The Latest Breaking News from Kim Jong

Kim Jong Un blasts officials over COVID-19 response amid outbreak that has left 1.2 million ill with fever.

North Korea confirmed its first ever Covid-19 death on Friday, saying fever was spreading "explosively" nationwide and tens of thousands of people were being isolated and treated after falling sick. The nuclear-armed country only reported its first Covid cases Thursday, saying it was moving into "maximum emergency epidemic prevention system"…

While the scale of the outbreak isn't known, it could have serious consequences because the country has a poor health care system and its 26 million people are believed to be mostly unvaccinated.

Yoon Suk Yeol takes office as South Korea's president Tuesday amid heightened animosities over North Korea's nuclear program

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff say the missile flew 600 kilometres at a maximum altitude of 60 kilometres from waters near the eastern port city of Sinpo in a "serious threatening act that harms international peace and stability".

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has repeated his warning that Pyongyang could "preemptively" use its nuclear weaponry to counter hostile forces, state media reported Saturday. Kim told top military officers that to "maintain the absolute superiority" of North Korea's armed forces, the country should be able to "preemptively and…

North Korean leader made call as he praised ‘modernity and heroism’ of country’s armed forces after massive parade.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appears to have lowered his threshold for a nuclear strike, raising the risks for a miscalculation as he rolls out new weapons whose uses range from nearby tactical strikes to threatening the U.S. homeland from afar.

North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to bolster his country’s nuclear capability at "maximum speed.”