カテゴリー: Kim Jong-un
State media says test will change regime’s ‘strategic position’ amid further tensions with USNorth Korea has carried out a “very important” test at its Sohae satellite launch site, a rocket testing ground US officials once said Pyongyang had promised t…
The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, rode a white horse up a sacred mountain on his second symbolic visit to the site in less than two months. Photos showed Kim, his wife and top lieutenants, on horseback as they travelled to snow-covered Mount Paektu…
Site near sacred Mount Paektu has a ski resort and can house 4,000 familiesNorth Korea has celebrated the completion of leader Kim Jong-un’s signature construction project, a new city near the sacred mountain where his family claims its roots, with sta…
North Korean leader had previously displayed a penchant for horn-rimmed glasses and black Mao suits made famous by his grandfather Kim Jong-un’s recent wardrobe choices have sparked speculation that after eight years of paying sartorial homage to his p…
US president says potential Democratic rival is ‘somewhat better than that’ and urges North Korean leader to agree nuclear dealDonald Trump has come to the defence of one of his potential rivals for the presidency, telling North Korea its recent descri…
US president says potential Democratic rival is ‘somewhat better than that’ and urges North Korean leader to agree nuclear dealDonald Trump has come to the defence of one of his potential rivals for the presidency, telling North Korea its recent descri…
Pyongyang’s top nuclear negotiator says there are no ‘permanent friends’ and US should heed calls for a new approachNorth Korea has warned that there has been no progress in relations with the US, and that hostilities that could lead to an exchange of …
Xi Jinping and Kim Jong-un exchange compliments as their countries mark 70 years of diplomatic relationsXi Jinping has promised to promote a “long-term, sound and stable” relationship with North Korea as the two countries mark 70 years of diplomatic re…
Letter from North Korean leader comes as talks between the men have stalledNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un invited US president Donald Trump to visit Pyongyang in a letter sent in August, a South Korean newspaper reported on Monday, citing diplomatic s…
In February, a gang of armed men took a North Korean official hostage and demanded that he defect. When he refused, their plan fell apart, and they fled. Who were they, and why did they risk everything on this wild plot? By Giles TremlettShortly before…
Regime says Saturday’s test launch was part of strategy to counter ‘mounting military threats and pressure offensive of hostile forces’The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, oversaw the test of a “super-large multiple rocket launcher” on Saturday, the s…
Friday’s launch was sixth round of tests since late July, an apparent response to US-South Korea war gamesNorth Korea says leader Kim Jong-un supervised Friday’s test-firing of an unspecified “new weapon”, seen as an attempt to pressure Washington and …
Pyongyang says US-South Korea military drills are ‘flagrant violation’ of efforts to reach peace North Korea has fired two unidentified projectiles into the sea from South Hwanghae province, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff.The launches…
Three launches in eight days point to ulterior motive amid strained relations between its neighbours and Washington The series of short-range missile tests by North Korea over the last eight days could be an attempt by Pyongyang to exploit strained US-…
State media says Kim Jong-un personally organised and guided test as part of quest for ‘nonstop super powerful weapon systems’North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, supervised the launch of “a new type of tactical guided weapon” as a “solemn warning to Sou…