North Korea has stolen more than US$300 million (RM1.21 billion) worth of cryptocurrencies through cyberattacks in recent months to support its banned nuclear and ballistic missile programmes, a confidential UN report said. Compiled by a panel of experts monitoring sanctions on Pyongyang, the report said the country’s “total theft of […]
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North Korea : Kim Jong-un’s wife still missing after more than a year
The 32-year-old wife of North Korea’s supreme leader was last seen in public in January 2020. The wife and mother of Kim Jong-un’s children, called Ri Sol-ju, may have decided to avoid public engagements over the fear of the coronavirus contagion. North Korean experts reporting in NK News think Ri mysteriously vanished […]
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North Korea shows off new submarine-launched missiles after rare party congress
North Korea displayed what appeared to be a new submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) at a parade on Thursday night, state media reported, capping more than a week of political meetings with a show of military might. Clad in a leather coat and fur hat, leader Kim Jong Un smiled and […]
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North Korea ends party meeting with calls for nuclear might
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed all-out efforts to bolster his country’s nuclear deterrent during a major ruling party meeting where he earlier laid out plans to work toward salvaging the broken economy. Separately, Kim’s powerful sister criticized South Korea’s military for saying it had seen an apparent military […]
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North Korea’s Kim Jong Un urges ‘maximum alert’ on Covid-19
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un urged officials to maintain “maximum alert” against the coronavirus pandemic, criticising unspecified complacencies in the country’s anti-virus campaign that he said risked “unimaginable and irretrievable crisis.” Despite the warnings, state media said Friday that Kim reaffirmed government claims that there hasn’t been a single […]
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Kim Jong Un suspends planned military moves against South Korea
Kim Jong Un ordered the suspension of military actions against South Korea, a move that could ease tensions after North Korea blew up a liaison office built by Seoul and warned of further provocations. Kim “took stock of the prevailing situation and suspended the military action plans against the south” […]
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North Korea appears to destroy Inter-Korea liaison office
North Korea appears to have blown up an inter-Korean liaison office, the Yonhap News Agency reported Tuesday, after Kim Jong Un’s regime threatened to move its military back into border region. The smoke and an explosion were observed rising from an area close to the Kaesong industrial park, Yonhap said. […]
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On Kim-Trump summit anniversary, North Korea vows to build up military
North Korea on Friday again vowed to build up its military force to counter what it perceives as US threats and said there would be little reason for a personal relationship between leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump if Washington persists with sanctions and pressure. On the two-year […]
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North Korea to sever communication lines with ‘enemy’ South Korea: State media
North Korea said on Tuesday it will sever hotlines with South Korea as the first step toward shutting down all means of contact with Seoul, state news agency KCNA reported. For several days, North Korea has lashed out at South Korea, threatening to close an inter-Korean liaison office and other […]
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Father of North Korea abduction victim dies without meeting his daughter
Shigeru Yokota, a Japanese campaigner for the return of his daughter and more than a dozen others who were abducted to North Korea in the 1970s, has died. He was 87. His family said Yokota died of natural causes in a hospital in Kawasaki, near Tokyo, on Friday, before he […]
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UK closes embassy, pulls diplomats from N Korea over Covid-19 restrictions
Britain temporarily closed its embassy in North Korea and all diplomatic staff have left the country, the UK ambassador said on Thursday, the latest foreign delegation to leave amid strict coronavirus restrictions. “The British Embassy in Pyongyang closed temporarily on 27 May 2020 and all diplomatic staff have left the […]
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Donald Trump says North Korea’s Kim Jong Un may be planning nice ‘Christmas gift’
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may be planning to give him “a nice present” such as a “beautiful vase” for Christmas rather than a missile launch. The president was asked what he will do if North Korea does conduct a long-range missile test. […]
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Xi Jinping to meet Japan, South Korea leaders as North Korea tensions rise
The leaders of Japan and South Korea will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Monday, amid heightened concern that North Korea may be about to return to confrontation with Washington. South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet Xi separately before going to […]