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In this photo provided on May 8, 2026, by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un, center, visits a major munitions factory at an undisclosed location, North Korea, May 6, 2026
Round-up / 8 May 2026
8 May 2026
Animal rights activists attempt to break into Ridglan Farms beagle breeding and research facility in Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, April 18, 2026
Round-up / 19 April 2026
19 April 2026
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a parade with his daughter in Pyongyang, North Korea, on February 25, 2026
Round-up / 6 April 2026
6 April 2026
Uzbekistan's Diyorakhon Khabibullaeva (centre) battles for the ball with North Korea's Ri Hye Gyong (right) and Myong Yu Jong during the Women's Asia Cup soccer match between North Korea and Uzbekistan in Sydney, March 3, 2026
Women’s football / 3 March 2026
3 March 2026
People wait for the Louvre museum to open as employees at the Louvre Museum vote to extend a strike that has disrupted operations at the world's most visited museum, Dec. 18, 2025 in Paris
Round-up / 13 February 2026
13 February 2026
Kim Jong Un, center, inspects test-flights of hypersonic missiles, in Pyongyang, North Korea, January 4, 2026
Round-up / 7 January 2026
7 January 2026
Passers-by stand in the light of a fire department help point in Berlin, Germany, January 3, 2025, during a power cut in south-west Berlin after a fire on a cable bridge. Photo: Christoph Gollnow/dpa via AP
World / 4 January 2026
4 January 2026
Curious onlookers look on as military personnel stand guard near a school where explosions reportedly occurred, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025
Round-up / 7 November 2025
7 November 2025
Kim Jong Un (back, third left) stands in front of the coffin of Kim Yong Nam at an undisclosed location in North Korea, November 4, 2025
East Asia / 6 November 2025
6 November 2025
This photo provided by North Korean government shows the ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Worker's Party, in Pyongyang, North Korea, October 9, 2025
North Korea / 10 October 2025
10 October 2025
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (front right) shakes hands with Vietnamese Defense Minister Phan Van Giang in Pyongyang, North Korea, October 9, 2025
North Korea / 9 October 2025
9 October 2025
This photo provided on September 30, 2025, by the North Korean government, Chinese Premier Li Qiang (right) meets with North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, September 29, 2025
East Asia / 7 October 2025
7 October 2025
People watch as strong waves batter Basco, Batanes province, northern Philippines as Typhoon Ragasa affects the area, September 22, 2025
Round-up / 22 September 2025
22 September 2025
Kim Jong Un
World / 24 August 2025
24 August 2025
A general view of the exterior of the International Criminal Court at The Hague, Netherlands, March 12, 2025
Round-up / 18 July 2025
18 July 2025
This frame grab from a video provided May 8, 2025, shows smoke rise following Israeli airstrikes that targeted hilltops near Nabatieh town, south Lebanon
Round-up / 8 May 2025
8 May 2025
This photo provided by the North Korean government, shows wh
World / 7 January 2025
7 January 2025
A TV screen shows a file image of South Korean President Yoo
Features / 6 January 2025
6 January 2025
Between military provocations against the DPRK and factional warfare at home, President Yoon’s martial law crisis continues to rock the South Korean state — and the US has to have known it was coming, writes KENNY COYLE
In this photo released by Russian Foreign Ministry press ser
World / 1 November 2024
1 November 2024
A TV screen reports North Korea has blown up parts of northe
World / 15 October 2024
15 October 2024
A TV screen shows a file image of North Korea's missiles lau
World / 18 September 2024
18 September 2024
Mpox vaccine MVA-BN vaccine, manufactured by the Danish comp
World / 5 September 2024
5 September 2024
A balloon presumably sent by North Korea, is seen in a paddy
World / 11 August 2024
11 August 2024
World / 5 August 2024
5 August 2024
Vietnamese President To Lam delivers a speech during a news
World / 4 August 2024
4 August 2024
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, peopl
World / 29 July 2024
29 July 2024
South Korean army soldiers collect the trash from a balloon
World / 24 July 2024
24 July 2024
World / 20 May 2024
20 May 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and North Korea's l
