Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from North Korea

SKorea spy agency searched amid squabbling over NKorea cases

South Korean prosecutors have raided the country’s main spy agency as part of investigations into two past North Korea-related incidents that drew criticism that the previous liberal government ignored basic principles of human rights to improve ties with Pyongyang

The Independent UK

N Korea likely fired artillery rounds amid US-S Korea drills

South Korea says North Korea appeared to have launched artillery shells toward the sea days after the United States deployed sophisticated fighter jets to South Korea for joint training

The Independent UK

South Korea detects shots apparently launched by North Korea

South Korea's military said on Sunday it had detected the trajectories of what appeared to be shots fired by North Korea, possibly from multiple rocket launchers (MLRs).

Reuters

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

North Korean streets flooded as heavy rains exacerbate economic crisis

North Korean towns along the border with China were flooded this week after heavy rain, threatening to exacerbate an already critical food and economic situation in the country.

Reuters

S Korea opens probe against ex-spy chiefs over N Korea cases

Ex-spy chiefs are accused of abuse of power in the handling of two border incidents during Moon Jae-in’s tenure.

Al Jazeera

S Korean group floats balloons toward North amid animosities

A South Korea activist says he launched more huge balloons carrying COVID-19 relief items toward North Korea

The Independent UK

N.Korea's Kim convenes conference for strengthening 'monolithic' party rule

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un convened an unprecedented conference aimed at strengthening the ruling Workers' Party of Korea's (WPK) "monolithic" leadership across society, state media reported on Thursday.

Reuters

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Seoul spy agency files charges against ex-chiefs over NKorea

South Korea’s spy agency has filed charges against two of its former directors over their handling of separate border incidents with North Korea in recent years which prompted criticism that Seoul’s previous liberal government improperly appeased the North to improve ties

The Independent UK

South Korean spy agency files complaints against ex-chiefs over N.Korea cases

South Korea's main intelligence agency said on Wednesday it had filed criminal complaints against two of its former chiefs on charges of abuse of power in cases linked to North Korea during the previous administration.

Reuters

South Korea's Yoon warns of stern retaliation in case of North Korea's provocation

South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol ordered the military on Wednesday to "promptly and sternly" retaliate in case of any North Korean provocation amid concerns the North could conduct its first nuclear test in five years.

Reuters

U.S. F-35 fighters arrive in South Korea as joint military drills ramp up

U.S. Air Force F-35A stealth fighters arrived in South Korea on Tuesday on their first publicly announced visit since 2017 as the allies and nuclear-armed North Korean engage in an escalating cycle of displays of weapons.

Reuters

Suspected North Korea dam water release prompts South Koreans to evacuate

North Korea appears to have released water from a dam near its border with South Korea, prompting vacationers in the neighbouring country to evacuate over rising water levels on the Imjin River, officials said on Tuesday.

Reuters

BTS Rekindle Debate about Military Service in South Korea

A surprise decision by South Korean boy band BTS to take a break from live shows has rekindled debate about mandatory military service in a country setting global pop-culture trends while facing a decades old Cold War threat. Military service is hugely contentious in South Korea where all able-bodied men…

Asharq Al-Awsat

North Korea slams US-South Korea-Japan military cooperation

North Korea has slammed the U.S., South Korea and Japan for pushing to boost their trilateral military cooperation targeting the North, warning that the move is prompting urgent calls for the country to reinforce its military capability

The Independent UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Reuters

North Korea says U.S.-South Korea-Japan agreement materialises U.S. plan for 'Asian NATO'

North Korea criticised the United States, South Korea and Japan's recent agreement on strengthening military cooperation to be a means to materialise a U.S. plan for a military alliance like NATO in the region.

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin's terrifying debt to North Korea's Kim Jong-un after secret meetings

The affinity between Russia and North Korea's leaders is affirmed by their mutual belief in threatening to nuke their enemies and boasting of the power of their “nuclear forces”.

Bangkok Post

Pyongyang blames Covid on ‘alien things’

North Korea has claimed that people who had touched “alien things” near the border with South Korea were the first to be infected with the coronavirus.

Evening Standard

North Korea blames people touching ‘alien things’ near border with South Korea for Covid outbreak

North Korea has claimed that its Covid outbreak started because people were touching “alien things” near the border with South Korea.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Wales Online

North Korea says Covid 19 crossed its borders thanks to 'alien things' and balloons

It is blaming South Korea

The Independent UK

N. Korea suggests balloons flown from South brought COVID-19

North Korea is suggesting its COVID-19 outbreak began in people who had contact with balloons flown from South Korea

Daily Mirror

North Korea blames 'alien things' and balloons from south for severe Covid outbreak

North Korea has bizarrely told people in the country that Covid patients had touched "alien things coming by wind" as it attempted to blame the South for the virus

Tribune News Service

North Korea blames COVID-19 outbreak on ‘alien things’ from South

North Korea blamed its COVID-19 outbreak on “alien things” likely sent by balloon across its border with South Korea, saying a teenage soldier and a five-year-old girl in April were the first people in the country infected by coronavirus.

Reuters

South Korea says leaflets sent by defectors unlikely to be cause of COVID in North Korea

South Korea's unification ministry said on Friday there is "no possibility" of COVID-19 entering North Korea via contaminated balloons sent by activists in the South.

Reuters

North Korea blames 'alien things' near border with South for COVID outbreak

North Korea claimed on Friday that the country's first COVID-19 outbreak began with patients touching "alien things" near the border with South Korea, apparently shifting blame to the neighbour for the wave of infections in the isolated country.

Reuters

North Korea calls U.S. humanitarian offer 'foolish', politically motivated

North Korea said the United States is taking advantage of its COVID-19 outbreak by offering humanitarian aid with political purposes.

1 … 164 165 166 167

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Korean Central News Agency

101 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.