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North Korea releases images it claims were taken from space during missile test
Pictures appear to capture the missile rising from its launcher and a shot looking back down on Earth North Ko…
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US urges North Korea to join direct talks after latest missile test by Pyongyang
Biden official: ‘We reiterate our call for diplomacy’South Korean leader fears return to war threats of 2017Th…
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US condemns North Korea after it launches longest-range missile test since 2017
Test marks Pyongyang’s seventh weapons launch this month, highlighting expanding arsenal amid stalled denuclea…
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North Korea fires railway-borne missiles in third weapons test this month
Two tactical guided missiles hit their target, state media said, hours after Pyongyang accused US of ‘provocat…
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North Korea says it tested hypersonic missile with ‘superior manoeuvrability’
Kim Jong-un personally oversaw test, state media reports, and confirms South Korean belief that launch was mor…
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North Korea’s Kim Jong-un warns of ‘life-and-death struggle’ in 10th anniversary speech
Kim’s focus on food and factories rather than nuclear weapons or US underscores country’s economic crisisThe N…
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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 memo…
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Rollercoasters, horses and weight loss: 10 years of Kim Jong-un image politics
As North Korea marks the 10th anniversary of the death of Kim Jong-il, we look at how official portraits of hi…
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How has North Korea’s Kim Jong-un held on to power so long? – video
Kim Jong-un emerged onto the world stage as a virtual unknown in 2011, a young man thrust into power at the he…
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From ‘tempestuous’ child to little rocket man: 10 years of Kim Jong-un
Some observers said he would survive a few months as the head of a nuclear-armed state but, a decade later, th…
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Missile tests, horse rides and executions: Kim Jong-un’s leadership in pictures
Kim Jong-un has defied the expectations of many, to mark 10 years in power following the death in 2011 of his …
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Slim Kim Jong-un: North Korean leader believed healthy despite weight loss
South Korean spies used advanced techniques to analyse why Kim Jong-un appears to have lost 20 kgNorth Korean …
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Defectors tell court they were promised ‘paradise on Earth’ in North Korea
Five people seeking compensation say they were lured to country and then denied basic human rightsFive people …
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North Korean leader watches extreme martial arts performance – video
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has watched an extreme martial arts demonstration by soldiers at a milita…
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un marks 76th anniversary of ruling party – video
The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, has attended celebrations for the 76th anniversary of the founding …