North Korea
2 Jan
Pyongyang has carried out a record amount of missile tests this year. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said that it was a "mistake" to try to reunify with Seoul and warned of the risk of "war" in the peninsula.
31 Dec
After 25 years in China, a North Korean woman was deported and vanished without a trace. DW examines the fate of North Koreans forcibly repatriated by Beijing.
24 Dec
It was the second suspected ballistic missile launch by North Korea within hours. The UN has banned North Korea from launching or testing ballistic missiles.
22 Dec
Analysts previously believed that it would be impossible for a woman to lead the nation, but there is growing evidence that the "Morning Star of Korea" is the chosen heir to the world's only hereditary communist dynasty.
10 Dec
State media has reported North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un, reviewed images captured by a new spy satellite of sites across South Korea. Officials in Seoul have expressed doubt over the satellite's capabilities.
28 Nov
North Korea has sent troops to restore border posts that were taken town as part of an agreement to ease tensions, Seoul says.
24 Nov
Kim Jong Un labelled the launch an "eye-opening event" amid "dangerous and aggressive" moves by hostile forces. South Korea suspects Pyongyang had Russian help.
24 Nov
Pyongyang says it is retaliation for Seoul partially suspending the agreement on Wednesday following North Korea’s recent spy satellite launch.
23 Nov
Japan and South Korea said that North Korea has launched a suspected military spy satellite using banned ballistic missile technology.
16 Nov
Experts say many countries in the 'global south' are finding it more risky to have Pyongyang as a diplomatic partner. North Korea has also began concentrating on Russia for its diplomatic ties.
30 Sep 2023
As Myanmar's junta fights armed rebel groups, and North Korea is running out of food, the two pariah states have a mutual interest in closer cooperation.
23 Sep 2023
There happen to be some rather strange practices that are laws in a country that forbid couples from holding hands in public. Banning black cars, preventing dirty vehicles from entering its capital city, and banning women from fixing lashes and nails, talk less of cosmetic surgery. You'd be wrong to assume this country is North Korea. This is the story of Turkmenistan's weird way of life and culture.
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