The Latest Breaking News from North Korea

North Korea fires ballistic missile after US sanctions bankers in blow to hopes for Trump-Kim summit

Pyongyang denounces latest US sanctions as ‘threat and blackmail’ that go against the prospect of bilateral dialogue

The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2025

South Korea says North Korea fired at least 1 ballistic missile toward its eastern waters

South Korea’s military says North Korea has fired at least one ballistic missile toward its eastern waters

The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2025

North Korean and Russian military officials discuss further cooperation in Pyongyang

North Korean state media say senior North Korean and Russian military officials discussed strengthening cooperation in their latest talks in Pyongyang, as the two countries continue to align over Russia’s war in Ukraine

The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2025

Hegseth praises South Korea's plans to raise its military spending and boost defense capabilities

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has praised South Korea’s plans to raise its military spending, saying the Asian ally will take a larger role in defending itself from North Korean threats

The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2025

North Korea’s ex-ceremonial head of state Kim Yong-nam dies at 97, state media says

Kim Yong-nam was the former president of the Praesidium of North Korea’s rubber-stamp Supreme People’s Assembly from 1998 to 2019.

Euronews · Nov 4, 2025

Kim Yong Nam: North Korea’s former top diplomat and ‘head of state’ who served all three Kims dies aged 97

Kim Yong Nam represented North Korea on the world stage for decades and will receive a grand state funeral later this week

The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2025

“Craziest Experience”: American Travel Influencer Runs Marathon In North Korea, Shares Footage

“Meanwhile it’s not a race, they just call it running for your life,” echoed several concerned netizens.

Bored Panda · Nov 3, 2025

New PC gaming cafe photographed in North Korea — rare pictures of 'Pyongyang PC bang' gaming above the 38th parallel

Images that appear to show a newly opened PC gaming space in North Korea have been published on social media.

Tom’s Hardware · Nov 3, 2025

South Korea calls for greater Chinese efforts to bring North Korea back to talks

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Saturday asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to make greater efforts to convince North Korea to return to talks, as the two leaders agreed a set of steps to boost their economic and other ties

The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2025

Netflix’s A House of Dynamite sounds the nuclear alarm, but how worried should we be?

As a teenager in the 1980s, I was shown a BBC drama in school called Threads that depicted the impact of a nuclear strike on a city in northern England. Threads is a brutal vision of a terrifying reality that I imagine haunted many people in the years before the…

The Conversation · Oct 29, 2025