North Korea poised to admit first known tourists since 2020
Seoul, South KoreaReuters A group from Russia is poised to be the first known tourists allowed into North Korea since anti-pandemic border lockdowns began in early 2020, according to a post from Russian provincial authorities and a Western tour guide. North Korea imposed some of the strictest border controls in the world during the spread […]
North Korea says it tested new solid-fuel ICBM – KCNA
Seoul, South Korea/Tokyo, JapanReuters North Korea said on Friday it has tested a new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile Hwasong-18 aimed at boosting the country’s nuclear counter-attack capability, state media reported. North Korea fired what appeared to be a new model ballistic missile on Thursday, South Korea said, triggering a scare in northern Japan where Hokkaido […]
North Korea fires ballistic missile, warns of turning Pacific into “firing range”
Seoul, South KoreaReuters North Korea fired two more ballistic missiles off its east coast on Monday, as the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong-un warned US forces to halt military drills, saying the reclusive nuclear state could turn the Pacific into a “firing range”. The launches come just two days after North Korea fired an […]
North Korea fires two ballistic missiles, escalating tensions, says South Korea
Seoul, South Korea/Tokyo, JapanReuters North Korea fired two ballistic missiles towards the sea off the Korean Peninsula’s east coast on Sunday, said South Korea and Japan, prompting South Korea’s presidential office to “strongly condemned” Pyongyang for escalating tensions. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the two medium-range missiles flew about 500 kilometres. A man […]
North Korea fires missile, flies warplanes near border as South imposes sanctions
Seoul, South Korea Reuters North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast on Friday, South Korea’s military said, the latest in a series of launches by the nuclear-armed country amid heightened tensions. South Korea also scrambled fighter jets when a group of about 10 North Korean military aircraft flew […]
North Korea says missile tests simulate striking South with nuclear weapons
Seoul, South Korea Reuters North Korea’s recent flurry of missile tests were designed to simulate showering the South with tactical nuclear weapons as a warning after large-scale navy drills by South Korean and US forces, state news agency KCNA said on Monday. North Korea fired two ballistic missiles early on Sunday, officials in Seoul and […]
North Korea makes nuclear weapons policy “irreversible” with new law – KCNA
Seoul, South Korea Reuters North Korea passed a law enshrining the right to use preemptive nuclear strikes to protect itself, a move leader Kim Jong-un said makes its nuclear status “irreversible” and bars any denuclearisation talks, state media reported on Friday. The move comes as observers say North Korea appears to be preparing to resume […]
North Korea reports another infectious disease outbreak amid battle against COVID
Seoul, South KoreaReuters North Korea has reported an outbreak of an unidentified intestinal epidemic on Thursday, potentially adding to strains on the isolated country’s healthcare system which is battling an unprecedented COVID-19 wave. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sent medicines to the western port city of Haeju on Wednesday to help patients suffering from the […]
Essay: North Korea – how the COVID outbreak is putting pressure on the regime
In an article first published on The Conversation, CHRISTOPH BLUTH, Professor of International Relations and Security at the University of Bradford in the UK, looks at the impact of COVID-19 on one of the world’s most isolated nations…
North Korea hails ‘good results’ on COVID as fever cases pass two million
Seoul, South Korea Reuters North Korea said on Friday it was achieving “good results” in its fight against its first confirmed COVID-19 outbreak, as the number of people with fever symptoms rose past two million. A wave of COVID infections, which North Korea first confirmed last week, has fanned worry about a lack of medical […]