In North Korea, success in politics can be a dangerous thing

People who get too close to the seat of power in North Korea, including the Supreme Leader’s relatives, have a way of ending up dead.

Christoph Bluth, The Conversation

· Mar 01, 2023 · 09:30 pm

North Korea launches two ballistic missiles, says Seoul

The missiles traveled about 500 kilometers at a maximum altitude of 550 kilometers before landing in the East Sea.

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· Dec 18, 2022 · 06:49 pm

North Korea launches ballistic missile in Sea of Japan

Last week, Pyongyang had launched series of missiles in retaliation to joint military exercises by the United States and South Korea.

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· Nov 09, 2022 · 05:40 pm

North Korea calls US-South Korea military exercises ‘open provocation’ to escalate tensions

Pyongyang sees the military drills in the Korean peninsula as an invasion rehearsal and has retaliated with test-fire missile launches.

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· Nov 07, 2022 · 11:06 am

India expresses concern as North Korea launches missiles capable of carrying nuclear warhead

New Delhi told the United Nations Security Council that it supports denuclearisation in the region.

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· Nov 05, 2022 · 10:48 am

North Korea says 50 citizens have died due to ‘fever-causing illness’

While the country has not named the disease, it said one of the deceased patients had tested positive for the Omicron variant.

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· May 16, 2022 · 02:14 pm

North Korea successfully tests two cruise missiles, US calls it ‘provocation’

North Korea has tested six missiles in January, the highest in a month.

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· Jan 28, 2022 · 03:05 pm

Kim Jong Un’s decade in power has been marked by starvation, repression and brutality

The young dictator, who turns 38 on January 8, has the capacity to surpass even the ghastly death tolls of his father and grandfather.

Sung-Yoon Lee, The Conversation

· Jan 04, 2022 · 11:30 pm

The rise and rise of ‘first sister’ Kim Yo-jong in North Korea

The youngest child of the country’s former supreme leader Kim Jong-il is widely thought of as a possible successor to her older brother Kim Jong-un.

Sojin Lim, The Conversation

· Oct 01, 2021 · 09:30 pm

North Korea successfully tests new long-range cruise missiles, US calls it potential threat

The missiles flew 1,500 km for 7,580 seconds.

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· Sep 13, 2021 · 11:23 am

‘Don’t provoke if you want good night’s sleep’: North Korea warns US, South Korea on military drill

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s sister issued a statement criticising both the countries for holding military exercises.

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· Mar 16, 2021 · 02:15 pm

US ‘hasn’t seen’ North Korean leader Kim Jong-un recently, says Mike Pompeo

He added there was ‘a real risk’ of a famine in the isolated country amid the coronavirus outbreak, and that Washington was closely monitoring the situation.

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· Apr 30, 2020 · 10:51 am