The Dec. 29, 2024, plenary session of the Eighth Party Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) was presented as a grand showcase of North Korea’s achievements and a roadmap for its future.
Heavy Russian, North Korean losses in Russia’s Kursk region, Zelensky says
President Volodymyr Zelensky reported significant losses among Russian and North Korean forces during recent clashes in Russia’s southern Kursk region. “In battles yesterday and today near a single village,
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un attends New Year’s celebrations, receives card from China’s Xi, KCNA says
SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter Ju Ae attended New Year’s celebrations including fireworks and an ice dancing display, state media KCNA reported on Wednesday. Senior North Korean officials joined them in watching the events,
How North Korea actually works
Hyunseung Lee and his family defected from North Korea in 2014 after a series of violent executions by North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un.
Guam Businessman Under Intense FBI Investigation for Alarming North Korea Links
A businessman based in Guam, a U.S. territory in the Pacific, has come under the scrutiny of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for suspected connections to North Korea. The businessman, …
Kim Jong-un is ‘sending couples to labour camps for getting divorced’
Couples in North Korea who get divorced are being punished with up to six months of forced labour, according to a report. Under Communist Party rule, couples in North Korea were previously banned from …
‘Highly indoctrinated’ North Korean troops are being sent on ‘hopeless’ human wave assaults against Ukrainian positions: White House
Moscow has also used its own troops to carry out such attacks, which aim to overwhelm Ukrainian positions.
Ukraine-Russia war latest: North Korea suffering mass casualties, says US as Zelensky set for £1bn arms boost
US officials have claimed that North Korea is suffering mass casualties on the front lines of Russia’s war against Ukraine, being used in costly “human wave” attacks. White House spokesperson John Kirby told reporters on Friday that thousands of North Korean troops had been killed or wounded in the last week alone.
North Korean soldier captured by Ukraine dies from injuries, South Korea’s spy agency says
South Korea’s spy agency said Friday a wounded North Korean soldier who was captured while fighting for Russia against Ukrainian forces has since died from his injuries, the Yonhap news agency reported.
Unemployment rate among North Korean defectors in the South increases
The unemployment rate among North Korean defectors living in South Korea jumped to 6.3 percent this year, as the sluggish economy increased joblessness among female defectors, data showed Friday.