North Korea
Red Cross sends thousands of volunteers to help North Korea cope with coronavirus, floods
The Red Cross has sent more than 43,000 volunteers to North Korea, including to the locked-down city of Kaesong, to help fight…
WHO says North Korea’s COVID-19 test results for first suspected case ‘inconclusive’
North Korea’s test results for a man suspected of being the country’s first coronavirus case were inconclusive, though authorities have quarantined more…
North Korea has “probably developed nuclear devices which fit into missiles” – UN
North Korea has seemingly made important progress in its nuclear weapons programme and several countries believe it has "probably developed miniaturised nuclear…
North Korea’s economy grows for first time in 3 years
The economy of isolated North Korea grew for the first time in three years in 2019 as better weather conditions boosted crop…
EU sanctions Russian intelligence, North Korean, Chinese firms over alleged cyberattacks
The European Union on Thursday imposed travel and financial sanctions on a department of Russia's military intelligence service and on firms from…
What is known about North Korea’s possible coronavirus ‘patient zero’
After North Korea announced what could be its first publicly confirmed case of coronavirus on Sunday, officials in Seoul believe they may…
North Korea reports first suspected case of COVID-19
North Korea reported its first case of suspected COVID-19, in a person who returned to the North on July 19, state news…
North Korean leader’s sister says another summit unlikely but “a surprise thing may still happen”
Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korea's leader, said another summit with the United States would only be useful for Washington…
North Korea says no need to sit down with US for talks
North Korea does not feel the need to have talks with the United States, which would be nothing more than "a political…
Kim Jong Un says North Korea prevented coronavirus from making inroads
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told a meeting of the politburo of the ruling Workers Party the North had stopped the…
Divided Koreas mark 70 years since war began
Seventy years after the Korean War began, prospects for a peace treaty to officially end the conflict appear as distant as ever,…
N.Korea suspends military action plans against S.Korea
North Korea has decided to suspend military action plans against South Korea, the official KCNA news agency reported on Wednesday, as a…