The Latest Breaking News from Pyongyang

Seoul (AFP) - North Korea fired three ballistic missiles towards the Sea of Japan early Wednesday, Seoul's military said, just one day after President Joe Biden wrapped up his first Asia visit as US leader.

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North Korea said Saturday it found nearly 220,000 more people with feverish symptoms even as leader Kim Jong Un claimed progress in slowing a largely undiagnosed spread of COVID-19 across an unvaccinated population of 26 million. The outbreak has caused concern about serious tragedies in the poor, isolated country with…

Pyongyang has not responded to offers of help and inquiries from the US, South Korea, the WHO and UNICEF.

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Seoul (AFP) - North Korea is poised to conduct a nuclear test, Seoul said Thursday, as the United States warned it could come as President Joe Biden visits South Korea this week.

US president Joe Biden's efforts to bolster allies against North Korean aggression appear to have failed despite the nation dealing with its first admitted Covid-19 cases