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North Korea

North Korea detains four officials over naval destroyer debacle

Kim Jong-un last week described the damage to the 5,000-tonne ship as a "criminal act caused by absolute carelessness".

26/05/2025

North Korea

Kim Yo Jong mocks Western calls to denuclearise North Korea

Tensions in the regions have increased as Kim Jong Un continues to flaunt his military nuclear capabilities and align with Russia over President Vladimir Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

09/04/2025

North Korea

North Korea suspends foreign tour groups just weeks after reopening

Tour group operators say the North Korean city of Rason has been closed to foreign visitors, following a recent trip there by 13 international tourists.

06/03/2025

North Korea

North Korea tests missile in bid to ‘reliably contain’ rivals

The weapons test happened while US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Seoul for talks with South Korean officials.

07/01/2025

North Korea

North Korea test fires missile with longest flight time on record

Pyongyang's test came just days before the US election, as North Korea is said to have beefed up Moscow's troops in their attempts to push back against the Ukrainian army in Russia's border region of Kursk.

31/10/2024

Europe News

US: Evidence shows North Korean troops are in Russia

It is the first public confirmation by the US since reports emerged of North Korean troops on the ground in Russia.

23/10/2024

North Korea

North Korea flies more trash balloons across the border, Seoul says

Pyongyang last flew balloons toward the South on 24 July, when trash carried by at least one of them fell on the South Korean presidential compound, raising worries about key security vulnerabilities.

12/08/2024

South Korea

South Korea to suspend peace deal with Pyongyang over trash balloons

Seoul announced Monday it would suspend a rapprochement deal with North Korea to punish it over its launches of trash-carrying balloons, even after Pyongyang said it would halt its balloon campaign.

03/06/2024

Travel News

North Korea to welcome first tourists since the pandemic

The four-day trip will take place in February and features a stop in Pyongyang before skiing at North Korea's most modern resort.

12/01/2024

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Crowds in Pyongyang welcome the start of the New Year

Crowds climbed Mansu Hill in the centre of Pyongyang to lay flowers and bow to statues of past leaders Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung.

01/01/2023

Russia

Russia's Wagner group received weapons from North Korea, US claims

The private military company is said to have up to 50,000 soldiers fighting alongside Russian troops in Ukraine.

23/12/2022

South Korea

Seoul arrests ex-security official over alleged border murder cover-up

South Korea's former national security director Suh Hoon was arrested Saturday following allegations of his involvement in a cover-up of a fisheries official in 2020.

03/12/2022

North Korea

North Korea 'covertly' shipping artillery shells to Russia, US claims

US officials who made the claim on Wednesday did not want to reveal the amount of ammunition coming from Pyongyang, stating that the shipments would not change the outcome of the war.

03/11/2022

North Korea

North Korea launches several missiles aimed at South in apparent test

As many as 10 missiles of various types had been fired from North Korea's east and west coasts, Seoul authorities said.

02/11/2022

North Korea

North Korea tests another missile, flies fighter jets near border

North Korean officials responded by claiming Seoul's "provocation" was behind the hermit nation's latest flexing of military might.

13/10/2022

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Korea's Kim greets veterans on 'Victory Day' armistice anniversary

Korea's Kim greets veterans on 'Victory Day' armistice anniversary.

28/07/2022

Green News

Food shortages in North Korea turn office workers into farmers

Drought and floods have long posed a seasonal threat to North Korea, which lacks irrigation systems and other infrastructure.

04/05/2022

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North Korea releases images of interballistic missile launch

The launch was the first time Pyongyang has fired the missiles at full range since 2017.

25/03/2022

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North Korea marks anniversary of Kim Jong Il's birth

North Korea marks anniversary of Kim Jong Il's birth

16/02/2022

North Korea

Tensions revived as North Korea fires new ballistic missile into sea

Pyongyang resumed its weapons tests hours after the US reaffirmed its offer to resume diplomacy on the North’s nuclear weapons programme.

19/10/2021