North Korea just tested a new submarine-launched ballistic missile
North Korea recently conducted a third test of a new submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) that is part of Pyongyang’s expanding nuclear arsenal, according to American defense officials.The...
View ArticleOnline shopping has arrived in North Korea
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Online shopping has arrived in North Korea, though it's as isolated from the rest of the world as the country itself, and the vast majority of North Koreans lack the...
View Article11 mindblowing facts about North Korea
How much do you really know about one of the most controversial countries in the world? Learn some mindblowing facts about this hermit kingdom that hangs off the east coast of China.Produced by Matthew...
View ArticleNorth Korea could reportedly develop missile-equipped submarines in two to...
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea could build a fully operational submarine equipped with ballistic missiles within two or three years, a South Korean defense official said on Monday.The official, who...
View ArticleNorth Korea is making alarming advances in missile technology
On Friday, May 8, North Korea conducted an underwater test-fire of a submarine ballistic missile, displaying a new threat and growing missile capability.The next day, North Korea fired three...
View ArticleReport: North Korea executes defense chief on treason charges
North Korea has executed its defence chief on treason charges, Seoul's National Intelligence Service was quoted as telling lawmakers, in the latest of a series of high-level purges since Kim Jong Un...
View ArticleWhy the latest report about North Korea savagely executing a general is...
It's hard to know how much of the crazy news that comes out of North Korea is true, and reports of brutal executions have been proven false in the past.But the latest report about a top-ranking general...
View ArticleHere's what we know about the execution of yet another top North Korean official
North Korea’s minister of the Peoples’ Armed Forces, Hyon Yong Chol, was publicly executed on April 30, according to reporting by South Korean press on a brief by National Intelligence Service (NIS)...
View ArticleWhy Kim Jong-un would savagely execute a top general (if it happened this time)
The latest shocking news out of North Korea, according to South Korea's intelligence agency (NIS), is that a top-ranking general had allegedly been executed with an anti-aircraft gun.Analyst doubts...
View ArticleSeoul to let women activists march from North to South Korea
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea will allow an international women's group to enter the country on a planned march from North Korea by crossing the heavily-fortified demilitarized zone (DMZ), South Korean...
View ArticleJapan's prime minister just made a seemingly impossible promise
Japan's prime minister says that the country would not involve itself in a war being fought by the US, The Washington Post reports.“I want to make clear that Japan will never become entangled in a war...
View ArticleKerry says Iran nuclear deal could have 'a positive influence' on North Korea
US Secretary of State John Kerry said Saturday he is hopeful that the successful conclusion of a nuclear deal with Iran will send a positive message to North Korea to restart negotiations on its own...
View ArticleJohn Kerry says North Korea is 'not even close' to reining in its nuclear...
SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday North Korea has "not even come close" to taking the steps needed to rein in its nuclear weapons program to initiate talks, adding the...
View ArticleWomen activists from Beijing are setting off for North Korea on a peace march
BEIJING (Reuters) - With tears, songs and laughter, 30 women activists set off from Beijing on Tuesday on a controversial trip to North Korea, where they will cross the heavily fortified demilitarized...
View ArticleUN chief Ban Ki-moon is visiting North Korea's industrial zone today
SEOUL (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will visit the Kaesong industrial complex just north of the inter-Korean border on Thursday, he told a media briefing, according to Yonhap news.The...
View ArticleUS: North Korea is ‘many years’ away from developing a submarine missile
A top U.S. military officer says North Korea is "many years" away from being able to launch ballistic missiles from a submarine.But vice chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. James...
View ArticleNorth Korea has reportedly miniaturized nuclear weapons for use on a missile
North Korea said Wednesday it has succeeded in miniaturizing its nuclear weapons, a development which could allow them to be delivered by missile."It has been a long time since we began miniaturizing...
View ArticleNorth Korea has canceled UN chief Ban Ki-moon's visit
SEOUL (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday his plan to go to North Korea for a visit to an industrial complex had been scrapped after Pyongyang retracted its earlier...
View ArticleUS admiral says the photos from North Korea's submarine missile launch aren't...
Photographs showing a North Korean missile launched from a submarine were manipulated by state propagandists and the country may be years away from developing such technology, analysts and a top U.S....
View ArticleThese 10 Instagram users post photos from inside North Korea, the secretive...
Despite earning the nickname "Hermit Kingdom," North Korea isn't entirely disconnected from the modern world.The country added 3G network access for foreigners in 2013. These days, several people post...
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