An olive-green North Korean train, emblazoned with a gold stripe, carried leader Kim Jong Un into China on Tuesday for a grand military parade that President Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin will also attend. Since taking power in 2011, Kim has now made nine international trips and crossed the border into South Korea twice, … Read more
Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea, might be preparing his young daughter, Kim Ju-ae, to become his successor. Choe Sang-Hun, the Seoul bureau chief for The New York Times, analyzed North Korean state propaganda to find out. Source link
Despite the heavy casualties it has suffered in the war between Russia and Ukraine, North Korea appears to have sent more troops to Russia as its soldiers re-entered frontline combat, South Korea’s spy agency said on Thursday. The National Intelligence Service, South Korea’s main spy agency, said it was still trying to assess the size … Read more
They spent up to 10 years at sea, toiling in some of the harshest conditions distant-water fishing crews can face. Many never set foot on land because their Chinese captains did not want them to be seen by the port authorities. Most of their salaries went directly to their government, and some of their catch … Read more
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed a Russian non-nuclear intercontinental ballistic missile strike, calling it a strategic message to Ukraine, NATO, and the US. He claimed that Putin views Ukraine as a training ground and fears normalcy and dignity. Zelenskyy accused Putin of disregarding human dignity, freedom, and life, while seeking weapons in Iran and North … Read more
Over the last month, North Korea’s role aiding Russia in its war in Ukraine has significantly escalated. U.S. officials reported that North Korean soldiers are already operating in the Kursk region in western Russia, where Ukrainian forces are staging a counteroffensive. Michael Shear, a White House correspondent for The New York Times, explains what the … Read more
A TV screen reports North Korea has blown up parts of the northern side of inter-Korean roads during a news program at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Oct. 15, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP South Korea said North Korea blew up the northern parts of inter-Korean roads no longer in use on Tuesday … Read more
A balloon presumably sent by North Korea, is seen in a paddy field in Incheon, South Korea. File. | Photo Credit: AP North Korea launched more balloons likely carrying rubbish toward South Korea on July 21, two days after the South restarted blaring anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts across the border in retaliation for the North’s repeated … Read more
North Korea launched a ballistic missile off its east coast on Monday, South Korea’s military said, a day after the North vowed to take “offensive and overwhelming countermeasures” in response to a new U.S. military drill with South Korea and Japan. The Joint Chiefs of Staff said the launch was made on Monday morning, but … Read more
A North Korean official is seen wearing a pin featuring the portrait of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during a key meeting of the country’s ruling party in Pyongyang, North Korea, June 28, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters North Korean officials wore pins with a portrait of Kim Jong Un in public for the first … Read more