North Korea orders strict lockdown with first official Covid cases
North Korea has ordered a strict national lockdown after confirming its first official Covid infections. State media have reported an Omicron outbreak in the capital,...
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North Korea tests banned intercontinental missile
North Korea has tested a banned intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) for the first time since 2017, South Korea and Japan say. Japanese officials estimated it...
North Korea angers neighbours with new missile test
North Korea has fired a suspected ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast, in its first such launch since October. The missile landed...
South Korean crosses DMZ in rare defection to North Korea
A South Korean citizen has crossed the heavily fortified border into North Korea in an apparent defection, South Korea’s military says. The person was able...
North and South Korea make phone call after months
North Korea has restored communication lines with the South, months after it cut a cross-border hotline. The move comes days after the country’s leader Kim...
North Korea’s Kim Jong-un offers to restore inter-Korean hotline
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said he is willing to restore a vital communication hotline with South Korea, in a possible offer of reconciliation....
Why Kim Jong-un is waging war on slang, jeans and foreign films
North Korea has recently introduced a sweeping new law which seeks to stamp out any kind of foreign influence – harshly punishing anyone caught with...
Why Kim Jong-un is waging war on slang, jeans and foreign films
North Korea has recently introduced a sweeping new law which seeks to stamp out any kind of foreign influence – harshly punishing anyone caught with...
North Korea accuses Biden of pursuing hostile policy
North Korea has hit out at the Biden administration as it prepares to unveil its strategy for dealing with Pyongyang and its nuclear programme. The...
North Korea drops out of Tokyo Olympics over COVID fears
North Korea has announced it will not attend the Tokyo Olympic Games because of coronavirus concerns, dashing South Korean hopes the Games could serve...