Seoul: The position of North Korea as an nuclear weapon state can never be reversed, no matter how much demand it is from the United States and its Asian allies, the state media said on Wednesday citing the powerful sister of its supreme leader. The comments released by State News Agency KCNA on Tuesday were … Read more
Seoul: North Korea held its first Pyongyang International Marathon in six years on Sunday, in which hundreds of runners took them to the streets of the capital and by citizens. Foreign athletes came to the city before the competition organized in 1912 to celebrate the birth of his founding leader Kim Il Sung. AFP photos … Read more
Seoul: North Korea’s Kim Jong Un oversaw the test of new suicide and reconnaissance drones featuring AI technology, state media said Thursday, adding to concerns over Pyongyang’s deepening military cooperation with Russia. Pyongyang unveiled its attack drones in August, with experts saying the new capability could be attributable to the country’s budding alliance with traditional … Read more
Seoul: Growing up in North Korea, Hyuk’s childhood was about survival. He never listened to banned K-pop music but, after defecting to the South, he’s about to debut as an idol. Hyuk is one of two young North Koreans in a new K-pop band called 1Verse — the first time that performers originally from the … Read more
Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised the test of suicide drones with artificial intelligence (AI) technology and said unmanned control and AI capability must be the top priorities in modern arms development, state media reported on Thursday. Kim also inspected new upgraded reconnaissance drones that are capable of detecting various tactical targets and … Read more
Kim Jong Un said the test-firing showed the system was “highly reliable”. Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test-firing of the country’s latest anti-aircraft missile system on Thursday, state media KCNA reported on Friday. Kim thanked what was referred to as a research group for the system and said the test-firing showed … Read more
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 said on Wednesday a recent accidental bombing of a civilian area by South Korean fighter jets in training shows a mishap could trigger a new armed conflict on the Korean peninsula, its state news agency reported. Two South Korean jets mistakenly dropped eight air-to-surface bombs on a village near the military border … Read more
The cybercriminals behind the record-breaking $1.5 billion (approx. Rs 1310 crore) crypto heists have successfully cashed out at least $300 million (approx. Rs 260 crore) despite investigators’ efforts to block their transactions. The hackers are linked to North Korea, BBC reported. Two weeks ago, they hacked the ByBit crypto exchange and have since worked around … 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