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.
August 3, 2021 Kim Jong Un photographed with mystery spot, bandage on head Kim Jong Un has appeared in public with a dark spot, at times covered by a small bandage, on the back of his head – stoking more speculation about the slimmed-down North Korean despot’s health.
July 12, 2021 Bruce Klingner: North Korea's Kim Jung Un – regime stability being questioned. Here's why Kim recently reappeared much thinner than before, and a trifecta of failings has experts speculating about the potential for the regime's instability or collapse.
July 8, 2021 Kim Jong Un’s major weight loss reportedly not affecting his rule North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s major weight loss has not affected his ability to rule the Hermit Kingdom, a South Korea lawmaker briefed by a spy agency says in a new report.
June 30, 2021 Kim Jong Un berates North Korea's top officials over 'great crisis' in COVID response North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un has berated his country's top officials for creating a "great crisis" through failures in coronavirus prevention, according to state media.
June 28, 2021 State TV: North Koreans heartbroken over Kim's 'emaciated looks' Heartbroken North Koreans have been worrying tearfully about leader Kim Jong Un's "emaciated looks," state media quoted a local resident as saying, in a rare acknowledgement of foreign speculation about his weight loss.
June 22, 2021 North Korea's Kim sister derides US official, dismisses chances for talks The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un dismissed prospects for an early resumption of diplomacy with the United States, saying Tuesday that U.S. expectations of talks would “plunge them into a greater disappointment.”