North Korea says 1.4 million apply to join army amid tensions with South
Reuters North Korean state media said on Wednesday around 1.4 million young people had applied to join or return to the army this week, blaming Seoul for a provocative drone…
North Korea blows up roads connecting it to the South
AFP North Korea blew up sections of the deeply symbolic roads connecting it to the South on Tuesday, Seoul’s military said, adding it had conducted a “counter-fire” operation in response.…
South Korea military says ‘fully ready’ as drone tensions soar
AFP South Korea’s military said Monday it was “fully ready” to respond after North Korea ordered troops on the border to prepare to fire in an escalating dispute over drone…
Pyongyang to ‘permanently’ shut border with South Korea
AFP North Korea’s army said on Wednesday it was moving to “permanently shut off and block the southern border” with the South and had informed the US military to prevent…
North Korea’s Kim calls Putin “closest comrade” in birthday message, says “Pyongyang will always stand by Moscow”
Agency Report North Korean leader Kim Jong-un toasted his “closest comrade” Vladimir Putin on Monday in a birthday message that claimed the countries’ deepening military alliance would make them “invincible”.…
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un says he will speed up steps to become a nuclear weapons superpower
Reuters PYONGYANG – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country will speed up steps toward becoming a military superpower with nuclear weapons and would not rule out using…
North Korea and China mark their 75th anniversary of ties as outsiders question their relationship
Associated Press The leaders of North Korea and China marked the 75th anniversary of their diplomatic relations on Sunday by exchanging messages that expressed hopes for stronger ties, as outsiders…
North Korean defector in South stole bus in bid to return home, media reports say
Reuters SEOUL – A North Korean defector living in South Korea was detained on Tuesday after ramming a stolen bus into a barricade on a bridge near the heavily militarised…
South Korea unveils its most powerful missile, which could reach North Korea’s underground bunkers
It was the first time for South Korea to disclose that missile. Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea unveiled its most powerful ballistic missile and other weapons that…
North Korea may be able to produce a double-digit number of nuclear weapons, South Korean lawmaker says
Reuters North Korea has enough plutonium and uranium to produce at least a double-digit number of nuclear weapons, a South Korean lawmaker said on Thursday, citing the country’s spy agency.…