カテゴリー: Kim Jong-un
Pictures appear to capture the missile rising from its launcher and a shot looking back down on Earth North Korea has released images it claims show the test-firing this weekend of its biggest missile for several years, as it attempts to use launches …
Biden official: ‘We reiterate our call for diplomacy’South Korean leader fears return to war threats of 2017The US on Sunday made a direct appeal to North Korea to join direct talks with no preconditions about its nuclear and missile programs, after Py…
Test marks Pyongyang’s seventh weapons launch this month, highlighting expanding arsenal amid stalled denuclearisation talksNorth Korea fired what appeared to be the most powerful missile it has tested since the US president, Joe Biden, took office, p…
Two tactical guided missiles hit their target, state media said, hours after Pyongyang accused US of ‘provocation’North Korea’s third weapons test this month involved the firing drill of a railway-borne missile, state media KCNA has said.South Korea’s …
Kim Jong-un personally oversaw test, state media reports, and confirms South Korean belief that launch was more advanced than last week’sNorth Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un personally oversaw the successful test of a hypersonic missile, state media report…
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…
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…
Five people seeking compensation say they were lured to country and then denied basic human rightsFive people who say they were lured to North Korea decades ago as part of a resettlement programme have told a court in Japan they were promised a “paradi…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has watched an extreme martial arts demonstration by soldiers at a military event marking the 76th founding anniversary of its ruling party. In the video aired by the North’s state-run television station, KRT, …
The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, has attended celebrations for the 76th anniversary of the founding of the Workers’ party of Korea. Kim made a speech to a gathering of officials, the KCNA news agency said. State media showed Kim&nbs…