カテゴリー: North Korea
The North Korean leader’s preferred mode of transport is slow-moving but luxuriously appointedJoe Biden has Air Force One; Rishi Sunak a fleet of RAF jets and helicopters. But when Kim Jong-un makes one of his rare journeys outside North Korea, he has …
North Korean leader travels on armoured train for talks amid concerns Putin is seeking arms deal for Ukraine warRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesKim Jong-un has arrived in Russia on his armoured train for a rare summit with Vladimir Putin to dis…
North Korea’s Kim Jong-un set to meet Vladimir Putin; Ukraine recaptures gas and oil rigs in Black SeaSee all our Ukraine coverageVladimir Putin has declared that Ukraine’s counter-offensive has delivered no results. The Russian president gave a length…
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov says North Korean leader’s journey to Russia and meeting with Vladimir Putin ‘will be a full-scale visit’What we know on day 565 of the invasionSuspilne, Ukraine’s state broadcaster, reports that Germany’s foreign min…
West fears North Korea plans to supply Moscow with weapons to use in war against UkraineRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesThe North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, will visit Russia in the coming days at the invitation of Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin …
Kim Jong-un heralds new chapter for navy but South Korea says vessel seems not to be operationalNorth Korea has launched its first “tactical nuclear attack submarine”, state media reported, although the South Korean military said the vessel might not b…
Providing weapons to Moscow for Ukraine war will not ‘reflect well on North Korea’, national security adviser says, amid reports of active talksThe US warned Kim Jong-un that North Korea would “pay a price” for supplying Russia with weapons to use in U…
Havana says it is dismantling network seeking to recruit Cubans as mercenaries as Moscow attempts to boost its forcesCuba has uncovered a human trafficking ring aimed at recruiting Cubans to fight as mercenaries for Russia in its war in Ukraine, its fo…
Kim Jong-un’s grandfather founded North Korea with the backing of the Soviet Union, and was heavily reliant on its aid for decadesAfter years of backing UN sanctions targeting North Korea’s nuclear weapons programme, Russia is now reaching out to its n…
North Korean and Russian leaders expected to discuss military cooperation in VladivostokKim Jong-un will reportedly travel to Russia this month to meet Vladimir Putin and discuss the possibility of supplying weapons to the Kremlin for the war in Ukrain…
Pyongyang’s aerospace administration says failure ‘is not a big issue’ and promises third attempt in OctoberNorth Korea’s second attempt to place a spy satellite in orbit has failed after the rocket booster experienced a problem during its third stage,…
Air Koryo flight from Pyongyang cancelled two hours after its scheduled arrival in BeijingNorth Korea’s national airline’s first commercial flight since it largely closed itself off from the world in early 2020 in response to the Covid pandemic has bee…
State media urges citizens to focus on ‘ensuring the safety’ of propaganda relating to the Kim dynastyNorth Koreans have been told to do everything possible to protect portraits of the Kim dynasty, as the country braces for heavy rain and strong winds …
Leader replaces Pak Su-il with defence minister, Gen Ri Yong-gil, and urges further military drillsNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un dismissed the military’s top general and called for more preparations for the possibility of war, a boost in weapons prod…
Dictator tours factories making drone engines and rocket launchers and calls for ‘rapidly expanding production capacity’Kim Jong-un visited several major North Korean arms factories this week, including facilities making engines for strategic cruise mi…