Kim Jong Un

Relations Thaw, But Questions Remain on Denuclearization Goals After Korea Summit

Analysts on Friday welcomed a joint agreement by the leaders of North and South Korea to denuclearize the Korean peninsula, but said the wording of the pledge remains vague and warned that achieving a result that satisfies both parties, and the [...]

Photos of Kim Jong Un’s mother from 1973 Japan visit discovered

TOKYO — Photos of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s mother, Ko Yong Hui, taken when she visited Japan in 1973, have been found. A figure who interacted with Ko at the time has retained the photos taken when Ko visited Japan from July to [...]

China Bans Exports to North Korea of Weapons-Related Goods

BEIJING – China has banned exports to North Korea of electronics and other goods that can be used in making weapons, tightening U.N. sanctions imposed over Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile development. The ban covers “dual use” industrial [...]

Raytheon will showcase disruptive technologies that are changing warfare at the 2017 Paris Air Show (Credit: Raytheon)

Over 85% say Japan at Risk of Going to War Again

Only 10.7 percent of the respondents said they saw little or no risk of Japan being involved in war. KYODO – The results of a government survey released Saturday showed 85.5 percent of Japanese polled think Japan is at risk of getting involved [...]

Kim Jong Un’s Money Running Out

SEOUL — Kentaro Nakajima reports: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s secret fund has almost run out of money because the country has repeatedly carried out nuclear tests and test-launched missiles, according to Radio Free Asia (RFA). The [...]

North Korea State Media Says New Missile Puts All of U.S. in Striking Range

It landed in Japanese waters but flew higher than any other missile the North had previously tested. North Korea says it has successfully tested a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that can reach the whole of continental United [...]

Illustrations by Dominic Bugatto. Yoonjung Seo assisted in the reporting.

Kim Jong Un’s North Korea: Life Inside the Totalitarian State

Recent North Korean escapees relate how the secretive country has changed under the “Great Successor.” “In North Korea, life only gets better if the state helps you. But these days, the state doesn’t help. We’re on our own.” — The [...]

Report: North Korea Agents Arrested in China

(UPI) — North Korean agents who attempted to assassinate Kim Han Sol were arrested in Beijing, according to a South Korean newspaper. The JoongAng Daily reported Monday Chinese authorities have detained a group of North Koreans connected to a [...]

BUT, NO PRESSURE: North Korea says ‘a nuclear war may break out any moment’

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — North Korea’s deputy U.N. ambassador warned Monday that the situation on the Korean peninsula “has reached the touch-and-go point and a nuclear war may break out any moment.” Kim In Ryong told the U.N. General [...]

‘Sweating Profusely’ and Clutching His Head: Kim Jong Nam’s Last Moments

Salhan Ahmad, Nic Robertson and James Griffiths, CNN: “I saw him clutching his head and he was closing his eyes tightly and his face was very red and he was sweating profusely,” Nik Mohd Azrul Ariff Raja Azlan told a Malaysian court [...]

[VIDEO] ‘An Inconvenient Border: Where China Meets North Korea’

Bob Woodruff’s daring 880-mile journey along the China-North Korea border examines the delicate relationship between the two countries and the United States. North Korea’s border with China: an uneasy alliance and a fear of war. Bob Woodruff [...]

Party Time in Pyongyang: North Korea Urges Nuclear Build-Up on Anniversary

‘No matter how the US and its puppets kick up a ruckus, our republic, which has a strong military and the most powerful Juche bombs and weapons, and whose territory has all turned into fortresses, and all its people armed to the teeth, will [...]

Kim Jong-un’s Face on One-Piece Romper Suit Available Online, Because That’s The World We Live In

Every Great Leader deserves equally great fashion. Scott Wilson reports: We’ve seen some pretty impressive cosplays of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un before, but all of them are missing one thing: focusing as much attention as possible on [...]

Japan Weighs Adding Missile Shelters as North Korea Threat Grows

Isabel Reynolds and Yuki Hagiwara report: Japan’s ruling party urged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to consider building missile shelters and carrying out more evacuation drills in response to the growing threat from North Korea. Television and [...]

[VIDEO] Trash-Talkin’ in North Korea: Pyongyang’s Putdowns Punk Obama, Clinton, Kerry

Cody Derespina reports: In another life, North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un’s propaganda chief could have had a heck of a career as an insult comic. The latest screed from Pyongyang’s unnamed prince of prose (or princes — it’s [...]

North Korea Accuses US, South Korea of Assassination Attempt

In Washington, the CIA declined to comment, and officials at South Korea’s National Intelligence Service did not answer repeated phone calls. North Korea on Friday accused the U.S. and South Korean spy agencies of an unsuccessful assassination [...]

Hawaii Threatened by North Korea Now, U.S. Commander Tells Congress

Vera Bergengruen reports: The Pentagon needs to consider deploying new anti-ballistic missile systems and a defensive radar to Hawaii to protect against a growing threat from North Korea, the top U.S. military officer in the Pacific told Congress on [...]

[VIDEO] Japan Warns Citizens They Might Have Only 10 Minutes to Prepare for a North Korean Missile

TOKYO — Anna Fifield reports: North Korea might be talking about building missiles that can reach the United States, but Kim Jong Un’s regime already has lots of missiles that can reach Japan. So the Japanese government is preparing its [...]

North Korea Detains Third U.S. Citizen

PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea has detained a U.S. citizen, officials said Sunday, bringing to three the number of Americans now being held there. Tony Kim, who also goes by his Korean name Kim Sang-duk, was detained on Saturday, according [...]