Asia North Korea North Korea's use of nuclear weapons will 'end' Kim's regime, according to latest US defence review, while calling for continued pressure on North Korea to denuclearise the peninsula
Asia North Korea In a letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ahead of a historic Chinese Communist Party congress, Chinese President Xi Jinping said it was more important than ever for Beijing and Pyongyang to strengthen communication, unity and cooperation
Asia North Korea An intermediate range ballistic missile fired on 4 October from Mupyong-ri flew over Japan for the first time since 2017; it landed in water some 2.000 miles east of Japan after traveling 2.850 miles
Asia 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
Asia North Korea 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
Asia North Korea 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
Asia North Korea 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
Asia North Korea 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
Asia North Korea 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
Asia North Korea The latest addition of a cargo vessel to its merchant fleet once again demonstrates how the country flexes international networks to evade UN sanctions, expert says
Asia North Korea 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
Asia North Korea 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
Asia North Korea Medical crews and epidemiological investigators have been sent to South Hwanghae province, which is battling an outbreak of an as yet unidentified intestinal disease