Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from North Korea

As they say, you can't make this up. In the course of just over a week, China and Russia reaffirmed their friendship and military ties, the Iranian regime proxies lashed out with rockets at US forces in neighbouring Syria, North Korea shot off a few more missiles, France was rocked…

Bangkok Post

US sanctions man accused of arms deal with North Korea and Russia

US says Russia has turned to countries like North Korea to replenish arms supplies depleted in its war with Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

Russia seeking munitions from North Korea, White House says

The United States has new information that Russia is actively seeking to acquire additional weapons from North Korea in exchange for food aid, the White House said on Thursday.

Reuters

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

White House says Russia looking to trade food for North Korean munitions

North Korea previously provided arms to Russia’s Wagner Group last year

The Independent UK

White House: Russia, N. Korea engaged in food for arms deal

The White House says it has new evidence that Russia is looking again to North Korea for weapons to fuel the war in Ukraine, this time in a deal that would provide Pyongyang with needed food and other commodities in return

The Independent UK

US slaps sanctions on man seeking to sell N.Korean arms to Russia

The U.S. on Thursday said it had imposed sanctions on a Slovakian man for trying to arrange the sale of over two dozen types of North Korean weapons and munitions to Russia to help Moscow replace military equipment lost in its war with Ukraine.

Reuters

North Korea executes people for South Korean videos, drugs - report

North Korea executes people for drugs, sharing South Korean media, and religious activities as it stifles its citizens' human rights and freedom, its rival, South Korea, said in a report on Thursday.

Reuters

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Asia’s arms race: potential flashpoints from Taiwan to the South China Sea

Guardian correspondents look at the buildup of tensions across the region, from North Korea to the Pacific islands

The Guardian - AU

North Korean APT43 hackers target organizations to launder crypto using cloud

Researchers have been tracking the group for five years, but only decided to share the information now.

TechRadar

Kim’s rare display of nuclear warheads sends chilling message

While the U.S. has long demanded North Korea give up its nuclear weapons, the regime’s biggest display of warheads let the world know that Kim Jong Un has no intention of abandoning his atomic arsenal.

Tribune News Service

White House: Seen no willingness by North Korea to discuss nukes

The United States has seen no willingness by North Korea to accept a U.S. offer to hold talks on its nuclear weapons program but the offer still stands, White House national security spokesperson John Kirby told reporters on Tuesday.

Reuters

North Korean defectors are dying lonely deaths in wealthy South

SEOUL, South Korea — Her badly decomposed body was found in a rundown Seoul apartment about a year after she died, discovered only after government housing officials sought to evict her for failing to pay the rent.

Tribune News Service

China ambassador arrives in North Korea in sign of reopening

China says its new ambassador to North Korea has taken up his post, in a sign the North is reopening amid reports it has been suffering heavily from the COVID-19 pandemic and food shortages

The Independent UK

Kim Wants N. Korea to Make More Nuclear Material for Bombs

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for his nuclear scientists to increase production of weapons-grade material to make bombs to put on his increasing range of weapons. North Korean photos of the meeting also showed what appeared to be a small new tactical warhead that was possibly designed…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Bangkok Post

Pyongyang unveils smaller nuclear warheads

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for stepped-up production of “weapon-grade nuclear materials”, state media said on Tuesday, as Pyongyang unveiled what appeared to be a new, smaller tactical nuclear warhead.

ABC News

Kim Jong Un wants North Korea to make more nuclear material for bombs

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un calls for his nuclear scientists to increase production of weapons-grade material to make bombs to put on his increasing range of weapons.

The New Daily

North Korea unveils new tactical nuclear warheads

Kim Jong-un has ordered the production of weapons-grade materials in a "far-sighted way" to boost North Korea's nuclear arsenal "exponentially".

Al Jazeera

Kim urges N Korean experts to produce ‘powerful nuclear weapons’

Kim Jong Un maintains his nuclear weapons are focused on defending North Korea against a hostile US and South Korea.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Reuters

U.N. urges North Korea to confirm fate of forcibly disappeared people

The United Nations Human Rights office in Seoul called on North Korea on Tuesday to confirm the fate and whereabouts of people who have been disappeared under its regime, accusing Pyongyang of violating the rights of the victims and their loved ones for decades.

Tribune News Service

Kim Jong Un threatens nuclear use 'anytime' as US carrier arrives in South Korea

SEOUL, South Korea — Kim Jong Un said North Korea is ready to use nuclear weapons “anytime and anywhere,” delivering a new threat as a U.S. aircraft carrier group arrives in South Korea.

The Independent UK

Kim wants N. Korea to make more nuclear material for bombs

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for his nuclear scientists to increase production of weapons-grade material to make bombs to put on his increasing range of weapons

Reuters

South Korea's Yoon: International community should know North Korea's human rights situation better

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Tuesday the international community should have better knowledge about North Korea's dire human rights situation.

Reuters

North Korea unveils new nuclear warheads as US air carrier arrives in South

North Korea unveiled new, smaller nuclear warheads and vowed to produce more weapons-grade nuclear material to expand its arsenal, state media said on Tuesday, as a U.S. aircraft carrier arrived in South Korea for military drills.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

North Korea launches 2 ballistic missiles / Land outside of Japan's EEZ

North Korea launched two ballistic missiles northeastward from its west coast early Monday morning, the Defense Ministry said.

Asharq Al-Awsat

North Korea Test-fires 2 More Missiles as US Sends Carrier

A nuclear-powered US aircraft carrier and its battle group began exercises with South Korean warships on Monday, hours after North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles in an apparent protest of the allies’ expanding drills. The seventh missile test this month underscored heightening tensions in the region as both the…

1 … 128 129 130 131

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Korean Central News Agency

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.