World / 21 January 2024
21 January 2024
Demonstrators take part in a lie-in at the Norwegian Parliam
World / 19 January 2024
19 January 2024
Package tour in the Kumgang mountains, 2013
Books / 16 January 2024
16 January 2024
Given the prevalence of negative propaganda, KEITH BENNETT welcomes a rare picture book of the DPRK that seeks to present rather than sensationalise
Transporting goods on the Ho Chi Minh Trail from North Vietn
Books / 4 August 2023
4 August 2023
GAVIN O’TOOLE recommends an account of the post WWII global movement that allied socialist countries against US imperialism
DISHONOUR AND HONOUR: (L to R) A US Lockheed F-80C Shooting
Features / 27 July 2023
27 July 2023
On the 70th anniversary of the Korean armistice, JOHN ELLISON looks at a moment in time when the US almost resorted to its nuclear arsenal and Britain nearly ended up colluding
Police officers coordinate the search for a wild animal in a
World / 20 July 2023
20 July 2023
People watch rescuers use a crane after a bus carrying Hindu
World / 30 May 2023
30 May 2023
The US flag flies at half-mast outside the US Naval Base in
World / 24 February 2023
24 February 2023
A TV screen shows a file image of North Korea's missile laun
World / 20 February 2023
20 February 2023
This photo provided on Nov. 19, 2022, by the North Korean go
World / 21 November 2022
21 November 2022
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects military exercises
World / 6 November 2022
6 November 2022
A South Korean army soldier stands guard inside a military g
World / 24 October 2022
24 October 2022
World / 27 September 2022
27 September 2022
Visitors look at the North Korea side from the unification o
World / 8 September 2022
8 September 2022
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a meeting of the rul
World / 13 June 2022
13 June 2022
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (centre) watches a military
World / 27 May 2022
27 May 2022
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (centre) attends a meeting o
World / 12 May 2022
12 May 2022
Meanwhile, Kim Jong Un orders nationwide lockdowns following country’s first Covid-19 outbreak
World / 22 April 2022
22 April 2022
South Korean Buddhist monks, buddhists and members of civic
World / 12 April 2022
12 April 2022
North Korea's Olympic Committee President and Sports Ministe
Athletics / 6 April 2021
6 April 2021
World / 19 March 2021
19 March 2021
Cruise missiles on display
BOOKS / 17 March 2021
17 March 2021
Exposé of Washington's malign operations on Korean Peninsula over the decades
World / 10 March 2021
10 March 2021

George Blake, a former British intelligence officer who wor
World / 27 December 2020
27 December 2020
North Korean defectors and South Korean activists prepare to
World / 14 December 2020
14 December 2020
A South Korean navy ship is seen near Yeonpyeong island, Sou
World / 25 September 2020
25 September 2020
Men's Football / 18 September 2019
18 September 2019
Men's Football / 18 July 2019
18 July 2019
Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin
World / 25 April 2019
25 April 2019
Women's Football / 19 March 2019
19 March 2019
World / 13 March 2019
13 March 2019
Sport / 28 December 2018
28 December 2018
Book Review / 27 December 2018
27 December 2018
Glyn Ford's book is a timely antidote to dangerous Western misconceptions about the country, says CARLOS MARTINEZ
Smoke from an explosion rises at a North Korean guard post i
World / 20 November 2018
20 November 2018
South Korean women pose for a photo
Athletics / 2 November 2018
2 November 2018
A Chinese sports delegation arrives at the airport in Pyongy
Basketball Diplomacy / 8 October 2018
8 October 2018
South Korean President Moon Jae In (right) shakes hands with
World / 19 September 2018
19 September 2018
North Korean leader Kim Jon Un promised to take down the country's main nuclear complex to ‘eliminate the danger of war’
South Korean President Moon Jae-in (third left) and North Ko
Athletics / 19 September 2018
19 September 2018
Basketball / 16 August 2018
16 August 2018
International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach
Sport / 9 August 2018
9 August 2018
Book Review / 3 August 2018
3 August 2018
MICHAL BONCZA hopes a new book showcasing contemporary architecture of North Korea will help allay some of the more persistent negative perceptions of the country
South and North Korean players of Team Peace, in white, and
Women's Basketball / 4 July 2018
4 July 2018
South Korean basketball players have their identifications c
