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Singapore accused by UN panel of experts of violating UN sanctions in their bid to host North Koreans delegates for the Trump-Kim Summit. How would Singapore respond?

Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has called a ballistic missile test conducted by North Korea a "reckless provocation".

Cyber security company System is putting the blame solely on a North Korean hacking group for the recent WannaCry malware, which has infected more than 300,000 computers worldwide and disrupted operations at hospitals, banks, and schools all around the world.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said that it would study a report linking locally based company Glocm, a military equipment company, to North Korea and "take the necessary steps to ensure that Singapore is in compliance with the UN Security Council Resolutions (UNSCRs) on the DPRK".

Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean called on both North Korea and Malaysia to settle their differences without resorting to extreme measures on Thursday (Mar 8). DPM Teo is on a tour to Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, to attend the Indian Ocean Rim Association Leader's Summit.

North Korean Ambassador to Malaysia, Kang Chol told reporters that Malaysia is helping Pyongyang's enemies and that they would reject the outcome of the postmortem conducted on King Jong Nam, the half-brother of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.

District judge Jasvender Kaur convicted Chinpo Shipping Company of transferring money that would be used for North Korea's nuclear-related and other arms programmes. It was also found guilty of running a remittance business without a valid licence from 2009 to 2013. Chinpo's director is 82 year old Mr Tan Cheng Hoe.

According to reports from South Korea, North Korea fired a shell across the border into South Korea. This prompted the South Korean military to respond with a barrage of artillery fire. DPRK is believed to have been aiming at a loudspeaker that has been blaring anti-Pyongyang broadcasts ever since the land mine attack against Seoul.

According to the United States Treasury Department, the US government has blacklisted on Thursday a Singapore-based shipping company for allegedly supporting a North Korean firm accused of illicit weapon shipments.

THE STATE News Agency of North Korea has confirmed today that the country has become the first in the world to ever land a man on the sun. It reported that astronaut Hung Il Gong left for the sun on a specially designed rocket ship at approximately 3am this morning.