カテゴリー: Kim Jong-un
As rumours persist that ruler is in poor health, satellite images emerge showing train parked at Wonsan’s ‘leadership station’ A special train possibly belonging to the North Korean ruler, Kim Jong-un, has been spotted at a resort town, according to sa…
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Speculation continues about dictator’s condition after reports of heart surgery and absence from important events China has sent a team to North Korea including medical experts to check on Kim Jong-un, according to three people familiar with the situat…
North Korean leader has not been seen in public for days and reports said he had undergone heart surgerySouth Korea and China have played down speculation that Kim Jong-un is seriously ill, after a Seoul-based website reported that the North Korean lea…
The North Korean leader’s trusted propagandist-in-chief is in the ascendancyFrom producing an ashtray during a cigarette break en route to a nuclear summit to issuing a statement in praise of the US president, Kim Yo-jong has become the single most imp…
Kim Yo-jong reinstated to position she lost last year after collapse of US summit North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s powerful younger sister has been reinstated to a key decision-making body, state media have reported, marking her rise in the isolated n…
Suspected short-range missile launches come as Pyongyang announces legislature to meet in April amid coronavirus pandemicNorth Korea fired two projectiles that appeared to be short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off the east coast of the Korean …
South Korean military says three projectiles were launched on Monday, following launch of two short-range missiles on 2 MarchNorth Korea has fired three unidentified projectiles off its eastern coast a week after firing two short-range missiles, South …
Appearance of Kim Kyong-hui next to the North Korean leader at a performance puts paid to talk of execution Kim Jong-un’s aunt has appeared in public for the first time in more than six years, ending speculation that she had been purged or executed aft…
Analysts say appointment of Ri Son-gwon suggests tougher stance on nuclear talks with US North Korea has appointed a former army officer with a reputation as a hardliner as its foreign minister, in a possible sign that it is to adopt a tougher stance i…
Dictator says Washington’s ‘gangster-like demands’ mean self-imposed ban no longer needed Kim Jong-un has signalled that North Korea will lift its moratoriums on nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missile tests in a move likely to anger Donald Trum…
Images released as Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton warns Pyongyang poses ‘imminent’ threatA new satellite image of a factory where North Korea makes military equipment used to launch long-range missiles shows the construction of a …
Pyongyang continues to pressurise Trump administration for concessionsNorth Korea has said it successfully performed another “crucial test” at its long-range rocket launch site that it claims will further strengthen its nuclear deterrent.The test may h…
US ambassador tells UN security council it must ‘act accordingly’ if regime does not turn from hostility and threatsThe United States has warned North Korea of consequences if it makes good on threats of a spectacular weapons test in the new year, whil…
North Korea claims test success at rocket launch sitePyongyang threatens return to Trump ‘dotard’ insultsDonald Trump said on Sunday North Korean leader Kim Jong-un risks losing “everything” and his country must denuclearize, after the North said it ha…