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Conversion of air base into train container facility follows 2 years of isolation and economic strain
UN warns that food crisis is worsening with children and the elderly most at risk
Economy of secretive regime reeling from health crisis and sanctions after Kim Jong Un closed borders
Dictator admits country faces ‘unprecedented difficulties’ from sanctions and poor harvest
Kim Jong Un reopens communication in wake of missile tests to ‘rehabilitate’ relations with Seoul
Experts track ‘interesting activity’ at North Korean submarine site as Pyongyang fires missiles
Pyongyang’s actions ‘deeply troubling’, says UN agency
Pyongyang is finding inventive ways to get around sanctions and keep developing its weapons programme
Human rights activists warn that escapers could be tortured by Kim Jong Un’s regime
Aid groups struggle to enter isolated country despite warnings of worsening food insecurity
Leader’s health is ‘biggest wild card’ in assessing stability of regime, say analysts
Dictator blames officials for neglecting party decisions and threatening nation’s safety
Kim Jong Un is expected to lean on hacking army as Covid pandemic piles on pressure
Economy has been battered by Covid but dictator has refused to accept foreign aid
US hopes to keep nuclear-armed Pyongyang quiet as it tackles more pressing problems
Dictator references 1990s famine as aid agencies express fears over a humanitarian disaster
Kim Jong Un resorting to military provocations to prove Pyongyang’s relevance, warn analysts
Missiles launched as Washington struggles to engage with Pyongyang
Antony Blinken stresses the US is ‘committed to the denuclearisation of North Korea’
Comments come as US secretary of state Antony Blinken arrives in region for talks
Leader Kim Jong Un’s ideology of self-reliance risks causing food shortages and economic collapse
South Korea questions efficacy of sanctions meant to inhibit Pyongyang’s nuclear programme
Shady overseas operations critical to raising cash for Pyongyang have been curtailed by sanctions
NK leader demands high price from Seoul and Washington to resume negotiations, analysts say
North Korea raises tensions with incoming US administration of Joe Biden
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