# North Korea

Last year

2022

# The Fix

Here's What Happened Today: Monday

Here’s your round-up of what made the headlines today.

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May 16th 2022, 10:45 PM

# Coronavirus

Kim Jong Un deploys military to aid pandemic response as North Korean outbreak surges

Failing to slow the virus could have dire consequences for North Korea.

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May 16th 2022, 9:14 AM

# North Korea

North Korea reports 15 more 'fever' deaths amid Covid outbreak

North Korea has no Covid vaccines, antiviral treatment drugs or mass-testing capacity.

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May 15th 2022, 12:10 PM

# The Fix

Here's What Happened Today: Saturday

Here’s your round-up of what made the headlines today.

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May 14th 2022, 8:19 PM

# North Korea

North Korea confirms 21 new deaths as it battles Covid-19

The country had previously held for more than two years to the widely doubted claim that it had kept the virus out.

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May 14th 2022, 11:51 AM

# Pyongyang

North Korea reveals six deaths after admitting first Covid outbreak

Experts have warned the virus could be devastating in a country with a broken health care system.

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May 13th 2022, 7:20 AM

# Pyongyang

North Korea orders national lockdown after confirming first Covid-19 cases

The country had never admitted to a case of the virus and had imposed a rigid coronavirus blockade of its borders since 2020.

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May 12th 2022, 7:29 AM

# Seoul

South Korea’s president calls for peace with North in farewell speech

Moon Jae-in leaves office tomorrow following a single five-year term.

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May 9th 2022, 7:53 AM

# Pyongyang

North Korea fires submarine-launched missile after US nuclear warning

The US State Department warned that Pyongyang could be preparing for a nuclear test “as early as next month”.

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May 7th 2022, 7:52 AM

# North Korea

Kim Jong Un vows to bolster nuclear force capability

The North Korean leader made the remarks in a speech he delivered during a military parade.

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Apr 26th 2022, 8:16 AM

# North Korea

South Korea says North faked launch of so-called 'monster' missile

North Korea claimed to have successfully test-fired a Hwasong-17 missile and released a promotional-style video.

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Mar 30th 2022, 8:27 AM

# Weapons

US seeks tighter UN sanctions after North Korea missile test

North Korea appeared to test-fire its biggest intercontinental ballistic missile to date this week.

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Mar 26th 2022, 7:43 AM

# North Korea

North Korea says it test-fired its biggest intercontinental ballistic missile

The launch extended a barrage of weapons demonstrations this year.

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Mar 25th 2022, 8:21 AM

# Pyongyang

North Korea fires 'multiple rocket launchers', Seoul says

Four shots were fired into western waters during a span of an hour from 7.20am.

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Mar 20th 2022, 11:35 AM

# missile launch

North Korea fires suspected ballistic missile into sea

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said it detected a single launch of a presumed ballistic missile from an area near the North Korean capital.

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Mar 5th 2022, 7:07 AM

# Missile Test

North Korea confirms 'most significant weapon test' in years

The reported flight details make it the most powerful missile North Korea has tested since 2017.

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Jan 31st 2022, 7:06 AM

# Pyongyang

North Korea fires two suspected missiles in fourth launch this year

The country has been ramping up tests in recent months of new missiles designed to overwhelm missile defences in the region.

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Jan 17th 2022, 8:26 AM

# The Fix

Here's What Happened Today: Saturday

Here’s your round-up of what made the headlines today.

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Jan 15th 2022, 9:08 PM

# North Korea

North Korea says it test launched ballistic missiles from a train

South Korea said it detected the North firing two missiles into the sea in its third weapons launch this month.

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Jan 15th 2022, 2:20 PM

# tensions

North Korea fires second suspected ballistic missile in less than a week

The early-morning launch came as the UN Security Council met in New York to discuss last week’s test.

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Jan 11th 2022, 6:44 AM

# North Korea

North Korea fires suspected ballistic missile into sea

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.

