The Latest Breaking News from North Korea

Seoul to Bid for 2036 Olympic Games without North Korea’s Pyongyang

Seoul will pursue a bid for the 2036 Summer Games without reviving efforts to co-host an Olympics with the North Korean capital of Pyongyang, Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon told Reuters. Amid hopes for better relations with the nuclear-armed North, Seoul sent a proposal for co-hosting the 2032 Olympics with Pyongyang…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 13, 2023

The U.S. and South Korea hold drills as North launches missiles from sub

North Korea's missile tests Sunday signal the country likely will conduct provocative weapons testing activities during the U.S.-South Korean drills that are to run for 11 days.

WEKU · Mar 13, 2023

N. Korea Launches Missiles as US, S. Korea Kick off Major Drills

North Korea said Monday it had test-fired two strategic cruise missiles from a submarine, as South Korea and the United States kicked off their largest joint military exercises in five years. Nuclear-armed Pyongyang said the test verified its "nuclear war deterrence means in different spaces" as it slammed the drills…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 13, 2023

N Korea conducts new weapons tests; US, S Korea start drills

North Korea says allies’ military exercises are a rehearsal for war so its weapons are vital for defence.

Al Jazeera · Mar 13, 2023

North Korea test-fires cruise missiles from submarine

South Korea's military is on high alert after North Korea says it test-fired two cruise missiles from a submarine off its east coast.

The New Daily · Mar 12, 2023

North Korea tests submarine-launched missile, Seoul confirms

North Korea says it test-fired two cruise missiles from a submarine off its east coast, the latest in its series of weapons launches

The Independent UK · Mar 12, 2023

'Rain of worms' pummels China with wriggling insects splattered on cars and pavements

Locals were seen hoisting umbrellas as they carried out their daily routines in the Chinese province of Liaoning, which borders North Korea, after little worms were seen splattered over cars in the street

Daily Mirror · Mar 11, 2023

Kim Jong-un orders North Korea army to simulate 'real war' with military drills

North Korea dictator, Kim Jong-un, supervised a live-fire artillery drill simulating an attack on a South Korean airfield and called for his troops to be ready to respond to the so-called enemies

Daily Mirror · Mar 10, 2023

North Korea says it defused US Korean War bombs at Pyongyang apartment site

Workers at an apartment construction site in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, have discovered more than 110 bombs, shells, mines, grenades and other explosives that it says are U.S.-made weapons from the Korean War, state media said on Friday.

Reuters · Mar 10, 2023

North Korea's Kim Orders Intensified 'Real War' Drills

Kim Jong Un ordered North Korea's military to intensify drills for a "real war", state media reported Friday, as the leader oversaw a fire assault drill with his daughter in tow. Photographs showed Kim and his daughter, both wearing matching black jackets, accompanied by uniformed officers as they watched an…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 10, 2023