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South Korea: Kim's daughter enjoys horseback riding, skiing

March 09, 2023 4:46 pm

Kim has brought the daughter to a series of public events since November, including a missile launch site, sparking intense outside debate over whether the girl is being primed as his successor.

North Korea's Kim Jong Un presides over big military parade

February 09, 2023 8:50 am

The parade marked the 75th founding anniversary of North Korea’s army and came after weeks of preparations involving huge numbers of troops and civilians mobilized to glorify Kim’s rule and his relentless push to cement the North’s status as a nuclear power.

US invests millions to expose regime to North Koreans

January 17, 2023 6:55 am

The act is designed to counter the Pyongyang's all-pervasive censorship and surveillance of its citizens.

Kim claims North Korean successes, says it faces challenges

December 27, 2022 9:05 am

A plenary meeting of the ruling Workers’ Party was convened in Pyongyang on Monday to review past projects and discuss next year’s work plans, the official Korean Central News Agency said Tuesday

North Korea wants dollars. It’s a sign of trouble

December 10, 2022 9:59 am

On the economic front, Kim Jong Un has struggled, an already isolated country made more so by years of international sanctions over his nuclear program and border closures since the coronavirus pandemic.

North Korea says Kim Jong Un supervised cruise missile tests

October 13, 2022 9:56 am

The tests extended a record number of weapons demonstrations this year by North Korea, which has punctuated its testing activity with threats to preemptively use nuclear weapons against South Korea and the United States.

Kamala Harris under a microscope: deft Asia diplomacy despite DMZ gaffe

September 30, 2022 2:26 pm

Kamala Harris’s whirlwind tour of Japan and South Korea this week amounts to a microcosm for the state of her vice presidency: an ambitious, historic and increasingly confident effort still beset by the occasional high-profile gaffe.

Donetsk leader calls for 'beneficial' ties with North Korea

August 17, 2022 3:50 pm

North Korea last month became one of the few nations in the world to recognize the independence of Donetsk and Luhansk, another Russian-backed separatist region in eastern Ukraine, prompting Kyiv to cut off diplomatic ties with Pyongyang.

North Korea reports another disease outbreak amid Covid-19 wave

June 16, 2022 3:27 pm

North Korea is facing the eruption of a new infectious disease that has already taken the form of an epidemic. As per observers, the disease holds similarities with other infectious illnesses like typhoid, dysentery, and cholera.

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North Korea expands work at nuclear test site to second tunnel

June 16, 2022 3:15 pm

South Korean officials said this week that North Korea was poised to conduct a nuclear test "at any time" and that the timing would be decided by Kim Jong Un.