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Jan 5th 2022, 6:38 AM

# North Korea

Unidentified person enters North Korea from South in rare border breach

More than 30,000 people have fled to South Korea in the decades since the Korean War, but crossings to the North are rare.

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Jan 2nd 2022, 11:26 AM

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# South Korea

South Korea’s leader vows to continue to push for talks with North

Moon Jae-in said he will continue to push for peace through dialogue and diplomacy.

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Oct 25th 2021, 8:28 AM

# North Korea

US urges North Korea to stop missile tests and return to talks

Last Tuesday, North Korea fired a newly developed ballistic missile from a submarine.

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Oct 24th 2021, 12:45 PM

# North Korea

North Korea fires ballistic missile into sea in latest weapons test

The launch came soon after the US pledged to resume diplomacy over Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons programme.

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Oct 19th 2021, 6:49 AM

North Korean leader urges officials to overcome the country’s ‘grim situation’

Kim Jong Un called for improved living conditions in a speech on the anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers’ Party.

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Oct 11th 2021, 8:37 AM

# tensions

North Korea warns UN to ‘think of the consequences’ of criticising missiles work

Pyongyang resumed missile tests in September after a six-month hiatus.

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Oct 3rd 2021, 11:29 AM

# missile launch

North Korea says hypersonic missile made first test flight

The Korean Central News Agency said the missile met key technical requirements set out by defence scientists.

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Sep 29th 2021, 6:51 AM

# Nuclear

North Korea fires 'missile', insists on right to weapons tests

It is the latest in a series of mixed messages from Pyongyang, coming days after the rogue state dangled the prospect of an inter-Korean summit.

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Sep 28th 2021, 7:24 AM

# Yongbyon

Satellite photos show North Korea expanding uranium enrichment plant

North Korea calls the complex “the heart” of its nuclear programme.

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Sep 18th 2021, 2:48 PM

# tensions

Kim Jong Un’s sister warns of ‘complete destruction’ of South Korean ties

Kim Yo Jong criticised the South Korean president for describing North Korean weapons demonstrations as a provocation.

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Sep 15th 2021, 10:17 PM

# Plutonium

North Korea appears to have resumed nuclear reactor operation - UN atomic agency

The reactor referred to in a report produces plutonium, one of the two key ingredients used to build nuclear weapons.

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Aug 30th 2021, 10:06 AM

# UNSC

Ireland among UN Security Council members calling for meeting over North Korean missile launches

Diplomats said yesterday that France, Estonia, Ireland, Norway and Britain asked for a closed-door meeting of the council to be held on Tuesday.

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Mar 27th 2021, 9:13 AM

# missile launch

North Korea confirms missile tests as Biden warns of response

Pyongyang is pushing to bolster the country’s military power.

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Mar 26th 2021, 8:58 AM

# Pyongyang

North Korea launches suspected ballistic missiles into sea

US officials played it down as not a violation of UN resolutions.

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Mar 25th 2021, 8:12 AM

# cut ties

North Korean diplomats leave Malaysia after ties cut over US extradition row

Malaysia gave North Korean diplomats 48 hours to leave the country.

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Mar 21st 2021, 10:54 AM

# North Korea

Kim Jong Un’s sister criticises US and South Korea for holding military exercises

Kim Yo Jong warned Washington against further provocations if it wants a ‘good night’s sleep for the next four years’.

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Mar 16th 2021, 7:09 AM

# Hackers

US charges three North Korean computer programmers over global hacks

Federal prosecutors said the hacks include an attack targeting an American movie studio and an extortion scheme.

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Feb 17th 2021, 10:45 PM

# Parade

'Masks and missiles don't mix': North Korea holds giant military parade, ignoring pandemic fears

The state is commemorating the 75th anniversary of the North’s ruling Workers’ Party.

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Oct 10th 2020, 4:00 PM

# Rome

North Korean ambassador to Italy who went missing in 2018 ‘defected to South’

If confirmed, Jo Song Gil would be the highest-level North Korean official to defect since the 1990s.

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Oct 7th 2020, 10:00 AM