The chief of North Korea’s military has been executed by order of the country’s leader, Kim Jong-Un, according to reports. General Ri Yong-Gil, chief of the General Staff of the Korean People’s Army, was killed last week after being accused of corruption and other charges of pursuing personal gains, sources[…]
South Korea unleashed a high-decibel propaganda barrage across its border with North Korea on Friday in retaliation for its nuclear test, while the United States called on China to end “business as usual” with its ally. The broadcasts, in rolling bursts from walls of loudspeakers at 11 locations along the[…]
North Korea said it successfully tested a miniaturized hydrogen nuclear device on Wednesday, claiming a significant advance in the isolated state’s strike capability and setting off alarm bells in Japan and South Korea. The test, the fourth time North Korea has exploded a nuclear device, was ordered by young leader[…]
A high-ranking North Korean diplomat accused of abusing his diplomatic immunity and his embassy’s diplomatic bag to smuggle rhino horn out of South Africa has been expelled from the country. News24 has learnt that Park Chol-jun – also identified in some news reports as Pak Chol Chun – quietly left[…]
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his troops onto a war footing from 5 p.m on Friday after his government issued an ultimatum to Seoul to halt anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts by Saturday afternoon or face military action. South Korean Vice Defence Minister Baek Seung-joo said it was likely the[…]
A teenage North Korean soldier has walked across the world’s most heavily militarised border in a bid to defect to South Korea, South Korean defence ministry officials said. The soldier approached a remote South Korean guard post in Gangwon province’s Hwacheon county, in the central area of the peninsula, at[…]
North Korea has executed its head of defense for treason, according to South Korean intelligence, a news report said on Wednesday. Hyon Yong Chol, chief of the People’s Armed Forces, faced a firing squad armed with an anti-aircraft gun in Pyongyang around April 30, Seoul’s National Intelligence Service was quoted[…]
North Korea has offered holding talks with the United States in a renewed bid to sway Washington after it rejected Pyongyang’s proposal to suspend nuclear tests under the condition that annual US military drills with South Korea were put off. North Korea’s deputy UN Ambassador An Myong Hun told a[…]
North Korea issued a furious statement Sunday slamming the United States for imposing sanctions against government officials and the defense industry for a cyberattack on Sony. It again denied any role in the breach of tens of thousands of confidential Sony emails and business files. An unnamed spokesman of North[…]
Entertainment giant Sony on Wednesday released online “The Interview,” the movie that has outraged North Korea for lampooning dictator Kim Jong-Un, giving an early Christmas present to US viewers. The madcap, irreverent R-rated comedy was available for rent in the United States from 1800 GMT on several platforms, a day[…]
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