# kim-jong-un - Wednesday 18 May, 2022
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
The country reported 232,880 new cases of “fever” as of Tuesday evening, bringing the total number to 1.72 million with 62 deaths.
# kim-jong-un - Monday 16 May, 2022
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
Failing to slow the virus could have dire consequences for North Korea.
# kim-jong-un - Sunday 15 May, 2022
# North Korea
# North Korea
North Korea has no Covid vaccines, antiviral treatment drugs or mass-testing capacity.
# kim-jong-un - Saturday 14 May, 2022
# North Korea
# North Korea
The country had previously held for more than two years to the widely doubted claim that it had kept the virus out.
# kim-jong-un - Friday 13 May, 2022
# Pyongyang
# Pyongyang
Experts have warned the virus could be devastating in a country with a broken health care system.
# kim-jong-un - Thursday 12 May, 2022
# Pyongyang
# Pyongyang
The country had never admitted to a case of the virus and had imposed a rigid coronavirus blockade of its borders since 2020.
# kim-jong-un - Saturday 7 May, 2022
# Pyongyang
# Pyongyang
The US State Department warned that Pyongyang could be preparing for a nuclear test “as early as next month”.
# kim-jong-un - Tuesday 26 April, 2022
# North Korea
# North Korea
The North Korean leader made the remarks in a speech he delivered during a military parade.
# kim-jong-un - Monday 31 January, 2022
# Missile Test
# Missile Test
The reported flight details make it the most powerful missile North Korea has tested since 2017.
# kim-jong-un - Monday 17 January, 2022
# Pyongyang
# Pyongyang
The country has been ramping up tests in recent months of new missiles designed to overwhelm missile defences in the region.
# kim-jong-un - Saturday 15 January, 2022
# North Korea
# North Korea
South Korea said it detected the North firing two missiles into the sea in its third weapons launch this month.
# kim-jong-un - Tuesday 11 January, 2022
# Tensions
# Tensions
The early-morning launch came as the UN Security Council met in New York to discuss last week’s test.
# kim-jong-un - Wednesday 5 January, 2022
# North Korea
# North Korea
The launch followed a speech by Kim Jong Un last week in which he said North Korea would continue to build up its military capabilities.
# kim-jong-un - Monday 11 October, 2021
Kim Jong Un called for improved living conditions in a speech on the anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers’ Party.
# kim-jong-un - Saturday 18 September, 2021
# Yongbyon
# Yongbyon
North Korea calls the complex “the heart” of its nuclear programme.
# kim-jong-un - Saturday 10 October, 2020
# Parade
# Parade
The state is commemorating the 75th anniversary of the North’s ruling Workers’ Party.
# kim-jong-un - Friday 25 September, 2020
# Tensions
# Tensions
The official was shot dead on Tuesday by North Korean soldiers.
# kim-jong-un - Sunday 26 July, 2020
# North Korea
# North Korea
Pyongyang claims testing has shown the person is “suspected to be infected”.
# kim-jong-un - Monday 22 June, 2020
# Trump
# Trump
Bolton spoke to ABC News for his first interview ahead of tomorrow’s release of his tell-all book.
# kim-jong-un - Tuesday 16 June, 2020
# Demilitarised Zones
# Demilitarised Zones
North Korea’s military has recently threatened to move back into zones that were demilitarised under inter-Korean peace agreements.
# kim-jong-un - Tuesday 9 June, 2020
# Korean Peninsula
# Korean Peninsula
Defectors have sent leaflets to the North by balloon and bottle criticising Kim Jong Un over his weapons programmes and human rights abuses.
# kim-jong-un - Saturday 2 May, 2020
# North Korea
# North Korea
The Korean Central News Agency reported that Kim attended the ceremony Friday in Sunchon with other senior officials.
# kim-jong-un - Monday 27 April, 2020
# Speculation
# Speculation
There has been speculation over Kim’s health following his absence from a key anniversary last week.
# kim-jong-un - Sunday 26 April, 2020
# North Korea
# North Korea
Speculation has been rife since the leader skipped the April 15 commemoration of the 108th birthday of his grandfather.
# kim-jong-un - Tuesday 21 April, 2020
# Speculation
# Speculation
CNN cited a US official saying that Washington was “monitoring intelligence” on the matter.
# kim-jong-un - Sunday 22 March, 2020
This comes as a hiatus in disarmament talks between the two nations drags on.
# kim-jong-un - Tuesday 31 December, 2019
# North Korea
# North Korea
Kim spoke for seven hours during the ruling Workers’ Party meeting in Pyongyang.
# kim-jong-un - Tuesday 24 December, 2019
# Nuclear Threat
# Nuclear Threat
Nuclear talks between the US and North Korea have been stalled since a February summit fell apart.
# kim-jong-un - Saturday 14 December, 2019
# Nuclear Threat
# Nuclear Threat
North Korea continues to pressure the Trump administration over an end-of-year deadline to salvage faltering nuclear negotiations.
# kim-jong-un - Monday 9 December, 2019
# Weapons Test
# Weapons Test
This comes as Pyongyang said it had carried out a major new weapons test.
# kim-jong-un - Sunday 8 December, 2019
# Tensions
# Tensions
Pyongyang has carried out a number of launches at the same site where the latest test occurred.
# kim-jong-un - Saturday 30 November, 2019
# War Of The Words
# War Of The Words
The isolated state also called Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe the “most stupid man ever known in history”.
# kim-jong-un - Wednesday 16 October, 2019
# North Korea
# North Korea
The location and the animal are symbols associated with the Kim family’s dynastic rule.
# kim-jong-un - Wednesday 2 October, 2019
# Kim Jong-un
# Kim Jong-un
Washington and Pyongyang are set to resume long-stalled talks in the coming days.
# kim-jong-un - Tuesday 10 September, 2019
# Missiles
# Missiles
The US has said it is closely monitoring the situation.
# kim-jong-un - Friday 16 August, 2019
# Tense
# Tense
North Korea blamed blamed South Korea and US military exercises.
# kim-jong-un - Sunday 30 June, 2019
# Demilitarized Zone
# Demilitarized Zone
Trump stepped into North Korean territory, becoming the first time a sitting US president has ever set foot in the former enemy country.
# kim-jong-un - Saturday 29 June, 2019
# North Korea
# North Korea
The US president also said he would have no problem stepping over the border into North Korea if he meets the country’s leader.
# kim-jong-un - Sunday 26 May, 2019
# Donald Trump
# Donald Trump
The US President is in Japan ahead of a state visit.
# kim-jong-un - Saturday 4 May, 2019
# Tensions
# Tensions
South Korea has said North Korea fired a number of projectiles into the sea.
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