North Korean leader Kim oversaw test of missiles with cluster warheads
- 20-Apr-2026
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw Sunday’s ballistic missile test launches as part of efforts to evaluate the performance of warheads carrying cluster bombs and fragmentation mines, state media KCNA reported on Monday. The tests represented the fourth ballistic missile launch this month and the seventh this year, as North Korea seeks to build […]
North Korean leader Kim oversees test-launch of multiple rocket launchers -KCNA
- 15-Mar-2026
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Saturday oversaw the test-launch of 12 600mm-calibre multiple rocket launchers, state media KCNA said, after the United States and South Korea this week launched annual major drills in South Korea. He said the drill would expose “the enemies within the 420-km striking range, to uneasiness” and “give them […]
North Korea can talk to US if it stops insisting on denuclearisation, Kim says
- 22-Sep-2025
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said there is no reason to avoid dialogue with the US if Washington stops insisting his country give up nuclear weapons but he will never trade away the nuclear arsenal to be free of sanctions, state media reported on Monday. In a speech at the Supreme People’s Assembly on […]
North Korea wipes traces of Kim Jong Un after Beijing meeting with Putin
- 04-Sep-2025
After Kim Jong Un met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing, North Korean staffers carefully wiped off items touched by the country’s supreme leader, in what analysts say is part of a suite of security measures to counter foreign spies. Even with the appearance of budding friendship between Kim and Putin, footage on Wednesday […]
China’s Xi projects power at military parade with Putin and Kim
- 03-Sep-2025
Chinese President Xi Jinping warned the world was facing a choice between peace or war as he held his country’s largest-ever military parade on Wednesday, flanked by Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un. The lavish event to mark 80 years since Japan’s defeat at the end of World War Two has been […]
North Korea’s Kim calls for rapid nuclear buildup
- 19-Aug-2025
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country needed to rapidly expand its nuclear armament and called U.S.-South Korea military exercises an “obvious expression of their will to provoke war,” state media KCNA reported on Tuesday. South Korea and its ally the United States kicked off joint military drills this week, including testing an […]
North Korea unveils new ‘Kim Jong Un style’ 5,000-tonne warship
- 27-Apr-2025
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended a ceremony for the launch of a “new multipurpose destroyer”, state media KCNA reported on Saturday. The 5,000-tonne warship was equipped with the “most powerful weapons” and built “within 400-odd days perfectly with our own strength and technology”, the report said, quoting Jo Chun Ryong, a secretary in […]
North Korea unveils new ‘Kim Jong Un style’ 5,000-tonne warship
- 26-Apr-2025
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended a ceremony for the launch of a “new multipurpose destroyer,” state media KCNA reported on Saturday. The 5,000-tonne warship was equipped with the “most powerful weapons” and built “within 400-odd days perfectly with our own strength and technology,” Jo Chun Ryong, a secretary in the ruling Workers’ Party, […]
North Korea leader Kim Jong Un touts AI suicide drones, early-warning aircraft
- 27-Mar-2025
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised the test of suicide drones with artificial intelligence (AI) technology and said unmanned control and AI capability must be the top priorities in modern arms development, state media reported on Thursday. Kim inspected new upgraded reconnaissance drones that are capable of detecting various tactical targets and enemy activities […]
Trump says he will reach out to North Korea’s Kim again
- 24-Jan-2025
US President Donald Trump will reach out to Kim Jong Un again, he said in an interview aired Thursday, calling the North Korean leader with whom he previously met three times a “smart guy.” The Republican had a rare diplomatic relationship with the reclusive Kim during his previous administration from 2017 to 2021, not only […]