Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korea leader Kim Jong Un, has been given additional power, as the country faces economic challenges and stalled nuclear negotiations with the United States.
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un delegates some powers to sister Kim Yo Jong, South Korean intelligence says
Kim Jong Un has reportedly given his sister, Kim Yo Jong, partial authority to oversee “general state affairs” in order to ease the North Korean leader’s workload, according to South Korean …
Kim Yo-jong, sister of North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, now ‘de facto second in command’
Ruler cedes some powers to sibling, according to Seoul, who will be responsible for relations with US and South Korea …
Biden on North Korea: Fewer Summits, Tighter Sanctions, Same Standoff
Biden would not shut the door to diplomacy, but instead “empower negotiators and implement a sustained and a coordinated effort with allies and partners” to pressure and incentivi …
North Korea’s leader acknowledges economic shortfalls
With unusual candor, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is acknowledging that his plans to improve the country’s dismal economy aren’t succeeding, as his ruling party scheduled a rare congress to set dev …
North Korea sets rare party meeting after economic shortfall
With unusual candor, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un admitted that U.S.-led sanctions, the pandemic and devastating floods have hurt his country’s dismal economy as his ruling party scheduled a rare …
North Korean leader’s sister is ‘de facto second-in-command’, South Korean lawmaker says
South Korea’s intelligence agency believes that Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, is serving as his “de facto second-in-command” but has not necessarily been designated his …
Coronavirus latest: India’s record daily infection count is highest globally
German bike shops enjoy ‘booming’ demand. Frasers to invest in luxury retail as it expects profits to rise 30%. North Korea’s Kim Jong Un concedes economic failings while South Korea’s latest wave of …
UNICEF: North Korea closed shipping route with China
The United Nations Children’s Fund says North Korea has closed a shipping route between Dalian, China and North Korea’s port of Nampo.
U.S., Japan to build network of missile-intercepting satellites, report says
The United States and Japan are to jointly build a network of small satellites capable of detecting new missiles, as Tokyo warns of increasing threats from North Korea.