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Kim Jong Un keeps aiming his missiles at this 'most hated rock'

As Kim Jong Un unleashed his biggest-ever barrage of missile tests last month, one place suffered the most: a barren piles of rocks whose name means “No Man’s Land.”

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'Someone else's festival': No North Korea at ally's Olympics

During the last Winter Games, North Korea basked in the global limelight in South Korea

The Independent UK

North Korea’s Kim calls Winter Olympics ‘great victory’ for China

Kim Jong Un tells Chinese President Xi Jinping he also wants to further improve relations between the two countries.

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N.Korea's Kim calls Olympics 'great victory' for China, calls for better relations

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a message to Chinese President Xi Jinping congratulating him on the Beijing Winter Olympics as a "great victory" and saying he wanted to improve relations between their countries, state news agency KCNA reported on Friday.

Reuters

N. Korea's Kim Jong Un rides white horse in new propaganda video

Galloping through forest atop a white horse, Kim Jong Un stars in a new North Korean propaganda video that touts his economic leadership but ignores a recent spate of sanctions-busting missile launches.

Bangkok Post

Wife, aunt of N.Korea's Kim make rare public appearance amid pandemic

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's wife and influential aunt made a rare appearance in state media on Wednesday, as the ruling family has maintained a low profile during the coronavirus pandemic.

Reuters

North Korea airs new footage of limping Kim Jong-un during ‘worst-ever hardships’ of 2021

In the documentary Kim Jong-un is seen limping and struggling to descend makeshift stairs while holding an umbrella during a visit to a construction site

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North Korea documentary shows limping Kim as he tackles 'worst-ever hardships'

A North Korean documentary broadcast on Tuesday showed a limping leader Kim Jong Un as he tackles the impoverished country's "worst-ever hardships" amid the coronavirus pandemic and sanctions over its weapons programmes.

Reuters

Kim Jong-un 'completely withered away' in 2021, claims North Korean state media

A new documentary by North Korean state media is part of a tradition of films released annually and focusing on Kim Jong-un's activities of the past year - this time it sought to allay fears over the dictator's health

Daily Mirror

US seeks North Korea talks after biggest missile test in years

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration reiterated that it’s ready to hold talks with North Korea without preconditions, a day after Kim Jong Un’s regime fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile for the first time since 2017.

Tribune News Service

N. Korea confirms test of missile capable of striking Guam

North Korea says it has test-launched an intermediate-range ballistic missile capable of reaching the U.S. territory of Guam, the North’s most significant weapon launch in years

The Independent UK

N.Korea tests biggest missile since 2017, U.S. calls for talks

North Korea confirmed on Monday it had launched a Hwasong-12 ballistic missile, the same weapon it had once threatened to target the U.S. territory of Guam with, sparking fears the nuclear-armed state could resume long-range testing.

Reuters

North Korea Test-fires Most Powerful Missile Since 2017

North Korea on Sunday tested its most powerful missile since 2017, ramping up the firepower for its record-breaking seventh launch this month as Seoul warned nuclear and long-range tests could be next. Pyongyang has never test-fired this many missiles in a calendar month before and last week threatened to abandon…

Asharq Al-Awsat

North Korea appears to test biggest missile in five years

TOKYO — North Korea appeared to have fired one of its biggest ballistic missiles in almost five years, adding to its largest series of tests since Kim Jong Un took power as he tries to force his nuclear arsenal back on to the Biden administration’s agenda.

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The Independent UK

North Korea launches suspected missile in 7th test in 2022

North Korea has fired a suspected ballistic missile into the sea — its 7th round of weapons launches this month — in an apparent attempt to pressure the Biden administration over long-stalled nuclear negotiations

Tribune News Service

North Korea may have fired ballistic missile, Japan says

TOKYO — North Korea has fired a projectile that may be a ballistic missile, Japan’s coast guard said Sunday.

Reuters

North Korea caps month of tests with longest-range missile since 2017

North Korea conducted its largest missile test since 2017 on Sunday, sending a suspected intermediate-range ballistic missile soaring into space, seen as taking the nuclear-armed country a step closer to resuming long-range testing.

Asharq Al-Awsat

North Korea Confirms Missile Tests as Kim Inspects 'Important' Munitions Factory

North Korea test-fired two different weapons systems this week, state media said Friday, while highlighting Kim Jong Un's inspection of an "important" munitions factory. Pyongyang has conducted six weapons tests in January, including firing hypersonic missiles, doubling down on Kim's call to build "military muscle" with one of the most…

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North Korea confirms four missile launches as barrage continues

HONG KONG — North Korea says it tested four missiles this week to boost deterrence against its foes and pledged to keep developing more powerful warheads, a state media report said, as Pyongyang continues to fire off one of the biggest barrages since Kim Jong Un took power a decade…

Al Jazeera

North Korea confirms latest tests as Kim visits weapons factory

Pyongyang says two tactical guided missiles struck its targets marking its sixth such launch in January.

The Independent UK

N. Korea confirms missile tests as Kim visits munitions site

North Korea says its two latest rounds of weapons tests this week were successful and vows to speed up the development of more powerful warheads

Asharq Al-Awsat

North Korea Fires Two Missiles as Testing Blitz Continues

North Korea fired two suspected ballistic missiles Thursday, Seoul said, its sixth weapons test this month in one of the most intense spates of launches on record that has delivered an emphatic rejection of Washington's offers for talks on its nuclear program. Pyongyang has not fired this many missiles in…

The Independent UK

N. Korea, after harsh 2-year lockdown, slowly reopens border

After spending two years in a strict lockdown while COVID-19 spread around the world, North Korea is showing signs that it’s easing its severe border controls to nurse a desperately broken economy

Tribune News Service

North Korea barrage mounts with 2 suspected ballistic missiles

North Korea fired two suspected short-range ballistic missiles Thursday, adding to its biggest monthly barrage of weapons tests since August 2019 and forcing its nuclear program back onto the Biden administration’s agenda.

Reuters

Minds behind the missiles: N.Korea's secretive weapons developers

North Korea’s flurry of new missile tests, including what it calls “hypersonic” weapons, has underscored the importance of the country’s missile engineers and scientists, a group that is high profile within his government but opaque to outsiders.

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