Tag: North Korea
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North Korean leader Kim backs China’s push for ‘multipolar world’ in talks with foreign minister
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un voiced support for China’s push to build a “multipolar world” and called for deeper ties between the traditional allies during a meeting ... -
Kim says its latest weapons tests included missiles with cluster-bomb warheads
North Korea said yesterday its testing spree this week involved various new weapons systems, including ballistic missiles armed with cluster-bomb warheads, as it pushes to expand ... -
North fires missiles toward sea after ridiculing South’s hopes for better ties
North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea yesterday in its second launch event in two days, South Korea’s military said, hours after a ... -
Kim inspects new warship, claims progress toward nuclear-armed navy
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected his new destroyer for two straight days ahead of its commissioning and observed a test of cruise missiles fired from ... -
Seoul’s spy agency says Kim’s daughter is close to be designated as future leader
South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers yesterday that it believes the teenage daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is close to being designated as ... -
North Korea launches ballistic missiles toward sea ahead of Lee’s visit
North Korea launched multiple ballistic missiles toward the sea yesterday, its neighbors said, just hours before South Korea’s president left for China for talks expected to cover North Korea›s ... -
News from outside disappears in North Korea
For two hours every day, Lee Si-young and her colleagues broadcast uncensored foreign news into authoritarian North Korea. Her radio audience could go to jail if ... -
North Korea’s top diplomat meets with Putin on a visit to Russia
North Korea’s top diplomat visited the Kremlin yesterday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which followed last month’s meeting between the countries’ leaders. Putin and ... -
Ruling party turns 80 with foreign leaders in attendance
North Korea is celebrating today the 80th anniversary of the ruling party and different foreign dignitaries and leaders will be part of the commemoration. The Workers’ ... -
Kim brings daughter to Beijing, fueling speculation she may be heir
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has brought his young daughter on his most significant foreign trip in years, a trip to China that marks his ... -
Kim inspects new missile factory ahead of visit to China
North Korea said yesterday leader Kim Jong Un inspected a new weapons factory that’s key to his plan to accelerate mass production of missiles in a ... -
Kim will meet with Xi and Putin at Chinese military parade
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will make his first visit to China in six years to attend a military parade next week, the two countries ... -
Kim slams South Korea-US drills during an inspection of his most powerful warship
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un condemned South Korean-U.S. military drills and vowed a rapid expansion of his nuclear forces to counter rivals, state media said ... -
North Koreans tell BBC they are being sent to work ‘like slaves’ in Russia
Thousands of North Koreans are being sent to work in slave-like conditions in Russia to fill a huge labour shortage exacerbated by Russia’s ongoing invasion of ... -
North Koreans swim and play at a beach resort touted as a boost for tourism
North Koreans swam, rode water park slides and enjoyed other water activities at a newly opened mammoth beach resort, state media reported yesterday, as the country ... -
Biggest tourist site opens next week, not yet welcoming foreigners
North Korea next week will open a signature coastal tourist site that it says will usher in a new era in its tourism industry, though there ... -
Destroyer is damaged in a failed launch at a ceremony attended by Kim
North Korea’s second naval destroyer was damaged in its failed launch to the water this week, state media reported yesterdayy, in an embarrassment for leader Kim ... -
North Korea unveils nuclear-powered submarine for the first time
North Korea unveiled for the first time a nuclear-powered submarine under construction, a weapons system that can pose a major security threat to South Korea and ... -
US aircraft carrier arrives in South Korea, days after North Korea test-fired missiles
A U.S. aircraft carrier arrived in South Korea yesterday in a show of force, days after North Korea test-launched cruise missiles to demonstrate its counterattack capabilities. ... -
Kim slams US and Asian rivals for pursuing ‘absurd’ plans to denuclearize North
North Korea yesterday criticized the United States and Asian neighbors for pursuing the “absurd” goal of denuclearizing the North and said it will push to expand ... -
Seoul says North Korea is destroying facility that hosted reunions of war-separated families
North Korea is demolishing a South Korea-built property that had been used to host reunions of families separated during the 1950-53 Korean War, the South’s government ... -
Kim slams US-South Korea-Japan partnership and vows to boost his nuclear program
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said an elevated U.S. security partnership with South Korea and Japan poses a grave threat to his country and vowed ... -
Inside the operations that took captive two North Korean soldiers fighting Ukraine
When Ukrainian soldiers captured two North Korean prisoners of war last month, it provided the first undeniable proof of Pyongyang’s direct involvement in the war against ... -
Spy agency says N. Korean soldiers captured in Ukraine haven’t shown desire to defect
South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers yesterday that two North Korean soldiers who were captured by Ukrainian forces while fighting alongside Russian forces in Russia’s Kursk ... -
North Korean troops in Ukraine gain battlefield experience, cementing alliance with Russia
For weeks, Ukrainian troops braced for an unfamiliar enemy: North Korean soldiers sent to bolster Moscow’s forces after Ukraine launched a lightning-fast incursion and seized territory ... -
North Korea says it tested hypersonic intermediate range missile aimed at remote Pacific targets
North Korea said Tuesday its latest weapons test was a new hypersonic intermediate-range missile designed to strike remote targets in the Pacific as leader Kim Jong ... -
South Korea says North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the sea
North Korea yesterday fired a ballistic missile that flew 1,100 kilometers before landing in waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan, South Korea’s military said, extending ... -
Kim vows the toughest anti-US policy before Trump takes office
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to implement the “toughest” anti-U.S. policy, state media reported yesterday, less than a month before Donald Trump takes office ... -
Kim vows steadfast support for Russia’s war in Ukraine
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed his country will “invariably support” Russia’s war in Ukraine as he met Russia’s defense chief, the North’s state media ... -
N. Korea’s long-range missile test signals its improved, potential capability to attack US
North Korea test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time in almost a year yesterday, demonstrating a potential advancement in its ability to launch long-range ... -
Troops sent to Russia may be pleased to be there, even as they face ferocious fighting
The thousands of young soldiers North Korea has sent to Russia, reportedly to help fight against Ukraine, are mostly elite special forces, but that hasn’t stopped ... -
N.Korea sends FM to Russia as its troops train to fight in Ukraine
North Korea said yesterday its top diplomat is visiting Russia, in another sign of their deepening relations as rival South Korea and Western nations say the ... -
NATO confirms that North Korea has sent troops to join Russia’s war in Ukraine
NATO yesterday confirmed that North Korean troops have been sent to help Russia in its almost three-year war against Ukraine and said some have already been ... -
Gov’t has enough uranium to build a ‘double-digit’ number of bombs, Seoul’s spy agency says
North Korea has likely enriched enough uranium to build a “double-digit” number of bombs and is making progress in its efforts to develop more powerful and ... -
Koreas Seoul says the North has flown more trash balloons toward South Korea
South Korea’s military says North Korea is again flying balloons likely carrying trash toward the South, adding to a bizarre psychological warfare campaign amid growing tensions ...
