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  • Saturday, 21 May, 2022
    Biden and Yoon agree to step up deterrence against North Korea

    Washington seeks to reassure allies of its support as Pyongyang pushes ahead with nuclear weapons

  • Friday, 13 May, 2022
    North Korea
    North Korea reports first Covid-19 death from Omicron variant

    Fever has spread ‘explosively’ as experts warn about potential impact on unvaccinated nation

  • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
    News in-depth
    Nervous South Koreans seek ways to counter North’s nuclear threat

    New president Yoon Suk-yeol has pledged to ‘dramatically strengthen’ defences

  • Friday, 29 April, 2022
    North Korea preparing for first nuclear test since 2017, warn experts

    Satellite images at test site emerge as Kim Jong Un watches parade of sophisticated weaponry

  • Tuesday, 26 April, 2022
    News in-depth
    Kim could use nuclear arsenal to dominate Korean peninsula, warn experts

    Dictator’s weapons programme has grown beyond the ‘purely defensive’

  • Friday, 22 April, 2022
    Kim Jong Un tones down rhetoric in rare friendly exchange with South Korea

    North Korean leader praises President Moon Jae-in after weeks of rising tensions and missile tests

  • Tuesday, 5 April, 2022
    Kim Jong Un’s sister condemns South Korean defence minister as a ‘lunatic’

    Dictator’s confidante warns Seoul that it faces ‘extermination’ in confrontation with Pyongyang

  • Friday, 25 March, 2022
    North Korea claims successful launch of ‘monster missile’

    Pyongyang says it is ready to contain ‘US imperialists’ but some observers question validity of reports

  • Thursday, 24 March, 2022
    North Korea raises tensions with missile launch into Sea of Japan

    US, Tokyo and Seoul condemn launch of what appears to be Pyongyang’s longest-range missile yet

  • Wednesday, 16 March, 2022
    Kim Jong Un’s regime suffers dangerous missile launch failure

    Test conducted after White House warned North Korea against challenging US during Ukraine war

  • Thursday, 10 March, 2022
    US warns of ‘serious escalation’ in N Korea’s military capability after missile tests

    Officials say tests involved system that could send warheads greater distances than previous launches

  • Sunday, 6 February, 2022
    News in-depth
    North Korea: ‘Kim doesn’t just want more missiles, he wants better ones’

    New generation of manoeuvrable weapons is raising alarm over an accelerated arms race

  • Friday, 28 January, 2022
    North Korean missile tests expose world’s struggle to curb military development

    Kim Jong Un sees opportunity with global powers distracted by other foreign policy issues, analysts say

  • Wednesday, 5 January, 2022
    North Korea
    North Korea accesses ‘global commercial channels’ to develop nuclear weapons

    Pyongyang is using estate agents and even a casino to evade US-led sanctions

  • Sunday, 12 December, 2021
    News in-depth
    North Korea looks across the border for its biggest threat

    Kim Jong Un’s regime is more worried about infiltration from China than war with the US

  • Thursday, 2 December, 2021
    US-China relations
    China’s test of hypersonic weapon raised regional tensions, says US defence chief

    Lloyd Austin warns advances highlight why Beijing has become the top challenge for American military

  • Monday, 29 November, 2021
    South Korea Politics & Policy
    South Korean presidential hopeful plays down reunification with north

    Ruling party’s Lee signals policy shift towards accepting coexistence with Pyongyang

  • Thursday, 25 November, 2021
    News in-depth
    South Korea longs for Trump’s focus as efforts to engage Pyongyang stall

    Seoul complains Joe Biden’s policy is aimed at managing rather than solving the problem

  • Monday, 15 November, 2021
    North Korea
    North Korea building project points to reopening of border with China

    Conversion of air base into train container facility follows 2 years of isolation and economic strain

  • Wednesday, 20 October, 2021
    North Korea
    North Korea-China trade hits highest level since start of pandemic

    Economy of secretive regime reeling from health crisis and sanctions after Kim Jong Un closed borders

  • Monday, 4 October, 2021
    North Korea restores hotline a year after blowing up liaison office

    Kim Jong Un reopens communication in wake of missile tests to ‘rehabilitate’ relations with Seoul

  • Wednesday, 15 September, 2021
    Kim Jong Un’s North Korea nuclear weapons development puts Biden to the test

    Experts track ‘interesting activity’ at North Korean submarine site as Pyongyang fires missiles

  • Monday, 30 August, 2021
    Nuclear watchdog sounds warning over restart of North Korean reactor

    Pyongyang’s actions ‘deeply troubling’, says UN agency

  • Monday, 9 August, 2021
    The Big Read
    North Korea: the failure of ‘maximum pressure’ on Kim’s isolated regime

    Pyongyang is finding inventive ways to get around sanctions and keep developing its weapons programme

  • Wednesday, 30 June, 2021
    North Korea
    Kim Jong Un warns of ‘grave incident’ in North Korea’s Covid fight

    Dictator blames officials for neglecting party decisions and threatening nation’s safety

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