Men's Basketball / 3 July 2018
3 July 2018
Wol-san Liem
Interview / 28 June 2018
28 June 2018
South Korean trade union leader WOL-SAN LIEM speaks to Navid Shomali about the continuing struggles of the labour movement and her hopes for a lasting peace in the region
The Korean Unification Flag
Athletics / 18 June 2018
18 June 2018
Women's Table Tennis / 4 May 2018
4 May 2018
North Korea and South Korea teams pose together for a group
Women's Table Tennis / 3 May 2018
3 May 2018
A South Korean army soldier stands near the loudspeakers nea
World / 30 April 2018
30 April 2018
A South Korean news channel reports on upcoming meeting betw
Asia / 29 March 2018
29 March 2018
North Korea / 16 March 2018
16 March 2018
World / 12 March 2018
12 March 2018
People in South Korea watch a broadcast about Trump and Kim
Editorial / 9 March 2018
9 March 2018
A man protests outside the US embassy in South Korea calling for a ‘double freeze’ – a stop to aggressive actions by both the United States and North Korea
Nuclear Weapons test: / 9 March 2018
9 March 2018
Planned negotiations could herald thaw in relations and reduction of tension on Korean Peninsula
North Korea's Paralympic teams arrives in Pyeongchang Olympi
Paralympics / 8 March 2018
8 March 2018
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (right) shakes hands yesterd
Asia / 6 March 2018
6 March 2018
World / 4 March 2018
4 March 2018
Winter Olympics / 20 February 2018
20 February 2018
North Korean supporters sing ahead of the pairs free skate f
Winter Olympics / 16 February 2018
16 February 2018
South Korean President Moon Jae In (top left), IOC President
Pyeongchang Games / 12 February 2018
12 February 2018
Kim Yo Jong (top right), sister of North Korean leader Kim J
Winter Olympics / 11 February 2018
11 February 2018
EYES WIDE SHUT: US Vice-President Mike Pence (front) claims
World / 9 February 2018
9 February 2018
Women's Ice Hockey / 9 February 2018
9 February 2018
World / 7 February 2018
7 February 2018
Voices of Scotland / 30 January 2018
30 January 2018
ARTHUR WEST runs through Scottish CND's plans for the year ahead
North Korean women's ice hockey players arrive at the South
Winter Sports / 25 January 2018
25 January 2018
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson address a news conferenc
The Koreas / 17 January 2018
17 January 2018
Korean Peninsular / 15 January 2018
15 January 2018
World / 10 January 2018
10 January 2018
Winter Sports / 9 January 2018
9 January 2018
Visitors use binoculars to see the North Korea side from the
US/North Korea / 4 January 2018
4 January 2018
The above statement comes from former US president Jimmy Carter and puts into perspective the present administration’s willful sabotage of any and all prospects for peace on the Korean peninsula, writes JOHN ELLISON
A South Korean government official communicates with a North
Korean Peninsular / 3 January 2018
3 January 2018
Olympics / 2 January 2018
2 January 2018
North Korea / 1 January 2018
1 January 2018
On the road with Attila the Stockbroker / 22 December 2017
22 December 2017
Britain / 12 December 2017
12 December 2017
Sport / 7 December 2017
7 December 2017
World / 7 December 2017
7 December 2017
North Korea / 5 December 2017
5 December 2017
Korea / 4 December 2017
4 December 2017
Malaysia / 1 December 2017
1 December 2017
North Korean was carrying antidote to nerve agent when poisoned
North Korea / 29 November 2017
29 November 2017
World / 12 November 2017
12 November 2017
World / 18 October 2017
18 October 2017
North Korea / 16 October 2017
16 October 2017
Editorial / 15 October 2017
15 October 2017
Propaganda / 13 October 2017
13 October 2017
IAN SINCLAIR on the media's drumbeat for war
Features / 17 September 2017
17 September 2017
Donald Trump’s nuclear standoff with North Korea reminds KEITH FLETT of Britain’s long resistance to nuclear weapons
Nuclear weapons: / 11 September 2017
11 September 2017
North Korea threatened retaliation against the US yesterday if the latter pushes new sanctions through the UN security council.
Armageddon / 4 September 2017
4 September 2017
North Korea is “begging for war,” the United States claimed yesterday following Pyongyang’s hydrogen bomb test as China appealed for talks to avoid a nuclear conflict on its border.
Editorial / 3 September 2017
3 September 2017
North Korea / 3 September 2017
3 September 2017
NORTH KOREA tested what appears to be its strongest bomb yet yesterday, drawing condemnation from enemies and allies alike.
