Party speech suggests record year of weapons testing will continue into 2024 in defiance of international sanctions. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered the military, including its nuclear programme, to “accelerate” war preparations to counter what he called unprecedented confrontational moves by the United States. Speaking at an ongoing meeting of the country’s … Read more
“[The soldiers] fought for nights of peace for the new China, with their blood and their lives,” the post said. The 12-second video included clips from the 2021 domestic film The Battle of Lake Changjin, which depicts a pivotal Korean war battle, also known as the Battle of Chosin Reservoir. The battle took place about … Read more
Kwek was in 2021 accused by the US Justice Department of facilitating fuel shipments to Pyongyang in violation of UN sanctions. The US State Department on November 3, 2022, offered a reward of US$5 million for information about Kwek, who owns shipping company Swanseas Port Services in Singapore. Investigations by Singapore police revealed that Kwek … Read more
Planning a vacation? Here are the countries that pose the maximum risk for travelers in 2024 — and also the ones that are the safest — according to International SOS. The risk assessment firm, in its 2024 Risk Map, has ranked these countries based on several metrics, including security, medical dangers as well as the … Read more
It is one of the key projects that Kim Jong-Un is focussing on. North Korea, a secretive state, has resumed construction on the Wonsan-Kalma Coastal Tourist Zone, a report in Newsweek said. The country hopes that the final product will give competition to Benidorm, a popular tourist destination in Spain equipped with beaches, skyscrapers and … Read more
North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile on Sunday, Seoul’s military said, as the United States and South Korea warned any nuclear attack would lead to the end of Pyongyang’s regime. “Our military detected a short-range ballistic missile launched from the Pyongyang area towards the East Sea at around 22:38 on Sunday,” Seoul’s Joint Chiefs … Read more
NORTH Korea has fired an unidentified type of ballistic missile on Sunday, Japan’s Coast Guard has said. The launch just comes hours after the United States warned that nuclear attacks could “end Kim Jong Un’s regime”. 4 North Korea has fired a missile on Sunday the Japanese coast guard said. Picture shows an intercontinental ballistic … Read more
Seoul — South Korea’s military said Thursday it scrambled fighter jets as two Chinese and four Russian military planes entered its air defense zone, an area wider than the country’s airspace. The Chinese and Russian planes entered and exited the Korea Air Defense Identification Zone (KADIZ) in the East Sea, also known as the Sea … Read more
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made an impassioned plea to the women of his country to have more children and raise them as communists. During the Fifth National Conference of Mothers in Pyongyang, Kim Jong Un stressed the need to reverse the declining birth rates in the country. He stated that stopping the decline … Read more
Kim Jong-un has been filmed crying while appealing to North Korea’s women to have more children and raise them to love the authoritarian state. Citing state media, the news agency Associated Press said on Monday that Kim’s appeal was made during North Korea’s National Mothers Meeting, the first of its kind in 11 years, amid … Read more
