カテゴリー: North Korea
The show of force is expected to prompt an angry response from Pyongyang and follows failure of Trump-era policy of engagementThe US and South Korea have begun their biggest joint military drills in years – a show of force that is expected to raise ten…
Sister of Kim Jong-un insults South Korean president and says it is his ‘great dream’ to get the North to trade away its nuclear weaponsThe powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has angrily rejected North Korea’s offer of economic assistan…
The secretive state demands each cycle display a registration number – although officially women are banned from bikes• UK cyclists could be made to have registration platesIf the British transport secretary, Grant Shapps, is looking for a “model” for …
Russian-backed self-appointed leader writes Kim Jong-un a letter, shortly after Vladimir Putin said Moscow and Pyongyang would expand relationsNorth Korea and the Russian-occupied Donetsk region of Ukraine will develop “equally beneficial bilateral coo…
Japan PM Fumio Kishida sends offering but stays away from Yasukuni, which honours dead including class-A war criminalsJapan’s prime minister, Fumio Kishida, sent a ritual offering to a controversial war shrine on Monday – the anniversary of Japan’s def…
Countries technically still at war though both sides continue to refer to the eventual unification of the peninsulaNorth and South Korea share a language and traditional culture, but politically their modern history is one of conflict and division. The…
Kim Yo-jong says regime leader had a ‘high fever’, a byword for coronavirus in the country, as it claims victory over the virus North Korea has declared a “shining victory” in its battle with Covid-19, amid suggestions from Kim Jong-un’s sister that h…
South Korea calls for dialogue and Japan conveys concerns over drills, while North Korea praises ChinaThe historic visit to Taiwan of the US House of Representatives speaker, Nancy Pelosi, has provoked a furious response from China, and heightened fear…
North Korea’s first lady, Ri Sol-ju, cried next to her husband, Kim Jong-un, while singing the national anthem during an event marking the 69th anniversary of the 27 July Korean war armistice, footage aired on Thursday from state-run KRT televisio…
Defence ministry also sounds alarm at prospect of Beijing-Moscow ties deepening amid expectations Tokyo will boost defence spendingJapan’s defence ministry has said it is alarmed at fresh threats from Russia and has growing worries about Taiwan, in an …
Alexander Matsegora tells Russian newspaper there are ‘a lot of opportunities’ for economic cooperation, despite UN sanctionsRussia-Ukraine war – latest updatesNorth Korea could send workers to two Russian-controlled territories in eastern Ukraine, acc…
Rising water levels on the Imjin River caused by suspected release prompts holidaymakers and residents to leaveNorth Korea appears to have released water from a dam near its border with South Korea, prompting vacationers in the neighbouring country to …
Pyongyang accuses US of seeking ‘military supremacy’ over Asia-Pacific amid reports North ready for first nuclear test in five yearsNorth Korea has denounced the United States, South Korea and Japan for pushing to boost their trilateral military cooper…
Experts sceptical of claim, as state media urge citizens to watch out for ‘alien things coming by wind’North Korea has blamed its Covid-19 outbreak on balloons sent over its border with the South by groups of defectors, in an apparent attempt to shift …
If confirmed, last week’s attack would be the eighth this year – involving $1bn in stolen funds – that could be confidently attributed to North KoreaNorth Korean hackers are thought to be behind last week’s theft of as much as $100m in cryptocurrency f…