ECONOMICS / 27 August 2017
27 August 2017
Book review: Unveiling the North Korean Economy by Byung-Yeon Kim
World / 21 August 2017
21 August 2017
Editorial / 15 August 2017
15 August 2017
World / 15 August 2017
15 August 2017
Features / 15 August 2017
15 August 2017
Most coverage on North Korea ignores the savagery directed at its people by US forces during the Korean war
Britain / 14 August 2017
14 August 2017
Features / 14 August 2017
14 August 2017
It is easy to portray Trump and Kim as two cartoon-like figures who are full of bravado but will do nothing in the end. That may indeed be the outcome – but we shouldn’t count on it, writes LINDSEY GERMAN
Editorial / 11 August 2017
11 August 2017
World / 11 August 2017
11 August 2017
Corbyn calls for calm and urges countries to get ‘back from the brink’ of threatening nuclear war
World / 10 August 2017
10 August 2017
United States has conducted 11 practice bombing runs near the country’s borders since May
Editorial / 10 August 2017
10 August 2017
World / 9 August 2017
9 August 2017
World / 7 August 2017
7 August 2017
World / 6 August 2017
6 August 2017
World / 2 August 2017
2 August 2017
Features / 9 July 2017
9 July 2017
SEAN MORRIS warns of the increasing threat of proliferation of nuclear weapons
Sport / 23 June 2017
23 June 2017
World / 20 June 2017
20 June 2017
World / 14 June 2017
14 June 2017
News from Russia, the US, Belgium and Zambia
World / 14 May 2017
14 May 2017
World / 12 May 2017
12 May 2017
World / 30 April 2017
30 April 2017
World / 28 April 2017
28 April 2017
World / 26 April 2017
26 April 2017
World / 25 April 2017
25 April 2017
World / 19 April 2017
19 April 2017
‘Peace-loving’ Pence ramps up rhetoric with Pacific troops
World / 18 April 2017
18 April 2017
World / 17 April 2017
17 April 2017
US Navy warships sail towards Korean waters
World / 14 April 2017
14 April 2017
China tells both sides to start talking peace
World / 13 April 2017
13 April 2017
World / 13 April 2017
13 April 2017
World / 11 April 2017
11 April 2017
Any military action ‘will spark tough response’
World / 9 April 2017
9 April 2017
US strike group sent after faltering missile test
World / 5 April 2017
5 April 2017
World / 3 April 2017
3 April 2017
World / 13 March 2017
13 March 2017
The latest news stories from around the world
World / 7 March 2017
7 March 2017
World / 27 February 2017
27 February 2017
World / 24 February 2017
24 February 2017
World / 20 February 2017
20 February 2017
Row grows over death of leader’s half-brother
World / 13 February 2017
13 February 2017
Everyone condemns latest nuclear posturing
World / 13 February 2017
13 February 2017
North Korea ‘fired’ medium range missile towards Japan
World / 9 September 2016
9 September 2016
World / 25 August 2016
25 August 2016
World / 21 August 2016
21 August 2016
World / 18 August 2016
18 August 2016
Britain / 16 August 2016
16 August 2016
World / 11 July 2016
11 July 2016
World / 20 June 2016
20 June 2016
North Korean restaurant staff in South’s court
World / 11 May 2016
11 May 2016
World / 11 April 2016
11 April 2016
World / 27 March 2016
27 March 2016
World / 17 March 2016
17 March 2016
World / 15 March 2016
15 March 2016
World / 11 March 2016
11 March 2016
World / 29 February 2016
29 February 2016
Culture / 25 February 2016
25 February 2016
ALAN FRANK recommends Alvaro Longoria’s documentary, which provides an unusual focus on one of the world’s most secretive countries
World / 7 February 2016
7 February 2016
South Korea claims it may install US missile defence
World / 4 February 2016
4 February 2016
World / 22 January 2016
22 January 2016
World / 6 January 2016
6 January 2016
Ally China joins worldwide chorus of criticism
World / 16 December 2015
16 December 2015
Culture / 22 November 2015
22 November 2015
State of Paranoia fails to penetrate the detritus of propaganda and disinformation surrounding North Korea and see the wider picture, says KENNY COYLE
Culture / 13 November 2015
13 November 2015
World / 15 September 2015
15 September 2015
World / 25 August 2015
25 August 2015
North ‘regrets’ mine deaths and South ends agitprop broadcast
World / 21 August 2015
21 August 2015
Sport / 22 June 2015
22 June 2015
World / 18 June 2015
18 June 2015
World / 20 May 2015
20 May 2015
Thirty-strong group includes Nobel laureates
World / 18 May 2015
18 May 2015
Visiting US Secretary of State ups the ante against Pyongyang
World / 28 March 2015
28 March 2015