The Latest Breaking News from North Korea

North Korea on Saturday denounced U.S. pledges of battle tanks to Ukraine, claiming Washington was "further crossing the red line" to win hegemony by proxy war, state media KCNA reported.

North Korea condemned on Friday the decision by the United States to supply Ukraine with advanced battle tanks to help fight off Russia's invasion, saying Washington is escalating a sinister “proxy war” aimed at destroying Moscow. The comments by the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un underscored…

Yasushi Chimura, who was abducted by North Korea in the 1970s, met with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the Prime Minister's Office on Tuesday and urged him to hold a summit with North Korea to secure the return of other abductees still being held in the country.

Japan has successfully launched a rocket carrying a government intelligence-gathering satellite on a mission to watch movements at military sites in North Korea as part of Tokyo’s effort to build up its military capability

Movement in the capital of Pyongyang, North Korea, has been restricted from Wednesday to Sunday as its residents have also been ordered to check their temperature daily

North Korea has ordered a five-day lockdown in the capital over "respiratory illness", a report said Wednesday, in what appears to be the first citywide restrictions since the country declared victory over Covid-19 in August 2022.

Extreme weather kills at least one person in Japan and more than 100 in Afghanistan while parts of China hit record low temperatures

Authorities in the North Korean capital Pyongyang have ordered a five-day lockdown due to rising cases of an unspecified respiratory illness, Seoul-based NK News reported on Wednesday, citing a government notice. The notice did not mentioned COVID-19, but said that residents in the city are required to stay in their…

Reports of North Koreans panic-buying food ahead of lockdown triggered by rising cases of respiratory illnesses.