While acquiring weapons to counter countries like North Korea and China would be unremarkable for most world powers, in Japan it is reviving a politically sensitive debate.
North Korea’s leader is tapping his own private food reserve to feed the country, and it could be a worrying sign
Nearly 1,500 acres of rice fields have flooded and about 730 singe-story homes and 179 housing blocks have been destroyed as of early August, North Korea has announced. Rains during monsoon seasons …
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un lifts lockdown in city, rejects flood, coronavirus aid
The North’s state media said the suspected patient was a North Korean who had earlier fled to the South before slipping back into Kaesong.
North Korea floods kill 22, approach nuclear reactor — but Kim doesn’t want help
Flooding caused by weeks of unusually heavy monsoon rains have killed at least 22 people in North Korea, with four others missing, and even approached the country’s main nuclear reactor, but Kim Jong …
North Korea lifts lockdown in city, rejects flood, virus aid
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un lifted a lockdown in a major city near the border with South Korea where thousands had been quarantined for weeks over coronavirus worries, …
Report: North Korea laborers still deployed overseas
North Korea’s state-sanctioned guest workers continue to be deployed to overseas sites in violation of international sanctions, according to a Japanese press report.
U.N. investigator ‘worried’ about defectors in South Korea
The United Nations’ top official on North Korea human rights said he is considering filing a rights violation notification in connection with a South Korean decision to audit North Korean human rights …
North Korea Nuclear Facility Threatened By Floods, Satellite Images Reveal
The Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center, North Korea’s only source of nuclear weapons-grade plutonium, is on the verge of resuming operations.
North Korea nuclear reactor site threatened by recent flooding, U.S. think-tank says
Satellite imagery suggests recent flooding in North Korea may have damaged pump houses connected to the country’s main nuclear facility, a U.S.-based think-tank said on Thursday.
Buses and trains disinfected as North Korea ramps up virus measures
Temperature checks, hand sanitisers, and face masks are being enforced across Pyongyang’s public transport system as North Korea intensifies its fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Pyongyang had …