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SEOUL — North Korea says it fired 18 short-range ballistic missiles during a drill as a demonstration of its willingness to launch a pre-emptive strike against South Korea's "gangsters' regime" if necessary to counter an attack, state media reported on Friday (May 31).
North Korea’s economy roared back to life as arms transfers with Russia provided support for Kim Jong-un’s regime, allowing the leader to shun diplomacy as he ramped up his threats against the United States and South Korea.
SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un received Russian vice minister of defence Aleksey Krivoruchko and discussed the importance of the two countries' militaries to unite more firmly to defend world peace and justice, KCNA news agency said on Friday (July 19).
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited a major tourism site being constructed on the country’s eastern coast and discussed steps to open the zone by next year, state media reported on Thursday, though the country still blocks visits by most foreign tourists.
Two senior North Korean diplomats who negotiated with the United States when the North’s leader, Kim Jong-un, exchanged threats of war and later held summit talks with President Donald J. Trump were purged a few years ago — one executed and the other sentenced to a penal colony, a North Korean defector said this week.
SEOUL — South Korea will face "devastating consequences" for dropping anti-Pyongyang leaflets over North Korea, state media KCNA said on Tuesday (July 16), citing Kim Yo-jong, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's powerful sister.
SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has sacked or demoted some senior officials for their "irresponsible" handling of his flagship project to build a new town in the country's north, state media KCNA said on Sunday (July 14).
Russia is slowly increasing its presence in the east as it has been modernising its fleet with the commissioning of eight new warships, four nuclear-powered submarines and conventional submarines, all between 2022 and October 2023. During this same period, Russia’s Pacific Fleet staged eight strategic-level naval exercises.
The strategic patience of the major global powers allowed North Korea to become a de facto nuclear-weapons state in the 2010s. Throughout, China merely observed.