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Published On 15 May 202215 May 2022 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered the military to stabilise the distribution of COVID-19 medicines in Pyongyang, days after announcing a lockdown and admitting the country’s first confirmed coronavirus outbreak. North Korea acknowledged for the first time last week that it…

BATTLING PESTILENCE This picture taken on Saturday, May 14, 2022, and released from North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency on Sunday shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (center) visiting the bier of Yang Hyong Sop, former vice president of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly, at an…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has repeated his warning that Pyongyang could “preemptively” use its nuclear weaponry to counter hostile forces, state media reported Saturday.  Kim told top military officers that to “maintain the absolute superiority” of North Korea’s armed forces, the country should be able to “preemptively and thoroughly…

/ Asia / Pacific Issued on: 30/04/2022 - 08:15 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gestures as he watches the test-firing of a new-type tactical guided weapon according to state media, in this undated photo released on April 16, 2022 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). © KCNAKCNA…

North Korea’s state media boasted Sunday that its armed forces had “gained invincible power” under leader Kim Jong Un as it prepares for a major army holiday that analysts say could be marked with a military parade or major weapons test. North Korea on Monday celebrates the 90th anniversary of…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gestures as he watches the test-firing of a new-type tactical guided weapon according to state media, North Korea, in this undated photo released on April 16, 2022 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). KCNA via REUTERS Register now for FREE unlimited access…

Author of the article: This undated handout picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on April 17, 2022 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as he observes the test-fire of a new-type tactical guided weapon in North Korea. Photo by KCNA VIA KNS /AFP via…

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Kim Jong Un supervised the test-firing of a new guided weapons system to improve North Korea's "tactical nukes", state media said Sunday, capping days of celebrations surrounding the birthday of the country's founding leader. The launch was the latest in an unprecedented blitz of sanctions-busting weapons-tests this year, which included…

North Korea has test-fired a new type of tactical guided weapon which it claims is of "great significance". The reclusive state's dictator Kim Jong Un observed the test, and was pictured beaming as generals clapped behind him. North Korean state media did not say when the test took place and…