The Latest Breaking News from Kim Jongun

Andrea Chalupa discusses her graphic novel, co-authored with Sarah Kendzior, about authoritarianism and its dangers

Three years after COVID-19 hit, people around the world have regained their freedom to move between countries. All except in one country: North Korea, or the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).

In a message to mark Russia’s national day, Kim pledged his regime’s ‘full support’ to Moscow

A biography of Kim Yo-jong goes beyond personalities to examine the Kim dynasty’s roots and its possible future

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Imogen Dewey

Recent incidents have reflected a reaffirmation of traditional American values by GOP leaders who have framed some of their criticism of Donald Trump in moral terms. If not an earthquake, these developments are at least tremors that suggest something may be changing in the Republican Party.

Rivals condemn ex-president for posting a message of support on Truth Social after North Korea added to WHO board

The route I used to escape is now closed – but new technology makes it harder to control the population, says Timothy Cho of the charity Open Door

Kim Jong-un has ballooned to over 22 stone despite starvation deaths tripling in North Korea in just one year with Pyongyang elite sent to work on rice farms

North Korea's attempt to put its first military spy satellite into orbit failed as its rocket crashed off the Korean Peninsula's western coast

Trump congratulated dictator after North Korea was admitted to the World Health Organisation’s Executive Board