Asia North Korea Leader Kim Jong Un has not made a new appearance in state media for over a month, marking the longest period of absence from public activities since 2014 and coming amid an uptick in reports of health issues
Asia North Korea According to international intelligence, the country leader ordered massive participation in rice harvest to secure no grains are left behind; amid looming food crisis, rumors say that even black swan is appearing in menus
Asia North Korea The country at the center of attention on UN sanctions in the last week: while China and Russia sent a proposal to ease them, Australia deploys warship to harden them
Asia North Korea Leader Kim Jong Un has vowed he will build an invincible army and considers the US responsible of regional tensions and acts of hostility towards the country; foreign journalists could not access the arms exhibition where the statement was made
Asia North Korea A civic group advocating national reunification has called for the lifting of South Korea's autonomous sanctions against the country and forthe resumption of operations at a now-closed joint industrial plant to pave the way for a thaw in cross-border ties
Asia North Korea State media are promoting President Kim Jong-un's "10 years of great revolutionary leadership" to celebrate his first decade in power in a series of new articles and programmes
Asia North Korea The tests of a new rail-based ballistic missile system continue; state media claim it was able to fire missiles from a train to hit a target 800 kilometers off the east coast
Asia North Korea The offer of 3 million Sinovac vaccines was rejected, though UNICEF believes they could be as useful as they were to other countries, despite eventual side effects
Asia North Korea More than 300.000 bottles of rice beer were exported to China in July, according to the latest trade data, which contrasts with the DPRK leader Kim Jong Un declaration of a "food crisis" and the call for emergency food distribution
Asia North Korea UNICEF could provide the country with equipment to store vaccines, as the UN Security Council extended a sanctions exemption for another 12 months allowing humanitarian assistance items to be sent by the organization
Asia North Korea The country plans to start operating within this month a disinfection complex near the border with China - now under construction - to resume cross-border trade
Asia North Korea Dialogue with South Korea has resumed after the two Presidents of the peninsula restored channels of communication
Asia North Korea Imports from China reach $12.3 million in June, increasing steadily but still well below pre-pandemic levels