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.
The North Korean regime fired two ballistic missiles from Pyongyang airport on Monday,demonstrating the depth of Kim Jong-un’s arsenal,say analysts.
Gymnast who fled to South in late 2020 is believed to have returned home over barbed-wire fence.
The border crossing,which is illegal in South Korea,came as North Korea carries out strict anti-coronavirus measures.
Analysts said North Korea’s leader couldn’t risk unveiling expensive missile programs this year while food shortages are so dire.
In October last year,Kim Jong-un apologised. The millennial dictator had to find a way to connect with his starving people.
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.
South Korea’s spy agency used artificial intelligence techniques and an analysis of super-resolution video of Kim to investigate his condition,politicians say.
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.
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.
Liaison officials from the South and North Korea exchanged messages over a cross-border channel on Monday morning,with more to come.