NORTH KOREAN LEADER KIM JONG UN

A 22-year-old man in North Korea was publicly executed in 2022 for listening to and sharing K-pop music and South Korean films, according to a South Korean human rights report. The report details how North Korean authorities enforce strict laws agai...

It has been reported that Russia has decided to send its children to a summer camp in North Korea. The Russian President Vladimir Putin had earlier said that members of Russia’s ‘Movement of the First’ will attend this summer camp located on North K...

For the first time, North Korean officials have been seen wearing lapel pins with the image of leader Kim Jong Un, another sign the North is boosting his personality cult to the level bestowed on his late dictator father and grandfather.The Associat...

North Korea test-fired two ballistic missiles on Monday, following a vow of "offensive and overwhelming" responses to recent US-South Korea-Japan military drills. The missiles were launched from Jangyon, with the first traveling 600 km and the secon...

North Korean officials publicly displayed pins with Kim Jong Un's portrait for the first time during a key meeting of the ruling party. The move symbolised the development of a cult of personality surrounding the leader, The 10th Plenary Meeting of ...

North Korea announced a successful test of a multiwarhead missile aimed at enhancing its capability to overcome US and South Korean defenses. However, South Korea disputed this claim, asserting the missile launch had actually failed. North Korea's s...

The Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea is an intensely fortified strip of land, 248 kilometers long and 4 kilometers wide, possibly the most heavily armed place on Earth. It features two million mines, barbed wire fences, tank tr...

Russian President Vladimir Putin's unprecedented visit to North Korea aimed to bolster ties with Kim Jong Un, marked by Putin's gift of a Russian-made Aurus Senat limousine. The leaders' jovial test drive in the armored vehicle was captured in a wid...

North Korean media has on Thursday gone public with the details of the country's latest agreement with Russia. The North’s official Korean Central News Agency said the deal requires both countries to use all available means to provide immediate mili...

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un welcomed Vladimir Putin amid pomp and show. Huge crowds cheered, waved balloons and danced to a Soviet patriotic song to greet Putin and Kim in Pyongyang’s central square.

An honour guard including mounted soldiers, and a large crowd of civilians gathered at the square by the Taedong River running through the capital. The scene included children holding balloons, and giant portraits of the two leaders with national fl...

South Korea: Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked North Korea for supporting his actions in Ukraine and said their countries will cooperate closely to overcome U.S.-led sanctions as he visits Pyongyang on June 18 for a summit with North Korean l...

North Korea sent hundreds more trash-carrying balloons over the border, Seoul's military said Monday, after Kim Jong Un's powerful sister warned of further responses if the South keeps up its "psychological warfare". Seoul's military said the North ...

North Korea sent more than 300 trash-filled balloons across the border in a fresh blitz starting Saturday, Seoul's military said, with the president's office saying this had forced it to take "corresponding measures". "Although the measures we are t...

North Korea allegedly fired a barrage of short-range ballistic missiles towards the eastern sea. The move drew condemnation from South Korea and Japan amidst heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula. The launches followed a failed attempt to laun...

North Korea fired ballistic missiles after a failed spy satellite launch. Kim's regime claimed satellite launch failures. The UN Security Council will meet to discuss the launch.

North Korea launched hundreds of trash-filled balloons into South Korea, prompting chemical and explosive response teams to recover the debris. This act follows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's push to overcome a failed satellite launch and develop...

The North Korean state has introduced two new laws that aim to check the mobile phones of individuals and ban divorce in the country.

North Korea announced plans to equip its military with a new 240mm multiple rocket launcher, marking a "significant change" in its artillery combat capabilities. Leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a live-fire test of the updated rocket system, which Pyongya...