool Photo via AP)
July 9, 2018, 12:34 pm
North Korea offered Israel a halt to its missile sales to Iran for $1b — report
According to a new book by a Pyongyang defector, Israel refused the 1999 proposal, suggested sending aid instead
By ToI Staff
File: Then-Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Emanuel Nachshon, September 1, 2014. Yonatan (Sindel/Flash90)
June 11, 2018, 12:01 pm
Foreign Ministry responds to vitriol tweeted by fake North Korean account
Handle claiming to represent Pyongyang’s foreign minister accuses Netanyahu of being a ‘stinking Zionist warmonger’; Jerusalem hits back, apparently unaware the tweets are fake
By Michael Bachner
Col. Liran Cohen, head of the IDF's air defense school, left, and Col. David Shank, of the US 10th Army Air & Missile Defense Command, cut the ribbon to open the first American military base in Israel, inside the Mashabim Air Base, on September 18, 2017. (Israel Defense Forces)
October 5, 2017, 12:53 pm
N. Korea: US using new base in Israel to control Mideast
Pyongyang accuses America of plans for world domination, citing recently inaugurated air-defense station in Negev
By ToI Staff
Likud Minister Yuval Steinitz arrives to the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on October 30, 2016. (Ohad Zwigenberg/Pool/Flash90)
September 4, 2017, 2:22 pm
Minister ‘shocked’ at arrests of aides in corruption probe
German neo-Nazi candidate vows to ban ‘Arabic numerals’; UN diplomats call for more sanctions on North Korea
By ToI Staff
People watch a television news screen showing file footage of a North Korean missile launch, at a railway station in Seoul on August 29, 2017. (AFP/Jung Yeon-Je)
August 30, 2017, 10:49 pm
In renegade North Korea, some see a potential precursor of nuclear Iran
Israeli and US experts say Pyongyang can no longer be reined in, but there’s still a chance to thwart Tehran’s atomic ambitions
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative photo of a rally in North Korea (Shutterstock)
August 10, 2017, 9:22 am
The curious tale of Israel’s short-lived courtship of North Korea
25 years after the Foreign Ministry and Mossad each sent a delegation to Pyongyang trying to stop it from selling arms to Israel’s enemies, the episode still stirs up bitterness and controversy
By Raphael Ahren
Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri. (AP/Hatem Moussa)
April 30, 2017, 5:23 pm
Hamas thanks N. Korea for its support against ‘Israeli occupation’
In widening war of words initiated by Defense Minister Liberman, Palestinian terror group sides with Pyongyang
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
Korean People's Army (KPA) tanks are displayed during a military parade marking the 105th anniversary of the birth of late North Korean leader Kim Il-Sung in Pyongyang on April 15, 2017. (AFP/Ed Jones)
April 19, 2017, 11:02 pm
Ahead of first group trip, Israelis warned to avoid North Korea
Ministry reiterates travel advice as tensions in the region escalate
By ToI Staff
North Koreans gather to watch a New Year's fireworks display at the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, January 1, 2017. (AP/Kim Kwang Hyon)
February 13, 2017, 10:25 pm
Foreign Ministry tells Israelis to avoid North Korea
Warning follows news that Israeli company has won exclusive right to issue North Korean visas to Israelis
By Sue Surkes
The portrait of late North Korea's founder Kim Il Sung is held aloft during a parade marking the 70th anniversary of the country's ruling party in Pyongyang, October 10, 2015 (KRT via AP Video)
February 12, 2017, 8:48 pm
North Korea to grant visas to Israeli tourists
Tour company plans first trips in spring and summer to secluded country that has no formal ties with Jewish state
By Stuart Winer
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