The Latest Breaking News from North Korea

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 · Mar 30, 2023

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 · Mar 30, 2023

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 · Mar 30, 2023

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 · Mar 28, 2023

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 · Mar 28, 2023

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 · Mar 28, 2023

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 · Mar 28, 2023

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.

Bangkok Post · Mar 28, 2023

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.

ABC News · Mar 28, 2023

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".

The New Daily · Mar 28, 2023