North Korea

North Korea claimed Monday that the United States forced it to adopt a nuclear first-use doctrine and vowed to continue the military build-up in a retaliatory move against the "hostile policy" of the United States

North Korean state media have released new propaganda posters featuring the country's long-range nuclear missiles, the first to depict these destructive weapons in five years

Hundreds of North Korean workers are said to be ready to participate in the reconstruction of infrastructure destroyed by fighting in the separatist republics of Donetsk and Luhansk in Ukraine alongside the Russians

Figures from Chinese data show that the country reportedly imported over one million face masks and 15.000 pairs of rubber gloves from China in July, shortly before declaring victory on Covid-19

The sister of leader Kim Jong Un accused South Korea of causing a COVID-19 outbreak in NK and warned of "retaliation" as Pyongyang declared "victory" over its outbreak

The country's official oil imports fell to zero in May due to the pandemic, as the country imposed a crackdown on foreign trade to stem the spread of COVID-19 within its borders

Kiev has "no right" to challenge North Korea's recognition of two breakaway republics on Ukraine's eastern borders, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday

A group of employees and their families from Russian and Mongolian embassies in Pyongyang have left for their home countries, further reducing the total number of foreigners in North Korea while the country's borders remain closed to incoming travellers

Medical crews and epidemiological investigators have been sent to South Hwanghae province, which is battling an outbreak of an as yet unidentified intestinal disease

The Foreign Ministry is believed to have denounced the US-led joint exercises and security pacts in Asia, saying they are destabilising the Korean peninsula and increasing the risk of military conflict