N Korea Test-fires Most Advanced ICBM With US In Range South Korea said the North fired an ICBM that used solid fuel, which makes missiles easier to transport and faster to fire than liquid-fuelled versions. Latin Times · Dec 18, 2023
North Korea cuts phone link with South, slamming ‘traitors’ North Korea appears to be purposefully cutting a communication link with South Korea as it ratchets up tensions by testing new weapons and denouncing its neighbor as a “puppet traitor” for holding military drills with the U.S. Tribune News Service · Apr 10, 2023
North Korea locks down capital due to ‘respiratory illness’ outbreak North Korea has ordered a five-day lockdown in the capital over "respiratory illness", a report said Wednesday, in what appears to be the first citywide restrictions since the country declared victory over Covid-19 in August 2022. France 24 · Jan 25, 2023
EXPLAINER: How impoverished N. Korea finances testing spree North Korea’s recent barrage of missile tests, including Wednesday’s record of at least 23 launches, is raising an important question about its weapons program: How does the impoverished country pay for the seemingly endless tests The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2022
North Korean labour could be sent to rebuild Donbas, Russian ambassador says Alexander Matsegora tells Russian newspaper there are ‘a lot of opportunities’ for economic cooperation, despite UN sanctions The Guardian - AU · Jul 19, 2022
Unvaccinated and unprepared, North Korea faces Covid catastrophe Pyongyang’s gamble on extreme isolation has unravelled as Omicron sweeps the country Financial Times · May 20, 2022
North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un is facing a COVID-19 crisis and a tough new adversary in the south North Korea had long proclaimed to be COVID-free. But since a 20,000-strong crowd gathered to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Korean People's Revolution Army, a mysterious "fever" has been spreading. And it's just the start of Kim Jong Un's troubles. ABC News · May 19, 2022
North Korea Reports First Covid Cases, Kim Orders National Lockdown North Korea confirmed its first-ever Covid cases on Thursday and declared a "serious emergency", with leader Kim Jong Un ordering lockdowns across the country. The nuclear-armed country had never admitted to a case of Covid-19 and the government had imposed a rigid coronavirus blockade of its borders since the start… Asharq Al-Awsat · May 12, 2022
UN chief 'strongly condemns' North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile launch United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Thursday strongly condemned North Korea's firing of what could be its largest-ever intercontinental ballistic missile and urged Pyongyang to "desist from taking any further counter-productive actions," his spokesman said. France 24 · Mar 24, 2022