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The Latest Breaking News from Pyongyang

Kim Jong Un tells army to ‘annihilate’ South Korea, US if provoked

North Korean leader echoes earlier bellicose rhetoric after promising to launch new satellites and expand arsenal.

Al Jazeera

N. Korea's Kim Orders Military To Prepare For Possible 'War'

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wrapped the year with fresh threats of a nuclear attack on Seoul and orders for a military arsenal build-up to prepare for a war that can "break out at any time" on the peninsula, state media reported Sunday.

International Business Times

North Korea to launch 3 new satellites in 2024, as Kim warns war inevitable

Kim promises further military modernisation after conducting a record number of weapons tests in 2023.

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North Korea’s Kim calls on military to ‘accelerate’ war preparations

Party speech suggests record year of weapons testing will continue into 2024 in defiance of international sanctions.

Al Jazeera

N. Korea's Kim Calls For 'Accelerated' War Preparations

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un urged his party to "accelerate" war preparations including its nuclear programme, state media said Thursday.

International Business Times

South Korea sanctions North Korean spy chief over illicit cyber activities

Pyongyang is thought to use the money stolen in cyber-heists to fund its illegal weapons programmes.

Al Jazeera

North Korea Kicks Off Key Party Meeting Ahead Of New Year

North Korea has opened a year-end ruling party meeting attended by leader Kim Jong Un, state media said Wednesday, with key policy decisions for 2024 expected to be unveiled.

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N. Korea's Kim Warns Of 'Nuclear Attack' If 'Provoked' With Nukes

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned Pyongyang will not hesitate to launch a nuclear attack if "provoked with nukes", state media said Thursday, while Seoul and its allies called for "dialogue without preconditions".

International Business Times

North Korea and Russia clash with US, South Korea and allies over Pyongyang's latest missile launch

North Korea and Russia have clashed with the United States, South Korea and their allies at an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting on Pyongyang’s latest intercontinental ballistic missile launch, which it called “a warning counter-measure” to threats from the U.S. and other hostile forces

The Independent UK

North Korea's Kim Warns Washington As Biggest ICBM Launched

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to accelerate his country's nuclear build-up and warned Washington against making a "wrong decision" after overseeing the launch of the country's most powerful ballistic missile, state media said Tuesday.

International Business Times

N Korea Test-fires Most Advanced ICBM With US In Range

South Korea said the North fired an ICBM that used solid fuel, which makes missiles easier to transport and faster to fire than liquid-fuelled versions.

Latin Times

N. Korea Fires 'Long-range Ballistic Missile': Seoul

North Korea fired another internationally banned "long-range ballistic missile" on Monday, the South's military said, after Pyongyang voiced outrage over deeper nuclear cooperation between Seoul and Washington.

International Business Times

North Korea resumes missile launches in ‘threat to peace and stability’

Pyongyang launched ‘ICBM-class’ missile on Monday, hours after a short-range weapon amid record year of testing.

Al Jazeera

South Korea Military Says North Fires Ballistic Missile

North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile on Sunday, Seoul's military said, as the United States and South Korea warned any nuclear attack would lead to the end of Pyongyang's regime.

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France 24

N. Korea test-fires ballistic missile, blasts US for provoking 'preview of nuclear war'

North Korea fired an unidentified ballistic missile on Sunday, Japan's Coast Guard and the South Korean military said, as Pyongyang condemned U.S.-led military shows of force as tantamount to "a preview of a nuclear war".

The Conversation

From sexual liberation to fashionable heels, new research shows how women are changing North Korea

Kang* was 20 years old when she left her official job as a potato researcher in North Korea. She wanted to join the women who had taken up illicit market activities, first to survive the “Arduous March” (as the famine years of the mid-1990s were known), then to build better…

Al Jazeera

US, Japan, South Korea step up efforts to counter North Korea cyber-threats

The three allies are concerned about ‘malicious’ cyber-activities in support of Pyongyang’s banned weapons programmes.

WEKU

What North Korea's shift toward Russia means for its global strategy

Since the collapse of nuclear talks between Pyongyang and Washington in 2019, analysts see a major shift in North Korea's foreign relations. It has turned increasingly to Moscow.

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International Business Times

North Korean Smugglers Disguised Under Pacific Island Flags

North Korean "smuggling networks" are registering ships in Pacific nations to disguise themselves while trafficking oil, according to former United Nations sanctions experts and documents obtained by AFP. With strict sanctions limiting Pyongyang's ability to import fuel, North Korean smugglers have adopted increasingly creative methods to deceive authorities and dodge…

International Business Times

S. Korea Launches First Spy Satellite With SpaceX

A SpaceX rocket on Friday launched South Korea's first military spy satellite, intensifying a space race on the peninsula after Pyongyang launched its own first military eye in the sky last week.

Golf Monthly

"I Shot 120 And My Caddie Told Me I'd Brought Great Shame To My Family" – An Extraordinary Tale Of Golf In North Korea

Golf in North Korea does exist, and the country even hosts international events

Al Jazeera

Kim Jong Un inspects satellite photos of US, South Korea, state media says

Kim examined ‘major target regions’, including the US military base at Pearl Harbor, KCNA says.

International Business Times

Kim Jong Un Reviews Satellite Photos Of US Bases In Hawaii, S. Korea: State Media

North Korean state media said Saturday leader Kim Jong Un reviewed images taken by his country's new spy satellite of a US naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii and "major target" sites across South Korea.

Al Jazeera

North Korea celebrates ‘new era of a space power’ after satellite launch

State media shows leader Kim Jong Un and his family enjoying a banquet with scientists and engineers from the project.

The Guardian - AU

North Korean spy satellite team attend banquet with Kim Jong-un and daughter Ju Ae

Dictator seen with daughter at celebration for scientists and technicians who finally put Malligyong-1 into space after two failed attempts

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