ISI says the airstrike at Sukhnah took place on April 20 and their assessment is that this airstrike probably was intended to destroy missiles or advanced weapons in the storage facility. ( read original story ...)
Mystery of North Korea’s Kim Jong Un deepens with new rumors of death
Ji Seong-ho, a North Korean defector who became a member this month of South Korea's National Assembly on elections, told local media Kim died after cardiovascular surgery and that an announcement is ... ( read original story ...)
Why we shouldn’t rule out a woman as North Korea’s next leader
Pak, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a former senior analyst at the CIA, is the author of “Becoming Kim Jong Un.” Amid general uncertainty about the health of North Korean leader Kim ... ( read original story ...)
Kim Yo-jong: North Korea’s most powerful woman and heir apparent?
She is the younger sister of Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un and the only one of his siblings considered a close and powerful ally. Kim Yo-jong first gained international attention in 2018, when she was ... ( read original story ...)
Report: North Korea sending security agents to crack down on rumors
North Korea is deploying "secret police" to track down people in the country who may be spreading rumors about Kim Jong Un's health. ( read original story ...)
Knowledge about North Korea’s Kim is limited, but crucial
New rumors about Kim Jong Un pour in daily. The North Korean leader is dead. Or he’s very ill. Or maybe he’s just recuperating in his luxury compound, or isolating himself from the coronavirus. As ... ( read original story ...)
What would the US and China do if chaos erupts in Kim Jong-un’s North Korea?
Others thought it would be during a 1990s famine or when national founder Kim Il-sung died in 1994. And when the death of his son, Kim Jong-il, thrust a little-known 20-something into power in 2011, ... ( read original story ...)
Bodies of S Korean trekkers, local guides recovered in Nepal
Rescuers in Nepal have recovered the bodies of the last of four South Korean trekkers and their Nepali guide who died in an avalanche in January ... ( read original story ...)
Old explosive from Nepal’s insurgency kills 4 children
An old explosive device left during Nepal's decadelong communist insurgency has killed four children in a mountain village, official said Friday. ( read original story ...)
Report: NATO task force no longer reporting Taliban attacks in Afghanistan
Special Inspector General John Sopko criticized the move, saying the decision eliminated "one of the last remaining metrics SIGAR was able to use to report publicly on the security situation in ... ( read original story ...)