Kim Jong Un has marked the 68th anniversary of the end of the Korean War with a military ceremony as North and South Korea exchanged messages for the first time in a year. Thousands of veterans and and supporters gathered in Pygongyang for the celebrations with a big firework display in front of the Monument … Read more
North Korea has executed a party official after they defied Kim Jong-un in the hope of getting an empty showpiece hospital opened to patients. The dictator personally broke ground on Pyongyang General Hospital amid much fanfare in March last year, demanding that the facility be built in just over six months. But his deadline came and … Read more
Thousands of North Koreans wearing masks danced in a plaza and climbed a hill in Pyongyang to mark the 109th birthday of the country’s founder despite Kim Jong Un‘s claims there have been no coronavirus cases in the state. The grandfather of the current leader, Kim Il Sung, was born 109 years ago and April … Read more
Kim Jong GONE? North Korean despot misses test firing of Pyongyang’s short range tactical ballistic missile North Korea claimed it successfully launched a new short-range ballistic missile The tactical missile launch was the first test by North Korea in more than a year Kim Jong Un normally attends such shows of strength to provide ‘field … Read more
North Korea has fired its first ballistic missiles in a year, Japan‘s Defense Ministry confirmed – a move likely to increase tensions after it fired its first cruise missiles at the weekend. The two short-range ballistic missiles were launched from North Korea on Wednesday (Thursday, local time) – fired from Wonsan on North Korea’s eastern coast … Read more
Russian diplomats are forced to leave North Korea on foot while pushing their luggage on a rail trolley after Kim Jong Un closed border to fight Covid Pictures showed Russia’s third secretary Vladislav Sorokin pushing his family The group of eight people took a 32-hour train ride, then two hours on a bus The youngest … Read more
Kim Jong Un admits North Korea is facing its ‘worst ever’ difficulties in rare admission of failure amid pandemic, US sanctions and spate of natural disasters Kim is facing what appears to be the toughest crisis of his nine-year dictatorship With the economy already troubled, the pandemic has compounded its issues Pandemic-related border closings and … Read more
North Korea continued its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes throughout 2020 in violation of international sanctions and funded them with £220m ($300m) stolen through cyber hacks, according to a confidential United Nations report. Kim Jong-un‘s regime ‘produced fissile material, maintained nuclear facilities and upgraded its ballistic missile infrastructure’ while continuing to seek material and technology … Read more
Nuclear-armed North Korea unveiled a new submarine-launched ballistic missile at a military parade in Pyongyang, state media reported Friday, in a show of strength days before Joe Biden‘s inauguration as US president. State media said Kim Jong Un took centre stage after the five-yearly congress of the ruling Workers’ Party, at which the North Korean leader … Read more
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to boost his country’s nuclear arsenal in his closing address to a top ruling party meeting just days before Joe Biden takes office as US president. Kim is looking to grab the attention of the incoming Biden administration, with his country more isolated than ever after closing its borders … Read more