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SEOUL: Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said North Korea will never back down on its status as a nuclear-armed state, warning that it will not tolerate any threats, state media agency KCNA said on Sunday (Jun 7). Chinese ​President Xi Jinping is set…

Kim Jong Un has been visiting military sites before a visit by China’s Xi Jinping next week North Korea’s Kim Jong Un has ordered his navy to build a 10,000-tonne destroyer and develop secret underwater weapons, before a visit by China’s Xi Jinping. According to the official Rodong Sinmun newspaper…

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited the naval destroyer Kang Kon to oversee a navigation test, state media said Saturday (Jun 6), stressing the need to enhance the navy's capability to deter a nuclear war. The report came as Beijing and Pyongyang announced that Chinese President Xi Jinping…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited a newly unveiled nuclear fuel facility, revealing that weapons-grade material production has more than doubled over the past five years. Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images Kim Jong Un visited a newly unveiled nuclear fuel facility, revealing that weapons-grade material production has more than doubled over…

North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un touring a vegetable greenhouse farm and a tree nursery which were completed in Jungphyong area, Kyongsong County, North Hamgyong Province, North Korea. Photo by KCNA / EPA June 1 (Asia Today) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected a large greenhouse farm with his…

North Korea has reportedly used artificial intelligence for the first time in its missile technology, according to the state-run KCNA news agency on Wednesday. Pyongyang tested a “newly-developed lightweight multi-purpose missile launching system and multiple tactical cruise missile weapon system” on Tuesday under Kim Jong Un’s supervision, KCNA reported. The…

China's Xi may visit North Korea as early as next week: Report Reuters Last Updated: May 21, 2026, 07:30:00 AM IST Synopsis Chinese President Xi Jinping might visit North Korea next week. This visit could see him mediating between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.…

SEOUL, South Korea — Rivals. Neighbors. It’s a storied sporting narrative, but one that has rarely carried such meaning. A North Korean women’s soccer team took the field Wednesday in South Korea, becoming the first sports team from the isolated, nuclear-armed state to visit the democratic south in nearly eight…

North Korea has reportedly introduced major constitutional changes that would allow the country to launch an automatic nuclear response if its leader, Kim Jong Un, is killed or becomes incapacitated during a foreign military attack. According to multiple reports, the revised policy is designed to ensure an immediate retaliatory nuclear…

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met delegates to the ruling party's youth league congress in Pyongyang, state media KCNA said on Sunday (May 3), as the government again cast young people as central to both domestic mobilisation and its military role in Russia's war against Ukraine. The Eleventh…