North Korea conducts biggest missile test since 2017

North Korea conducts biggest missile test since 2017

South Korea says this month’s flurry of missile tests is reminiscent of the heightened tensions in 2017,when North Korea conducted multiple nuclear tests.

  • byJosh Smith andCynthia Kim

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Kim starts the year with a bang. Four to be precise

Kim starts the year with a bang. Four to be precise

The North Korean regime fired two ballistic missiles from Pyongyang airport on Monday,demonstrating the depth of Kim Jong-un’s arsenal,say analysts.

  • byJosh Smith
North Korean gymnast defector ‘climbs back across border’

North Korean gymnast defector ‘climbs back across border’

Gymnast who fled to South in late 2020 is believed to have returned home over barbed-wire fence.

  • byNicola Smith
Unidentified person defects across border into North Korea

Unidentified person defects across border into North Korea

The border crossing,which is illegal in South Korea,came as North Korea carries out strict anti-coronavirus measures.

  • byHyun-Jin Kim
Kim Jong-un talks food,not nukes,in unusually subdued New Year speech

Kim Jong-un talks food,not nukes,in unusually subdued New Year speech

Analysts said North Korea’s leader couldn’t risk unveiling expensive missile programs this year while food shortages are so dire.

  • byJosh Smith
After 10 years under Kim Jong-un,N Korea is in a state of purgatory

After 10 years under Kim Jong-un,N Korea is in a state of purgatory

In October last year,Kim Jong-un apologised. The millennial dictator had to find a way to connect with his starving people.

  • byEryk Bagshaw
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10 years of North Korea's Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un
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10 years of North Korea's Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un

North Korea remains one of the most secretive countries in the world,and after 10 years,Kim Jong-un has made some surprising and sometimes terrifying moves.

Kim Jong-un lost 20kg,is not using a body double,spy agency says

Kim Jong-un lost 20kg,is not using a body double,spy agency says

South Korea’s spy agency used artificial intelligence techniques and an analysis of super-resolution video of Kim to investigate his condition,politicians say.

  • byHyung-Jin Kim andKim Tong-Hyung
The mysterious surge of North Korea’s currency

The mysterious surge of North Korea’s currency

In normal economies,currencies weaken in times of difficulty,but something counter-intuitive is happening in North Korea:the won is surging just as things are getting worse.

  • byHooyeon Kim
Kim Jong-un vows to build ‘invincible’ military while criticising US

Kim Jong-un vows to build ‘invincible’ military while criticising US

The North Korean leader used a rare exhibition of weapons systems as a backdrop for his effort to drive a wedge between Washington and Seoul.

  • byHyung-jin Kim
By phone and fax,Koreas attempt to talk again despite missile tests

By phone and fax,Koreas attempt to talk again despite missile tests

Liaison officials from the South and North Korea exchanged messages over a cross-border channel on Monday morning,with more to come.

  • byHyung-jin Kim