December 16, 2021 North Korea executed 7 people for watching, distributing K-pop videos: Report South Korea-based group Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG) recorded 23 public executions for a variety of crimes since 2012, with families of the so-called criminals reportedly forced to watch.
October 27, 2021 North Korea asks starving citizens to eat less as food shortages expected to continue: reports North Koreans are being asked to eat less food as the communist nation deals with a food emergency that is expected to continue at least until 2025, according to reports.
October 12, 2021 Kim vows ‘invincible’ North Korea military during rare exhibition of weapons North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reviewed powerful missiles developed to launch nuclear strikes on the U.S. mainland, as he vowed to build an “invincible” military to cope with what he called persistent U.S. hostility, state media reported Tuesday.
September 30, 2021 Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader, promoted to top ruling body North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s influential sister Kim Yo Jong has become even more powerful — after being promoted to the Hermit Kingdom’s top decision-making body.
September 27, 2021 North Korea launches ballistic missile into sea, US State Dept. condemns North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan early Tuesday, a U.S. official told ӣƵ, just as the country's permanent representative to the United Nations spoke at the UN General Assembly.
September 24, 2021 North Korea open to ending war with South 'if conditions met' Kim Yo-Jong, sister to Supreme Leader Kim Jong-Un, made the comments Friday after South Korea's president suggested a new attempt at peace talks.
September 17, 2021 North Korea may be ramping up nuclear weapons program again, satellite images show North Korea has been relatively quiet since President Trump last met with Kim Jong Un at the DMZ in June 2019. It has carried out no major weapons tests, and focused largely on dealing with COVID, droughts and keeping its ailing economy afloat.
September 13, 2021 North Korea says 'strategic' long-range cruise missiles hit targets in test North Korea said Monday that it successfully tested newly developed long-range cruise missiles over the weekend, the first known testing activity in months, underscoring how the country continues to expand its military capabilities amid a stalemate in nuclear negotiations with the United States.
September 12, 2021 North Korea says it tested long-range cruise missiles North Korea says it successfully test fired what it described as newly developed long-range cruise missiles over the weekend, its first known testing activity in months that underscored how it continues to expand its military capabilities amid a stalemate in nuclear negotiations with the United States.
September 9, 2021 North Korea, slimmed-down Kim Jong Un, enjoy toned-down parade Military search dogs and goose-stepping trainers. Health workers wearing gas masks and red hazmat suits. And a slimmed down, beaming Kim Jong Un in a cream-colored business suit. The parade marking North Korea’s celebration of its 73rd anniversary was a marked departure from past militaristic displays, with a domestic audience worried about the pandemic likely in mind.