… North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's powerful sister called Lee's statement "wise behaviour", but hopes for a rapprochement faded after the diplomatically isolated nation returned to calling the South its "most hostile" enemy. …
… North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's powerful sister called Lee's statement "wise behaviour", but hopes for a rapprochement faded after the diplomatically isolated nation returned to calling the South its "most hostile" enemy. …
… Xi made the remarks during his talks with Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the DPRK. …
… However, leader Kim Jong Un's powerful sister said on the eve of Xi's arrival that North Korea's nuclear weapons programme was "the line of no retreat". …
North Korea nuclear programme 'absolutely non-negotiable': Kim Jong's sister By AFP June 07, 2026 12:26 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter This picture taken on September 4, 2025 and released from North Korea' …
South Korea, US held talks on revising management of fortified North Korea border By Reuters May 22, 2026 01:26 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during the groundbreaki …
… North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to boost his nuclear forces, and Pyongyang conducted four missile tests in April, the most in a single month for over two years. …
… Even North Korea, which plasters pictures of leader Kim Jong Un across the country and demands reverence, does not feature him in the passport, which instead depicts sacred Mount Paektu. …
Audio By VocalizeNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un (centre), Russian State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin (left) and Defence Minister Andrei Beloussov (second right) during a dinner party in Pyongyang on April 26, 2026. …
South Korea's former president Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to 30 years in prison on June 12, 2026, for sending military drones into North Korea in October 2024. Prosecutors argued the drone flights, which Pyongyang said included dropping propaganda leaflets, were aimed at creating a pretext for his controversial December 2024 declaration of martial law.
South Korea's former president Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to 30 years in prison on June 12, 2026, for sending military drones into North Korea in October 2024. Prosecutors argued the drone flights, which Pyongyang said included dropping propaganda leaflets, were aimed at creating a pretext for his controversial December 2024 declaration of martial law.
A South Korean court sentenced ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol to 30 years in prison for sending military drones into North Korea, ruling he intended to provoke Pyongyang to justify his martial law declaration in 2024. The drone flights sparked anger in North Korea, which accused the South of dropping propaganda leaflets.
During talks with Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang, Chinese President Xi Jinping called for consolidating political mutual trust between China and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and enhancing practical cooperation, citing their shared socialist ideals and historical friendship.
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Pyongyang on Monday for a two-day state visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, where he and leader Kim Jong Un discussed consolidating political mutual trust and enhancing practical cooperation between the two countries.
China's President Xi Jinping arrived in North Korea on Monday, hailing an "invincible friendship" with Pyongyang. The visit comes after Xi hosted summits in Beijing with US President Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin, while North Korea's nuclear talks with Washington remain deadlocked.
Kim Yo Jong, sister of leader Kim Jong Un, stated that North Korea's nuclear weapons programme is "absolutely non-negotiable" in a statement published by state media, ahead of a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping. The announcement reiterates Pyongyang's longstanding insistence on its right to nuclear and ballistic missile programmes despite UN Security Council sanctions.
South Korea and the U.S. discussed potential changes in how parts of the heavily fortified border with North Korea are managed at recent defence talks in Washington, with Seoul's defence ministry reporting "progress" but denying reports of joint or divided control of the Demilitarized Zone.
Naegohyang Women's FC will become the first North Korean sports team to visit South Korea since 2018, playing Suwon FC Women on May 20 in the Asian Champions League semi-finals. The delegation of 27 players and 12 staff will arrive May 17 at Incheon airport.
The US State Department announced it will offer limited-edition passports featuring an image of Donald Trump superimposed over the Declaration of Independence to mark the country's 250th anniversary. Trump would be the first sitting US president featured in American travel documents, according to officials.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to help Russia achieve victory in Ukraine, which he called a "sacred" war. According to state media, Pyongyang has sent missiles, munitions and thousands of troops to assist Russia, and Moscow is providing financial aid, military technology, food and energy in return.