# north-korea - Thursday 28 July, 2022
# Nukes
# Nukes
Kim has this year been increasingly threatening rivals with his advancing nuclear programme.
# north-korea - Sunday 5 June, 2022
# Pyongyang
# Pyongyang
The exercise represents the largest number of ballistic missiles North Korea has recently launched on a single day and occasion.
# north-korea - Friday 27 May, 2022
# North Korea
# North Korea
The secretive country has admitted that more than three million have reported sick with fevers but said only a few dozen have died.
# north-korea - Tuesday 24 May, 2022
# North Korea
# North Korea
The launch comes as US President Joe Biden concluded a trip to South Korea and Japan.
# north-korea - Saturday 21 May, 2022
# Seoul Trip
# Seoul Trip
North Korea ’s Kim Jong Un has conducted a blitz of sanctions-busting weapons tests this year.
# north-korea - Wednesday 18 May, 2022
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
The country reported 232,880 new cases of “fever” as of Tuesday evening, bringing the total number to 1.72 million with 62 deaths.
# north-korea - Monday 16 May, 2022
# The Fix
# The Fix
Here’s your round-up of what made the headlines today.
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
Failing to slow the virus could have dire consequences for North Korea .
# north-korea - Sunday 15 May, 2022
# North Korea
# North Korea
North Korea has no Covid vaccines, antiviral treatment drugs or mass-testing capacity.
# north-korea - Saturday 14 May, 2022
# The Fix
# The Fix
Here’s your round-up of what made the headlines today.
# North Korea
# North Korea
The country had previously held for more than two years to the widely doubted claim that it had kept the virus out.
# north-korea - Friday 13 May, 2022
# Pyongyang
# Pyongyang
Experts have warned the virus could be devastating in a country with a broken health care system.
# north-korea - Thursday 12 May, 2022
# Pyongyang
# Pyongyang
The country had never admitted to a case of the virus and had imposed a rigid coronavirus blockade of its borders since 2020.
# north-korea - Monday 9 May, 2022
# Seoul
# Seoul
Moon Jae-in leaves office tomorrow following a single five-year term.
# north-korea - Saturday 7 May, 2022
# Pyongyang
# Pyongyang
The US State Department warned that Pyongyang could be preparing for a nuclear test “as early as next month”.
# north-korea - Tuesday 26 April, 2022
# North Korea
# North Korea
The North Korea n leader made the remarks in a speech he delivered during a military parade.
# north-korea - Wednesday 30 March, 2022
# North Korea
# North Korea
North Korea claimed to have successfully test-fired a Hwasong-17 missile and released a promotional-style video.
# north-korea - Saturday 26 March, 2022
# Weapons
# Weapons
North Korea appeared to test-fire its biggest intercontinental ballistic missile to date this week.
# north-korea - Friday 25 March, 2022
# North Korea
# North Korea
The launch extended a barrage of weapons demonstrations this year.
# north-korea - Sunday 20 March, 2022
# Pyongyang
# Pyongyang
Four shots were fired into western waters during a span of an hour from 7.20am.
# north-korea - Saturday 5 March, 2022
# Missile Launch
# Missile Launch
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said it detected a single launch of a presumed ballistic missile from an area near the North Korea n capital.
# north-korea - Monday 31 January, 2022
# Missile Test
# Missile Test
The reported flight details make it the most powerful missile North Korea has tested since 2017.
# north-korea - Monday 17 January, 2022
# Pyongyang
# Pyongyang
The country has been ramping up tests in recent months of new missiles designed to overwhelm missile defences in the region.
# north-korea - Saturday 15 January, 2022
# The Fix
# The Fix
Here’s your round-up of what made the headlines today.
# North Korea
# North Korea
South Korea said it detected the North firing two missiles into the sea in its third weapons launch this month.
# north-korea - Tuesday 11 January, 2022
# Tensions
# Tensions
The early-morning launch came as the UN Security Council met in New York to discuss last week’s test.
# north-korea - Wednesday 5 January, 2022
# North Korea
# North Korea
The launch followed a speech by Kim Jong Un last week in which he said North Korea would continue to build up its military capabilities.
# north-korea - Sunday 2 January, 2022
# North Korea
# North Korea
More than 30,000 people have fled to South Korea in the decades since the Korean War, but crossings to the North are rare.
# north-korea - Monday 25 October, 2021
# South Korea
# South Korea
Moon Jae-in said he will continue to push for peace through dialogue and diplomacy.
# north-korea - Sunday 24 October, 2021
# North Korea
# North Korea
Last Tuesday, North Korea fired a newly developed ballistic missile from a submarine.
# north-korea - Tuesday 19 October, 2021
# North Korea
# North Korea
The launch came soon after the US pledged to resume diplomacy over Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons programme.
# north-korea - Monday 11 October, 2021
Kim Jong Un called for improved living conditions in a speech on the anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers’ Party.
# north-korea - Sunday 3 October, 2021
# Tensions
# Tensions
Pyongyang resumed missile tests in September after a six-month hiatus.
# north-korea - Wednesday 29 September, 2021
# Missile Launch
# Missile Launch
The Korean Central News Agency said the missile met key technical requirements set out by defence scientists.
# north-korea - Tuesday 28 September, 2021
# Nuclear
# Nuclear
It is the latest in a series of mixed messages from Pyongyang, coming days after the rogue state dangled the prospect of an inter-Korean summit.
# north-korea - Saturday 18 September, 2021
# Yongbyon
# Yongbyon
North Korea calls the complex “the heart” of its nuclear programme.
# north-korea - Wednesday 15 September, 2021
# Tensions
# Tensions
Kim Yo Jong criticised the South Korean president for describing North Korea n weapons demonstrations as a provocation.
# north-korea - Monday 30 August, 2021
# Plutonium
# Plutonium
The reactor referred to in a report produces plutonium, one of the two key ingredients used to build nuclear weapons.
# north-korea - Saturday 27 March, 2021
# UNSC
# UNSC
Diplomats said yesterday that France, Estonia, Ireland, Norway and Britain asked for a closed-door meeting of the council to be held on Tuesday.
# north-korea - Friday 26 March, 2021
# Missile Launch
# Missile Launch
Pyongyang is pushing to bolster the country’s military power.
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