North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said a newly commissioned destroyer would form part of a nuclear response system capable of delivering “annihilating retaliatory strikes”, state media KCNA reported on Monday, although
North Korea marked the 80th founding anniversary of the Korean People’s Army (KPA) Air Force with grand celebrations at Kalma Airport, according to the state-run KCNA. The event highlighted the Air Force’s
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Reports from inside North Korea suggest a widening gap between the country’s wealthy elite and its struggling population, with the small trading class increasingly displaying conspicuous wealth while most citizens face bitter
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North Korea has lashed out at the Group of Seven after its foreign ministers urged the “complete denuclearization” of the Korean Peninsula, calling the appeal an assault on the country’s sovereignty and
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The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s defence minister, No Kwang Chol, told KCNA on Friday that the United States and its allies have “become brazen in its military moves to threaten the
More North Korea has rejected South Korea’s renewed efforts to discuss denuclearization, calling the idea a “pipedream” and reaffirming its stance as a permanent nuclear weapons state. In a statement issued on October
More Japanese and major American animation studios, including HBO Max and Amazon, have unknowingly hired undercover North Korean IT workers as part of a sophisticated sanctions evasion scheme, a multi-government report revealed Wednesday.
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North Korea marked the 80th anniversary of the Workers’ Party of Korea with a spectacle that seemed more influenced by K-pop than traditional socialist pageantry, according to a report in The Times
More North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), and supreme commander of
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a massive military parade on Friday night, showcasing what state media described as the country’s most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile to date—the Hwasong-20—in a display
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Four of the world’s five remaining communist leaders are convening in Pyongyang this week, a symbolic gathering that underscores both the endurance and evolution of the world’s few one-party regimes. Among them
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