The Latest Breaking News from North Korea

China, Russia Veto US Bid at UN to Punish North Korea

China and Russia on Thursday vetoed a US-led bid at the United Nations to toughen sanctions on North Korea over its missile launches, laying bare divisions that Western envoys fear would be exploited by Pyongyang.

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 27, 2022

North Korea testing rivers, lakes and waste to find source of Covid outbreak

North Korean officials are testing rivers, lakes and waste in order to detect the source of the country’s Covid outbreak.

Evening Standard · May 27, 2022

Widespread disbelief over N. Korea's tiny COVID death rate

About two weeks after North Korea acknowledged its first domestic COVID-19 outbreak, it says about 3.3 million people have come down with fever but only 69 have died

The Independent UK · May 27, 2022

China and Russia veto new UN sanctions on North Korea

China and Russia have vetoed a U.N. resolution sponsored by the United States that would have imposed tough new sanctions on North Korea for its spate of intercontinental ballistic missile launches that can be used to deliver nuclear weapons

The Independent UK · May 27, 2022

China, Russia veto U.S. push for more U.N. sanctions on North Korea

China and Russia vetoed on Thursday a U.S.-led push to impose more United Nations sanctions on North Korea over its renewed ballistic missile launches, publicly splitting the U.N. Security Council for the first time since it started punishing Pyongyang in 2006.

Reuters · May 26, 2022

Analysis-As N.Korea gears up for potential nuclear test, missiles get little domestic fanfare

North Korean state media has kept quiet about a recent flurry of missile tests amid an unprecedented coronavirus wave - perhaps to avoid overshadowing a potential nuclear test, analysts say.

Reuters · May 26, 2022

Kim Jong-Un's Missile Test Spurs UN To Toughen Sanctions Against North Korea

The United Nations Security Council will reportedly vote to strengthen sanctions on North Korea after the Kim Jong-Un-led country recently tested intercontinental ballistic missiles.

Benzinga · May 26, 2022

UN Council to Vote Thursday on Tougher N.Korea Sanctions

The United Nations Security Council will vote Thursday, at the request of the United States, on a resolution aimed at toughening sanctions on North Korea after it fired an intercontinental ballistic missile, diplomats said Wednesday. The United States, which holds the rotating Security Council presidency for May, has scheduled the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 26, 2022

US and Japanese warplanes in show of strength following North Korean missile launches

One day after North Korea launches missiles into waters separating it with Japan, US jet fighters join Japanese warplanes in a show of strength.

ABC News · May 26, 2022

U.S., Japan say their fighter jets staged joint flight after North Korea missile launches

The U.S. military and Japan's Self Defense Force said on Thursday that eight of their fighter jets flew together over the Sea of Japan after North Korea earlier lobbed three missiles into the waters that separate Japan and the Korean peninsula.

Reuters · May 26, 2022