December 30, 2023 North Korea fertility rate plummets to estimated 1.38, South Korean officials claim North Korea's population is in free-fall as fertility rates have continued to decline for decades, according to a report from South Korea's central bank.
December 28, 2023 Kim Jong Un tells committee North Korea must cooperate with 'anti-imperialist' countries against US North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un spoke at the Workers' Party of Korea plenary committee meeting, vowing further collaboration with 'anti-imperialist' forces against the US.
December 27, 2023 North Korean elites attend year-end ceremony in expensive Mercedes sedans, despite luxury goods ban Senior North Korean officials arrived in Pyongyang for a plenary committee meeting of the country's Workers' Party with supreme leader Kim Jong Un.
December 24, 2023 Kim Jong UN bans Christmas, but activists send gifts of Bibles, food and messages of hope Amid Christmas being banned in North Korea, activists are gathering to send bottles with messages of hope, faith and freedom to those in the country under the dictatorship of Kim Jong Un.
December 23, 2023 North Korean Freedom Coalition launches bottles filled with message of hope, faith and freedom into the Yellow Sea The organization has conducted 17 bottle launches which contain rice to feed a family of four for one week, a U.S. one-dollar bill and a Bible and worship music on a flash drive, hoping that the message makes it to people in North Korea. (Handout)
December 23, 2023 China had busy 2023 in race to usurp US as dominant world power Chinese President Xi Jinping started 2023 by consolidating power, beginning what would become an aggressive year in China's bid to become the globe's premier superpower.
December 20, 2023 Kim Jong Un says 'when Washington makes a wrong decision,' ICBM launch proves best option North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un boasted that the country's recent successful ICBM launch offers an option "when Washington makes a wrong decision."
December 19, 2023 North Korea launches ICBM that could reach any part of US: state TV North Korean state TV published footage of the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile Monday. (KRT)
December 19, 2023 Kim Jong Un personally oversees launch of North Korea's most powerful ICBM yet North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un was reportedly present for the launch of the intercontinental ballistic missile that raised international alarm this week.
December 18, 2023 North Korea test-fires intercontinental ballistic missile capable of hitting US: report North Korea on Monday test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile that has the capability of striking the mainland United States, a report says.