カテゴリー: North Korea
North Korea’s leader has increased his displays of military aggression but analysts are split on whether it’s a sign of electoral interference or a war footing When a highly militarised dictatorship fires artillery shells in the direction of its neighb…
South Korean military says it is analysing the launch along with US intelligence authoritiesNorth Korea has fired multiple cruise missiles off an eastern military port, South Korea’s joint chiefs of staff have said.The missiles were launched about 8am …
The Arch of Reunification – built in 2000 after a landmark inter-Korean summit – has disappeared from satellite imageryNorth Korea has demolished a monument that symbolised hope for reconciliation with the South, days after the regime’s leader, Kim Jon…
Exclusive: Report shows Russian ships loading at North Korean port, amid accusation that Pyongyang supplies missiles and shellsThe UK has provided satellite photographs of North Korean cargo shipments to Russia to a panel of UN experts as part of an at…
Footage shows two 16-year-olds being sentenced in front of hundreds of their peers in an amphitheatreVideo footage released by an organisation that works with North Korean defectors shows North Korean authorities publicly sentencing two teenagers to 12…
Rare footage obtained by a South Korean thinktank purports to show two 16-year-old secondary school students in North Korea sentenced to 12 years of hard labour for watching and distributing South Korean films and dramas. In the video, which has not be…
South Korea says backgrounds of recent defectors including some ‘elite class’ indicate growing discontent with regime of Kim Jong-unThe number of North Koreans who defected to South Korea tripled last year, as the easing of border closures imposed duri…
In a speech, the North Korean leader has called for constitutional change to identify the south as ‘number one hostile state’North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, has called for a change to the constitution to identify South Korea as the “number one hosti…
If confirmed it would be the first ever test of this kind of intermediate-range ballistic missile by PyongyangNorth Korea said Monday it had successfully test-fired a new ballistic missile tipped with a hypersonic manoeuvrable warhead, in what would be…
For every theory suggesting 10-year-old Ju-ae is next in line, there is another saying she is being used to soften her father’s image. But that changed this weekIt has been more than a year since the daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was seen…
Intense speculation over future role for Kim Jong-un’s daughter, who is reportedly 10, comes as North Korea fires shells near South Korean islandsThe young daughter of North Korean ruler Kim Jong-un is seen as her father’s heir apparent, South Korea’s …
Washington and Kyiv claim Moscow turning to other states under sanctions to sustain its war effortRussia has started using ballistic missiles supplied by North Korea to attack Ukraine, Washington and Kyiv have claimed, in an indication that Moscow plan…
Japan’s government has called a meeting of its national security council in response to the launchesNorth Korea has fired two ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast, according to the South Korean military.The South Korean military said in a…
Seoul’s satellite was launched into orbit on one of Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocketsA SpaceX rocket has launched South Korea’s first military spy satellite, intensifying a space race on the peninsula after Pyongyang launched its own first surveillance satell…
Recently launched Malligyong-1 also sent ‘detailed’ pictures of US nuclear aircraft carriers, says regime, although claims are not verifiedNorth Korea has claimed its recently launched satellite has sent back “detailed” images of the White House, the P…