North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw artillery firing drills aimed at enhancing combat readiness, as reported by state media on Friday. The drills occurred just days after North Korea pledged corresponding military actions in response to what it perceives as an invasion rehearsal during the ongoing South Korea-US joint military training. The artillery exercises […]
Read MoreIn a recent development, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has urged his military to enhance war fighting capabilities against the United States and South Korea, according to state media reports. The call comes in response to the ongoing joint military exercises between South Korea and the US, which North Korea views as an invasion […]
Read MoreNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un has received a car from Russia’s President Vladimir Putin as a gift “for his personal use”, official media reported on Tuesday, in what could be a violation of U.N. ban that Moscow had agreed to adopt against Pyongyang. The two countries have forged closer ties since Kim and Putin […]
Read MoreMillions of dollars in sales of North Korean false eyelashes – marketed in beauty stores around the world as “made in China” – helped drive a recovery in the secretive state’s exports last year. The processing and packaging of North Korean false eyelashes – openly conducted in neighbouring China, the country’s largest trading partner – […]
Read MoreNorth Korea fired several cruise missiles into waters off its west coast on Tuesday, Seoul’s military said, the latest in a string of weapons tests carried out by Pyongyang so far this year. South Korea’s military “detected several unknown cruise missiles launched into the West Sea of North Korea around 07:00 (2200 GMT)” Seoul’s Joint […]
Read MoreNorth Korea fired several cruise missiles on Sunday, Seoul’s military said, the latest in a series of tension-raising moves by the nuclear-armed state. The launch comes just days after Pyongyang fired multiple cruise missiles toward the Yellow Sea, which it said was a first test of a new generation of strategic cruise missiles. Pyongyang has […]
Read MoreSEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea and China agreed to strengthen tactical cooperation and defend common interests, the North’s official KCNA news agency said on Saturday, reporting on Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui’s meeting with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong. On Friday, China said the two countries pledged to strengthen strategic communications “at all levels” and […]
Read MoreJohn Bacon USA TODAY North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered his nation’s industrial and military sectors to prepare for war with the United States, citing “unprecedented” confrontational activity by the U.S. and its allies. Kim, speaking at a 2024 planning meeting Wednesday of his ruling Workers’ Party, said an in-depth analysis indicated the […]
Read MoreSEOUL, Nov 30 (Reuters) – North Korea said it would never negotiate its sovereignty with the United States, criticising Washington as “double-faced” for offering talks while ramping up military activities in the region, state media KCNA reported on Thursday. Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and a senior […]
Read MoreNorth Korea has suffered an uptick in the number of people suffering from thinning hair or going bald, South Korean experts reported. Speaking to Radio Free Asia (RFA), the experts discussed that the phenomenon appears to derive from a number of sources, including infections that caused hair loss as an after-effect. This could also be […]
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