North Korea bans citizens from laughing, drinking alcohol, showing signs of happiness. The North Korean government has barred citizens from laughing or drinking for 11 days to mark the tenth anniversary of former leader Kim Jong Il’s death. Citizens have been ordered not to show any signs of happiness while North Korea commemorates the late […]
Pyongyang’s ambassador to Russia told TASS news agency that North Korea plans to strengthen cooperation with Russia to counter the US, and that peace on the Korean peninsula will not be feasible until American forces are evacuated. Ambassador Sin Hong-remarks chol’s came after senior North Korean leaders warned this week that going through with annual […]
According to the US and Japan, North Korea has launched two ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan, marking the first such drill since US President Joe Biden took office. UN Security Council resolutions prohibit Pyongyang from testing ballistic missiles, which are considered threatening devices. The test has been criticized by both Japan and South […]
On Tuesday, Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, criticized ongoing military exercises in South Korea and warned the new US administration that the scent of cordite wafting across the border will not help bring peace, according to state news. Kim’s statement was the North’s first public message to Washington […]
North Korea has unveiled what appears to be a new intercontinental ballistic missile at a military parade marking the ruling party’s 75th anniversary. The event saw leader Kim Jong Un take centre stage to warn that his country will ‘fully mobilise’ its nuclear force if threatened. Analysts said the missile, which was shown on a […]
The leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un convened an emergency politburo meeting after a person suspected of having COVID-19 returned from South Korea. The man illegally crossed the border this month, state media said on Sunday. If confirmed, it would be the first case officially acknowledged by North Korean authorities, who have so far […]
North Korea says it will sever hotlines with South Korea as the first step toward shutting down all means of contact with Seoul, state news agency KCNA has reported. For several days, North Korea has lashed out at South Korea, threatening to close an inter-Korean liaison office and other projects if the South does not stop activists and […]
North Korean children returned to their classrooms in face masks on Wednesday as schools reopened after the new term was delayed for months by coronavirus precautions. Pyongyang has not confirmed a single case of the deadly disease that swept the world after first emerging in neighbouring China, but has imposed strict rules, including closing its […]
North Korea has threatened to retaliate against South Korea for “reckless” military drills near their disputed sea boundary, but Seoul denies any training in the immediate area, the scene of several bloody naval skirmishes in recent years. The wrangling came five days after South Korea accused the North of initiating an exchange of gunfire along […]
If Kim Jong Un is holed up in his luxe seaside hideaway in the port city of Wonsan, he may have plenty of company a harem of 2,000 sex slaves, a report said Friday. The North Korean dictator resurrected his late grandfather’s “Pleasure Squad” of secret sex entertainers in 2015, The Sun reported. And while the […]
The United States has caught no sight of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and is watching reports about his health, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday, adding there was a real risk of famine in the country amid the coronavirus outbreak. North Korean media has not reported on Kim’s whereabouts since […]
Kim Jong Un is rumored to be dead, according to a Hong Kong broadcast network. While a Japanese magazine is reporting that North Korea’s rocket man is in a “vegetative state” after he underwent heart surgery earlier this month. A vice director of HKSTV Hong Kong Satellite Television, a Beijing-backed broadcast network in Hong Kong, claimed that […]
The mystery surrounding Kim Jong Un’s health exposes deep uncertainty about North Korea’s line of succession more than eight years after he took power. While the Kim family has ruled for seven decades by passing power between male heirs like other hereditary dynasties, the 36-year-old Kim has named no successor. His own children are still […]
North Korea has fired multiple short-range projectiles into the East Sea on Tuesday, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported, citing the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) of Seoul’s military. The projectiles, which are believed to be surface-to-ship cruise missiles, flew around 150 kilometres. They were fired from North Korea’s eastern coastal town of Munchon in […]
North Korea fired three unidentified projectiles into the East Sea on Monday, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported, citing the Joint Chiefs of Staff of Seoul’s military. The missiles were fired from a location near the town of Sondok in the east of North Korea, Yonhap said. Further information on the type of missiles and […]
North Korea has temporarily closed its border to all foreign tourists in response to a new type of coronavirus discovered in central China, according to a travel agency that operates tours to the country. The border will be closed starting on Wednesday as a precaution, according to Young Pioneer Tours, which describes itself as a […]
US and North Korean officials have arrived in Sweden on Saturday to restart nuclear talks in the hope of breaking a stalemate between the two countries. The last summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ended without agreement and since then, there has been little progress although both sides insisted they wanted […]
North Korea has confirmed it test-fired a new type of a ballistic missile, a significant escalation from the short-range tests it has conducted since May. The missile was launched from the sea soon after 07:00 on Wednesday (22:00 GMT Tuesday), about 17km north-east of the coastal city of Wonsan. BBC reports that the missile which […]
Cristiano Ronaldo, now has a mobile game to his name, thanks to North Korea who launched a new mobile game that features the Portuguese football legend. State media have boasted that King of Scoring 2019 is enjoying popularity across the country, as it features many big stars in European football still active on the pitch. […]
Leaders of North and South Korea stunned the world with their agreement to end 65 years of hostilities against each other’s country and rid the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons, after holding an historic summit on Friday. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reports that North Korea President Kim Jong-un and US backed South Korea President […]