Seasoned North Korea experts warn Kim is not just experiencing a fit of pique,but has signalled an unprecedented shift in ideology.
A charity has reported a sevenfold increase in attacks globally on Christian churches,schools and hospitals in the past year – but it gets little attention in the West.
It would be Russian President Vladimir Putin’s first trip to North Korea in more than two decades,after he visited Kim Jong-il – current leader Kim Jong-un’s father – in 2000.
Deaths,however,rose to 11.1 million,almost 700,000 more than the previous year and the highest since 1960.
Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un has vowed North Korea will launch three new spy satellites,build military drones and boost its nuclear arsenal in 2024.
Landing a software development job overseas to secretly earn foreign currency for the isolated country demands highly creative strategies – but comes with risks for the regime.
At least twice last month,the US tracked shipment of military equipment and munition from North Korea to a Russian port,then by rail to near the frontline.
The leaders met at a remote Siberian rocket launch facility,where the North Korean leader peppered a Russian space official with questions about the rockets.
The meeting is likely to fuel concerns in Washington and like-minded capitals about increased military cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang at a critical juncture in Russia’s war in Ukraine.
The Hero Kim Kun OK was designed to launch tactical nuclear weapons from underwater and counter US naval power,the North Korean leader said.
The two will discuss the possibility of North Korea supplying weapons to Russia for the war in Ukraine,US and allied sources said.