Kim Jong Un’s sister warns North Korea could ‘eliminate’ the South with nuclear weapons

North Korea has threatened to use nuclear weapons to “eliminate” the South Korean army if it launches a pre-emptive strike, in the latest spike in tensions ahead…

Kim Jong-un accused of faking theatrical ‘monster missile’ test

This would match the timing of a failed launch on March 16, that reportedly exploded near the capital, rather than a test last Thursday afternoon. It is…

Watch: Kim Jong-un stars in bizarre slow-mo video of North Korea’s ‘largest intercontinental ballistic missile’ launch

North Korea has launched its “largest intercontinental ballistic missile test ever” and released a bizarre slow-motion video to show it featuring Kim Jong-un clad in a black…

Does Kim Jong-un think he’s in Terminator or Top Gun? You be the judge

Tom Cruise must be kicking himself. Just a matter of months before its long-delayed release, Top Gun: Maverick has been gazumped – by an even sleeker, more…

Does Kim Jong-un think he’s in Terminator or Top Gun? You be the judge

Tom Cruise must be kicking himself. Just a matter of months before its long-delayed release, Top Gun: Maverick has been gazumped – by an even sleeker, more…

North Korea preparing to test-fire ‘monster missile’

Unlike his father, who used missile testing sparingly and for political purposes, “Kim Jong-un is actually trying to get these missiles and technology to an operational level,”…

Kim Jong-un propaganda film shows leader ‘completely withered away’

The carefully choreographed video opens with Kim gazing thoughtfully into the horizon on horseback as the sun rises over a beach and small waves roll into the…

North Korea threatens return to nuclear brinkmanship after record spike in missile tests

“It could be the case that concern about the pandemic has downsized these exercises and, to shore up morale and continue developing capability, the North Koreans have…

North Korea threatens return to nuclear brinkmanship after spike in missile tests

“It could be the case that concern about the pandemic has downsized these exercises and, to shore up morale and continue developing capability, the North Koreans have…

North Korea test fires fourth missile this year, says Seoul and Japan

North Korea fired at least one suspected ballistic missile into the sea on Monday in its fourth weapons launch this month, officials in South Korea and Japan…

North Korean roads begin to empty as nation runs out of tyres

Civilian life is grinding to a halt across North Korea as the nation runs out of rubber tyres, according to reports. While the shortages appear to have…

Right-wing politician sends coded anti-communism message using items from his shopping trolley

With South Korea’s presidential election nearing and the two leading candidates locked in a bitter battle for votes, Yoon Suk-yeol appeared to take a break recently from…

The inside story of the man who defected from North Korea and then went back again

For most people, an insanely dangerous journey across a 2.5 mile-wide border guarded by barbed-wire fences, land mines, tank traps and several thousand troops at either end…

North Korean gymnast who defected to South ‘climbs back over the fence’

Jihyun Park, who fled the North in 1998 and who last year became the first ever defector to run in UK local elections, said North Koreans experienced…

Kim Jong Un pictured looking noticeably slimmer, fanning rumours of health issues

The Workers’ Party’s Central Committee met to decide policies meant to “guide the struggle of our party and people … to the next stage of victory,” according…

North Korean defector who escaped Chinese prison caught after 40-day manhunt

State television footage showed how on Oct 18, Mr Zhu scaled a shed at the prison in Jilin city, northeast China, climbing on to its roof to…

North Korean police seize long black trench coats in crackdown on stealing Kim Jong-un’s style

Kim Yo-jong, Mr Kim’s younger sister and considered by some to be next in line to rule the country, has also been spotted wearing one of the…