カテゴリー: North Korea
Second launch in less than a week designed to put pressure on US and follows condemnation at UNNorth Korea has test-fired a suspected ballistic missile that may be an improved version of a “hypersonic missile” it launched only last week, in a move desi…
Regime conducts first such launch of the year, with South Korea’s military saying the missile appears to have landed in the seaNorth Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile early on Wednesday, the first such test by Pyongyang of the new year, drawing…
Man’s decision raises questions about treatment of defectors in South Korea with many said to face discriminationA North Korean defector who made a daring return to his home country at the weekend had reportedly struggled to build a new life in South K…
Seoul defence ministry says it is in the process of verifying facts about incident at the weekendA man observed crossing the heavily fortified border from South Korea into North Korea last week is believed to be a North Korean who previously defected t…
The fate of the defector is unknown after they crossed the heavily fortified border between the two KoreasA South Korean has crossed the heavily fortified border in a rare defection to North Korea, South Korea’s military has said.Years of repression an…
Kim’s focus on food and factories rather than nuclear weapons or US underscores country’s economic crisisThe North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, has capped off his 10th year in power with a speech that made more mention of tractor factories and school un…
North Korea bans laughing for 11 days during mourning for anniversary of Kim Jong-il’s death – video
Video from Pyongyang shows North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un looking very dour as he attends the memorial service to mark the 10th anniversary of his father’s death. As part of the national memorial, North Koreans have been banned from sh…
As North Korea marks the 10th anniversary of the death of Kim Jong-il, we look at how official portraits of his son and successor have sought to portray him as both increasingly authoritative and popularThree generations of the Kim family have ruled No…
Kim Jong-un emerged onto the world stage as a virtual unknown in 2011, a young man thrust into power at the head of North Korea – a nuclear-armed state – after his father’s unexpected death. In the decade since, he has ruthlessly purged alleged po…
Some observers said he would survive a few months as the head of a nuclear-armed state but, a decade later, the North Korean leader has proved them wrongMissile tests, horse rides and executions: Kim Jong-un’s leadership in picturesIt was not, perhaps,…
Kim Jong-un has defied the expectations of many, to mark 10 years in power following the death in 2011 of his father, Kim Jong-il. In that time, he has presided over famines, executions and nuclear tensions, while finding the time to inspect a fish pic…
Pyongyang has made end to US hostility a precondition for peace talks after almost 70 years of conflictSouth and North Korea, China and the US have agreed “in principle” to declare a formal end to the Korean war, almost 70 years after the conflict ende…
South Korean president meets pontiff and gives him a cross made of barbed wire taken from demilitarised zone The South Korean president, Moon Jae-in, has made a fresh attempt to have Pope Francis visit North Korea, at a meeting at the Vatican where th…
Physicist hailed as the father of Pakistan’s atomic weapons industry who confessed to smuggling nuclear secretsThe father of Pakistan’s atomic weapons industry and the greatest proliferator of nuclear weapons in history, Abdul Qadeer Khan, who has died…
South Korean spies used advanced techniques to analyse why Kim Jong-un appears to have lost 20 kgNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un has recently lost about 20 kilograms (44 pounds) but remains healthy and is trying to increase public loyalty to him in the…