Washington: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he still has a good relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, with whom he held several summits during his first term, and referred to North Korea once again as a “nuclear power.” Asked by reporters during an Oval Office meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte … Read more
Seoul: North Korea unveiled for the first time a nuclear-powered submarine under construction, a weapons system that can pose a major security threat to South Korea and the US. The state media agency on Saturday released photos showing what it called “a nuclear-powered strategic guided missile submarine,” as it reported leader Kim Jong Un’s visits … Read more
Timothy Cho, a two-time defector from North Korea, has revealed the difficulties citizens go through in the secretive nation in order to purchase simple consumer goods such as TVs. Mr Cho, an escapee from North Korea who survived being tortured by authorities after a failed attempt to flee the country before finally settling in the … Read more
Seoul: North Korea carried out a test-launch of its strategic cruise missiles in the Yellow Sea this week, Pyongyang’s state media reported Friday, in a drill that sought to demonstrate the prowess of its “state nuclear deterrence”. Leader Kim Jong Un attended the launch, which took place on Wednesday, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) … Read more
The tension between North and South Korea is legendary. Since the Korean War in the 1950s, reconciliation efforts have not been successful. And now, a photo of North Korea’s map circulating on the internet has baffled policy researchers and other users. The map has been shared on the Chinese social media platform RedNote (Xiaohongshu) and … Read more