# north-korea - Saturday 10 October, 2020
# Parade
# Parade
The state is commemorating the 75th anniversary of the North’s ruling Workers’ Party.
# north-korea - Wednesday 7 October, 2020
# Rome
# Rome
If confirmed, Jo Song Gil would be the highest-level North Korea n official to defect since the 1990s.
# north-korea - Sunday 27 September, 2020
# Tensions
# Tensions
South Korea denied the North’s accusation.
# north-korea - Friday 25 September, 2020
# Tensions
# Tensions
The official was shot dead on Tuesday by North Korea n soldiers.
# north-korea - Sunday 26 July, 2020
# North Korea
# North Korea
Pyongyang claims testing has shown the person is “suspected to be infected”.
# north-korea - Tuesday 23 June, 2020
# At Loggerheads
# At Loggerheads
A propaganda war is fuelling the escalating tensions between the two countries.
# north-korea - Friday 19 June, 2020
# Rising Tensions
# Rising Tensions
Tensions on the peninsula have heightened in recent weeks.
# north-korea - 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.
# north-korea - 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.
# north-korea - Sunday 3 May, 2020
# Demilitarised Zone
# Demilitarised Zone
The fire exchange took place a day after North Korea reported its leader Kim Jong Un’s first public appearance in some 20 days.
# north-korea - 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.
# north-korea - Monday 27 April, 2020
# Speculation
# Speculation
There has been speculation over Kim’s health following his absence from a key anniversary last week.
# north-korea - 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.
# north-korea - Tuesday 21 April, 2020
# Speculation
# Speculation
CNN cited a US official saying that Washington was “monitoring intelligence” on the matter.
# north-korea - Tuesday 14 April, 2020
# Pyongyang
# Pyongyang
South Korea said that the missiles were fired towards the sea.
# north-korea - Sunday 22 March, 2020
This comes as a hiatus in disarmament talks between the two nations drags on.
# north-korea - Monday 2 March, 2020
# Pyongyang
# Pyongyang
The lack of testing activity in past months had experts wondering whether the North was holding back its weapons displays.
# north-korea - Wednesday 1 January, 2020
# North Korea
# North Korea
The US was swift to respond, with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urging Kim to “take a different course”.
# north-korea - Tuesday 31 December, 2019
# North Korea
# North Korea
Kim spoke for seven hours during the ruling Workers’ Party meeting in Pyongyang.
# north-korea - Sunday 29 December, 2019
# Trump
# Trump
Talks about denuclearisation on the Korean peninsula have been deadlocked since earlier this year.
# Sado Island
# Sado Island
Three bodies with heads, two heads without bodies and two bodies without heads were discovered.
# north-korea - 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.
# north-korea - 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.
# north-korea - Monday 9 December, 2019
# Weapons Test
# Weapons Test
This comes as Pyongyang said it had carried out a major new weapons test.
# north-korea - Sunday 8 December, 2019
# Tensions
# Tensions
Pyongyang has carried out a number of launches at the same site where the latest test occurred.
# north-korea - 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”.
# north-korea - Friday 15 November, 2019
# North Korea
# North Korea
It was not immediately clear what had provoked Pyongyang’s attack.
# north-korea - Thursday 17 October, 2019
# Korean Derby
From The42
# Korean Derby
The game in Pyongyang finished 0-0.
# north-korea - Wednesday 16 October, 2019
# North Korea
# North Korea
The location and the animal are symbols associated with the Kim family’s dynastic rule.
# north-korea - Thursday 3 October, 2019
# Nuclear Threat
# Nuclear Threat
North Korea and the United States are due to meet this weekend.
# north-korea - Wednesday 2 October, 2019
# Kim Jong-un
# Kim Jong-un
Washington and Pyongyang are set to resume long-stalled talks in the coming days.
# north-korea - Saturday 28 September, 2019
# EXTRACT
# EXTRACT
Michael Palin writes about what it’s like to journey to the tightly-controlled North Korea – and the mistakes he makes while filming two huge statues of the Great Leaders in Pyongyang.
# north-korea - Tuesday 10 September, 2019
# Missiles
# Missiles
The US has said it is closely monitoring the situation.
# north-korea - Friday 16 August, 2019
# Tense
# Tense
North Korea blamed blamed South Korea and US military exercises.
# north-korea - Wednesday 10 July, 2019
# Heartbreak
From The42
# Heartbreak
Dave Connell’s side will now take on either Japan or Russia for a bronze medal on Friday.
# north-korea - Saturday 6 July, 2019
# Deported
# Deported
Alek disappeared in June but was later freed and deported from North Korea .
# north-korea - Thursday 4 July, 2019
# Alek Sigley
# Alek Sigley
Alek Sigley disappeared without a trace around 23 June.
# north-korea - 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.
# north-korea - Friday 28 June, 2019
# Pyongyang
# Pyongyang
Alek Sigley has not been heard from since Tuesday.
# north-korea - Monday 17 June, 2019
# Hunchun City
# Hunchun City
It was unclear what caused the explosion.
A soaking rain; watch for flooding
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