Did Kim Jong-Un Take A Train To Beijing?
There is widespread speculation that a senior North Korean official who made a surprise day-long visit to Beijing was Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un. Japanese media outlets first reported that a...
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North Korea Marks ‘Victory Day’
In heavy rain, North Koreans put down their umbrellas to bow before the mausoleum of founder Kim Il Sung and his son on Thursday as the country marked the end of the Korean War, which it calls...
Fire, Smoke and Metal At North Korea Steel Plant
A crane moves a giant bucket brimming with 40 tonnes of molten steel towards a gangway in North Korea's Chollima Steel Complex. Flames, smoke and a shower of sparks erupt as a worker thrusts his...
S. Korea Probes N. Korea Celebrity Who ‘returned Home’
South Korea is investigating the case of a North Korean defector who became a celebrity refugee in Seoul, but recently appeared on Pyongyang television to claim she had returned home from the "hell"...
South Korea Probes N. Korean Celebrity Who ‘returned Home’
South Korea is investigating the case of a North Korean defector who became a celebrity refugee in Seoul, but recently appeared on Pyongyang television to claim she had returned home from the "hell"...
Explosions In Sky As Pyongyang Celebrates ICBM Launch
Fireworks lit up the sky over Pyongyang's Juche Tower as North Korea celebrated its launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile, a milestone in its decades-long weapons drive. The stone monument...
To Talk Or Not To Talk To North Korea?
Nuclear-armed North Korea has muscled its way onto the agenda of the G20 leaders' annual summit in Germany Thursday, with Pyongyang's first test of an intercontinental ballistic missile set to...
N.Korea’s Veteran Newsreader Returns To Declare ICBM Launch
Pyongyang deployed one of its most symbolic media assets to declare a key moment in North Korea's missile development -- a female TV announcer in her 70s. Ri Chun-Hee has previously told her loyal...
Pyongyang’s ‘traffic Ladies’
Snapping their heads from side to side, marching into the roads in close-fitting blue uniforms and black heels, the "traffic ladies" who marshal vehicles at the intersections of Pyongyang are an...
N. Korea Says Launch Tested ‘new Type’ of Cruise Missile
Pyongyang on Friday hailed the successful test of a new type of surface-to-ship cruise missile, which it said was designed to hit "any enemy group of battleships" that threatened North Korea. The...
Lessons In Loyalty As N.Korea Celebrates Children’s Day
These pictures from North Korea show school children playing with imitation AK47s and throwing mock grenades as they learn military skills to 'beat down any enemies'. Pupils at Pyongyang Number Four...
Lessons In Loyalty As N.Korea Celebrates Children’s Day
To celebrate Korean Children's Union Day on Tuesday, the pupils of Pyongyang Number Four Primary School threw mock grenades at targets, crawled under a frame and threw themselves over a fence -- all...
N. Korea Says Ballistic Missile Test Successful
North Korea on Tuesday boasted its test of a precision-guided missile was "successful", saying it had zeroed in within a few metres of a target provocatively close to Japan the day before. The...
Hero’s Welcome In Pyongyang For North’s Missile Developers
Thousands of men lined the streets of Pyongyang to give scientists and workers behind North Korea's latest missile test a hero's welcome. Pictures from the despotic state showed hundreds of...
Hero’s Welcome In Pyongyang For North’s Missile Developers
Thousands of men in their Sunday best and women in colourful traditional dress lined the streets of Pyongyang to give the scientists and workers behind North Korea's latest missile test a hero's...
North Korea Claims CIA Plotted To Kill Kim Jong-Un
North Korea has accused US and South Korean agents of plotting to kill its Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-un. A North Korean referred to only as “Kim” was paid to carry out an attack with biochemical...
Satellite Images ‘show Activity At North Korea Nuclear Test Site’
Satellite images show activity has resumed at North Korea's nuclear site, a US-based analysts has claimed amid fears Kim Jong-un is plotting a sixth atomic test. Pictures of the Punggye-ri site...
Activity Resumes At North Korea Nuclear Test Site
Satellite images indicate activity has resumed at North Korea's nuclear test site, US-based analysts said Tuesday, as tensions remain high over fears of an sixth atomic test by the reclusive state....
China’s Military Pact With N.Korea Looks Shaky
When North Korea's founder Kim Il-Sung visited Beijing to sign a mutual defence pact with China in 1961, he was comforted by the military protection promised by his fellow communist neighbours. But...
Empty Slopes At N.Korea’s Ski Resort
Outside a large stone tablet acclaims "the work of Dear Leader Kim Jong-Un who devoted hard work and heart and soul to make our people the happiest and most civilised people". On the ski fields of...