29 articles
Government
Kim Jong-un orders N. Korean military to prepare for war after month-long absence
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered his military to strengthen war preparations. Kim was photographed at a military meeting on Monda...
Michelle De Pacina
Trump wanted to nuke North Korea in 2017 and then blame another country: book
According to an upcoming addition to Michael Schmidt’s 2020 book “Donald Trump v. The United States,” former President Donald Trump consider...
Iris Jung
Crime
Minors publicly executed in N. Korea for viewing and distributing S. Korean dramas
North Korea has executed three minors by firing squad: one for murdering his stepmother and two for watching and distributing South Korean ...
Chandler Treon
News
Kim Jong-un reveals daughter at missile launch
North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un introduced his daughter to the public for the first time on Saturday. The revelation of the child ...
Carl Samson
Entertainment
The North Korean ‘Godzilla’ rip-off directed by a Kim Jong-il kidnappee
Kim Jong-il, the former Supreme Leader of North Korea and the father of the country’s current leader Kim Jong-un, once commissioned Shin Sa...
Bryan Ke
Mystery woman spotted near Kim Jong-un in recent months sparks speculation
An unidentified woman has recently been seen in Kim Jong-un’s inner circle. First noticed in February, the mysterious woman is often seen ...
Rebecca Moon
North Korea passes ‘irreversible’ law declaring itself a nuclear weapons state
On Friday, North Korean state media reported the passing of new legislation permitting the launching of nuclear weapons. In the official ...
North Korea
‘Positive thinking’ is ‘very necessary’ for denuclearization of North Korea: South Korean official
The 2022 Seoul Defense Dialogue gathered 54 countries in collaboration against international security threats. On Wednesday, the panelists...
Kim Jong-un’s sister tells S. Korea’s ‘simple’ president to ‘shut his mouth’
Kim Jong-un’s sister Kim Yo-jong called South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yeol “simple” and “foolish” for proposing economic aid in exchange...
North Korea offering 100,000 ‘volunteers’ for war against Ukraine, says Russian state media
North Korea recently offered to send 100,000 “volunteers” to Russia to help the Kremlin in its war against Ukraine, Russian journalist Igor...
Kim Jong-un declares N. Korea ‘ready to mobilize’ nuclear weapons and ‘eliminate South Korea’
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un declared during a ceremony marking the 69th anniversary of the Korean War Armistice that he was ready to fi...
Jane Nam
New photos of North Korean defectors being dragged back at border sparks condemnation from Seoul
On Wednesday, South Korea’s presidential office condemned the former progressive administration’s decision to repatriate two North Korean f...
Coronavirus
North Korea records first COVID-19 deaths after ‘explosive’ outbreak
North Korea has recorded its first COVID-19 deaths after the hermit nation reported an “explosive” outbreak that possibly infected over 350...
North Korea launches 3 ballistic missiles amid its first COVID outbreak
On Thursday, North Korea fired three ballistic missiles towards the sea, just hours after confirming its first-ever coronavirus outbreak. ...
North Korea fires ballistic missile, Japan and South Korea report, in 13th launch this year
Japan and South Korea reported that North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan on Wednesday. The latest test was North Ko...
Ryan General
Kim Jong-un sends rare praise to outgoing South Korean President Moon in ‘letters of friendship’ exchange
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un exchanged "letters of friendship" with outgoing South Korean President Moon Jae-in less than thre...
Lifestyle
Why only the poorest North Koreans live in the country’s high-rise penthouses
A new 80-story residential skyscraper in North Korea is part of the country’s growing efforts to build thousands of apartments for resident...
Daniel Anderson
Kim Jong-un’s sister threatens South Korea with nuclear ‘extermination’ if North Korea is ‘provoked’
In response to South Korean Defense Minister Suh Wook’s threat of a “preemptive strike” last week, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s s...
North Korea broadcasts dramatic, movie-style video of Kim Jong-un overseeing ICBM launch
North Korea’s Hwasong-17 missile launch featured a dramatic action movie-like video of Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un and his military official...
Asia
U.S. sanctions Russia, North Korea after Pyongyang launches missile that can reach Washington
The U.S. imposed fresh sanctions on Russia and North Korea on Thursday for the transfer of sensitive items to Pyongyang’s missile program. ...
North Korean internet outages caused by lone US hacker seeking payback
An American hacker took down several North Korean websites as revenge for the alleged attack carried out by the hermit nation against him i...
Media
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un rides white horse, limps in new documentary celebrating his achievements
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un can be seen riding a white horse in a new documentary that celebrates his 2021 accomplishments. It does no...
Khier Casino
Kim Jong Il, inventor of the burrito? North Korean state media makes strange claim
North Korea’s state news organization Rodong Sinmun claimed the late North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il invented “wheat wraps” in 2011. A vid...
Sarah Yukiko
North Korean defector sneaks back because of financial struggles he faced as janitor in South Korea
Security officials believe the man who “re-defected” to North Korea by sneaking through the DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) on New Year’s Day was t...
North Korea bans laughing, drinking for 11 days on 10th anniversary of Kim Jong-il’s death
On the 10th anniversary of former supreme leader of North Korea Kim Jong-il’s death last week and the beginning of the country’s...
North Korea executes citizens for watching K-pop videos, says Seoul-based NGO
At least seven executions under North Korean leader Kim Jong Un were the result of individuals watching K-pop, or pop music from South Korea...
Jiselle Lee
North and South Korea agree ‘in principle’ to formally end Korean War after 70 years
South Korean President Moon Jae-in says North Korea’s objection to the U.S. government’s alleged “hostility” has prevented the official end ...
Man arrested 5 times in 3 days because he looked like North Korean fugitive
A man from China was reported to the police five times in three days due to his resemblance to a North Korean defector. The doppelganger: Th...
‘Symbol of power’: North Korea bans leather coats after its citizens start copying Kim Jong-un’s style
The North Korean government has reportedly imposed a ban against leather coats to keep young men from imitating Kim Jong-un’s trademark styl...