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US begins biggest military drills with South Korea since Trump-Kim summit

The US and South Korea will begin their biggest joint military exercise in about five years after a hiatus on large-scale exercises that failed to entice North Korea's Kim Jong Un

North Korea dismisses Seoul's 'foolish' aid-for-disarmament offer

The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says her country will never accept South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's foolish offer of economic benefits in exchange for denuclearisation steps, accusing Seoul of recycling past proposals Pyongyang already rejected. In a commentary published on Friday's edition of North Korea's official Rodong Sinmun newspaper, Kim Yo Jong stressed that her country has no intentions to give away its nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles program for economic cooperation, saying no one barters its destiny for corn cake. She questioned the sincerity of South Korea's calls for improved bilateral relations while it continues its combined military exercises with the United States and fails to stop civilian activists from flying anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets and other dirty wastes across their border. She also ridiculed South Korea's military capabilities, saying that the South misread the launch site of its latest missile tests on Wednesday, which ca

Kim Jong-un receives congratulatory letter from head of Ukraine's Donetsk

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un received a message stressing bilateral relations from the head of the Russian-backed Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine, Pyongyang's state media said on Wednesday.

Kim Jong Un says he is ready to fight with US, 'eliminate' South Korea

Kim has been stepping up his provocations this year while US attention has been diverted toward Russia's invasion of Ukraine by firing off a record number of ballistic missiles

Kim threatens to use nuclear weapons amid tensions with US, S Korea

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned he's ready to use his nuclear weapons in potential military conflicts with the United States and South Korea

North Korea fires another apparent artillery shot on Monday: Source

North Korea fired an artillery shot into the Yellow Sea earlier this week, presumably from a multiple rocket launcher, a defense source said, as the US has deployed six F-35A stealth fighters

Kim Jong-un visits mausoleum to mark Kim Il-sung's death anniversary

Kim Il-sung, who founded North Korea in 1948, ruled the country until his death in 1994

S Korea floats balloons with Covid relief items to North amid animosities

Park Sang-hak, a North Korean defector-turned-activist, said his group floated 20 balloons carrying 20,000 masks and tens of thousands of vitamin C and fever-reducing tablets from a South Korea

North Korea slams US-South Korea-Japan trilateral military cooperation

North Korea has long cited what it calls hostility by the United States and its allies as a reason to pursue a nuclear programme

North Korea's Kim Jong Un approves new frontline army duties amid tensions

Members of the ruling Workers' Party's Central Military Commission decided to supplement an important military action plan on the duties of frontline troops

North Korean leader convenes military meeting amid tensions

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called a meeting with his senior military officials to discuss national defense policies and plans for further arms buildup

'It always wins': North Korea already preparing to declare Covid victory

It's only been a month since North Korea acknowledged having an COVID-19 outbreak, after steadfastly denying any cases for more than two years. But already it may be preparing to declare victory

North Korea reports another infectious disease outbreak amid Covid-19 wave

North Korea reported a new epidemic" of an intestinal disease on Thursday, an unusual announcement from the secretive country that is already contending with a COVID-19 outbreak

Kim Jong-un extends full support to Putin amid international condemnation

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Sunday expressed full support for Russian President Vladimir Putin, despite international condemnation for Moscow's ongoing invasion of Ukraine

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reaffirms arms buildup in party meeting

Kim Jong Un doubled down on his arms buildup in the face of what he described as an aggravating security environment while outside governments monitor signs of an imminent nuclear test explosion.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reaffirms arms buildup in party meeting

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un doubled down on his arms buildup in face of what he described as an aggravating security environment as he concluded a major political conference

G7 countries condemn North Korea's continued ballistic missile tests

"We deeply regret that the DPRK, with the most recent launches, has also abandoned its self-declared moratorium on ICBM launches," the G7 Foreign Ministers said in a joint communique after a meeting

N Korea holds key party meeting amid reports of possible nuclear test

On Wednesday, Kim presided over the fifth enlarged plenary meeting of the party's eighth Central Committee, the North's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said

North Korea test-fires ballistic missile amid signs of nuclear test

The launch was North Korea's 18th round of missile launches in 2022 alone a streak that has included the country's first demonstrations of intercontinental ballistic missiles in nearly five years

Security Council split spells end of an era for US-led sanctions on N Korea

The two countries on Thursday vetoed a US-led push to impose more UN sanctions on North Korea over its renewed ballistic missile launches