North Korea

North Korea continued nuclear and missile programmes in 2020 thanks to cyber hacking money, UN says

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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

Covid lockdowns have seen democratic freedoms decline across the globe

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Coronavirus lockdowns have stripped the world of democratic freedoms, with 2020 returning the worst scores in the 15-year history of an annual democracy index. The United Kingdom slipped two places, while France and Portugal joined the US in the ‘flawed democracies’ categories compiled in the Economist’s Democracy Index. Norway, Iceland and Sweden were unchanged at … Read more

North Korea: Kim Jong un unveils huge ‘submarine-launched ballistic missiles’ during military parade

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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

Kim Jong Un says US is North Korea’s ‘biggest enemy’ regardless of who is in charge

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Kim Jong Un vowed to expand North Korea’s nuclear arsenal during a key meeting of the ruling party this week, boasting that nuclear submarines, underwater missiles and warheads that could reach American cities were all under development, state media reported. Speaking for nine hours at the five-yearly congress of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea, over three … Read more

North Korean teens face gulag for ‘perverted’ slang on mobile phones

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North Koreans face the gulag for using slang words after Kim Jong-un unleashed a bizarre new crackdown on ‘perverted’ language. The secretive state adopted the new measures in December, fearing that its teenage citizens were growing too comfortable with words popular in democratic South Korea. Now the authorities will inspect citizens’ phones, hunting for any … Read more

Thousands gather in ‘coronvirus free’ North Korea

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Thousands gather in ‘coronavirus free’ North Korea for New Year fireworks but Kim Jong-Un SKIPS his annual televised address and sends every citizen a card instead Kim Jong Un thanked North Koreans for supporting leadership in ‘difficult times’ Fireworks welcomed in new year along with dancing in the capital of Pyongyang Kim penned New Year … Read more

Satellite images capture North Korean soldiers standing in formation

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A North Korean parade has spelled out the message ‘defend with your life’ in a Pyongyang square in an apparent rehearsal ahead of a party congress in January.   Satellite imagery showed the propaganda phrase being spelled out in Korean by people standing in formation and holding up red placards in Kim Il-sung Square.  The think-tank … Read more

North Korea publicly executes a citizen by firing squad for breaking Covid restriction rules

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North Korea publicly executes a citizen by firing squad for breaking Covid restriction rules The condemned man was accused of smuggling across the border with China North Korea officially claims it has never identified a single case of coronavirus But the regime has imposed ‘ultra-high-level emergency quarantine measures’  By Tim Stickings For Mailonline Published: 09:11 … Read more

North Korea ‘is training elite dolphins to clear mines and attack enemy frogmen’

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North Korea ‘is training elite dolphins to clear mines and attack enemy frogmen’ in carbon-copy of America’s Navy programme North Korea is training dolphins as part of its naval force, evidence suggests Satellite images show animal pens at a naval base in Nampo, on the west coast The Naval Marine Mammal Program dates back to … Read more

Parents of North Korean prisoner Otto Warmbier bash Trump for his ‘friendship’ with Kim Jong-un

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The grieving parents of imprisoned and murdered college student Otto Warmbier are criticizing Donald Trump for complimenting Kim Jong-un and say they want President-elect Joe Biden to reach out to them to continue their work on North Korea‘s human rights abuses.    Cindy and Fred Warmbier told DailyMail.com that, to them, it doesn’t matter who is … Read more