North Korea
North Korea threatens US and S Korea with nuclear strikes
North Korea has warned of "indiscriminate" nuclear strikes on the US and South Korea as they begin their largest ever military drills. The exercises, involving more than 300,000 personnel, are an annual event and always generate tension. The order for a "pre-emptive nuclear strike of justice" was made in a...
North Korea fires ‘projectiles’ after new UN sanctions
South Korea says Pyongyang launches several short-range projectiles hours after Security Council resolution is passed. North Korea has fired six short-range projectiles into the sea, Seoul officials said, just hours after the UN Security Council approved the toughest sanctions on Pyongyang in two decades for its recent nuclear...
North Korea handed toughest sanctions in 20 years in effort to stop nuke programme
NORTH Korea has been hit with the toughest sanctions in 20 years by the United Nations (UN) in response to making a nuclear test. In a series of new restrictions negotiated by the Chinese and American governments, all cargo going to and from North Korea must be inspected and North Korean trade representatives in Syria, Iran and...
U.S. student detained in North Korea confesses to ‘hostile act’
North Korea has allowed the world to get its first glimpse of Otto Frederick Warmbier, an American student at the University of Virginia, two months after his arrest. Warmbier is accused of trying to steal a North Korean banner, containing a political slogan that was hanging from the walls of his Pyongyang hotel. A North Korean...
Start of World War 3? North Korea planning ‘wave of terror attacks’ on South Korea
NORTH Korea is reportedly planning a wave of terror against South Korea, amid fears Kim Jong-un has ordered his military to prepare for kidnappings and strikes against public transport and power units. A senior South Korean official says the "threat of terrorism has never been higher", as the South attempts to push...
North Korea fires long-range rocket despite warnings
North Korea has fired a long-range rocket, which critics say is a test of banned missile technology. A state TV announcer said that North Korea had successfully placed a satellite in orbit. The launch was condemned by Japan, South Korea and the US, who have requested an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council later on...
North Korea activity points to possible space launch: U.S. officials
The United States has seen increased activity around a North Korean site suggesting preparations for a possible space launch in the near future, U.S. officials told Reuters on Thursday. The officials cited intelligence suggesting movement of components and propellant, adding the United States believed a test could take place...
The photos North Korea didn’t want you to see
PHOTOGRAPHER Eric Lafforgue has ventured into North Korea six times. Using digital memory cards he smuggled out images of the communist nation he was forbidden to take. Mr Lafforgue wanted to show that North Koreans are humans, not robots, who also suffer. “I was banned after my last trip in September 2012 when I...
North Korea claims fully successful ‘miniaturized hydrogen bomb’ test
In a “special and important” announcement at noon, North Korean TV claimed that the country has successfully conducted a hydrogen bomb test at 10:00am local time. “Through the test conducted with indigenous wisdom, technology and efforts the DPRK fully proved that the technological specifications of the newly...