Published On 24 Jun 202624 Jun 2026 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to equip his navy with nuclear weapons and build larger warships, in a move that underscores Pyongyang’s drive to expand its military capabilities despite heavy international sanctions. State media said Kim made the announcement on Tuesday at the commissioning of … Read more
North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, traveled to Beijing this week to hobnob with the presidents of China and Russia, two of his nation’s key allies. But he seems to have had another purpose for the trip: introducing his daughter as his potential successor. The daughter, Kim Ju-ae, accompanied Mr. Kim to Beijing, where he joined … Read more
The North Korean leader is set to attend a military parade alongside Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin. Published On 2 Sep 20252 Sep 2025 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s train has crossed the border into China ahead of his planned attendance at a military parade marking Japan’s surrender in World War II, state media … Read more
Report comes a day before US President Donald Trump’s summit with his South Korean counterpart, Lee Jae-myung, in Washington, DC. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has overseen the firing of two new air defence missiles, state media reported, announcing that the tests showed the weapons had “superior combat capability”. The report on Sunday comes … Read more
Remarks come after report said North Korean officials refused to accept letter from Trump to Kim. United States President Donald Trump is “receptive” to dialogue with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the White House has said, after a South Korea-based news site reported that Pyongyang repeatedly rebuffed Trump’s outreach efforts. White House Press Secretary … Read more
Eight people were found guilty by a court in Paris on Friday in connection with a brazen robbery against Kim Kardashian nearly a decade ago. Ms. Kardashian, 44, a reality TV star and entrepreneur, was gagged, bound with zip ties and robbed at gunpoint of jewelry worth millions of dollars at a luxury residence she … Read more
Sunday was the Day of the Shining Star in North Korea, a holiday marking the birthday of Kim Jong Il, and his youngest son used the occasion this year to pay a rare visit to his late father’s tomb. Kim Jong Un stopped by the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun in Pyongyang, the mausoleum … Read more
North Korean leader expresses hope that Moscow will defeat ‘neo-Nazism and achieve a great victory’ in Ukraine. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has paid homage to Russian President Vladimir Putin in a New Year’s message extolling deepening ties between Pyongyang and Moscow, state media has reported. In a letter to mark the New Year, … Read more
The drive took place after the two leaders signed a deal that included a mutual defence pledge, one of Russia’s most significant moves in the Asia Pacific in years. Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un went for a spin in an Aurus limousine on Wednesday, taking turns at the wheel … Read more
Kim Yo Jong had warned of a ‘crisis of confrontation’ if South Korea did not halt propaganda broadcasts. North Korea has floated hundreds more refuse-carrying balloons into South Korea after Kim Jong Un’s influential sister warned Seoul to halt propaganda broadcasts across their tense border. Pyongyang sent more than 300 waste-loaded balloons across the inter-Korean … Read more