Browsing: North Korea

It comes three days after the country tested an ICBM.

Kim Yo Jong is said to want to succeed her brother as North Korea’s supreme leader.

South Korea’s military has issued an apology after a failed missile launch during a drill with the United States sparked alarm among residents of Gangneung.

North Korea has reportedly fired a missile over Japan, the missile travelled about 2,800 miles before it fell into the Pacific Ocean.

Russia is planning to expand its “comprehensive and constructive bilateral relations” with North Korea, President Putin has said. 

Aljazeera says North Korea recorded 18,820 more cases of fever and no new deaths amid its first official COVID-19 outbreak, state media said on Monday, as authorities continue to insist infections in the impoverished country are being brought under control.

The Guardian says State media photos show Kim carrying Hyon Chol-hae’s coffin and throwing earth into his grave as country battles ‘fever’ cases amid Covid outbreak.

The Guardian says experts have questioned North Korea’s claim that it is achieving “good results” in its battle against a Covid-19 outbreak, as the number of people with symptoms of the virus surpassed 2 million.

Aljazeera says like no other country, North Korea could do with help against COVID-19. The popularion is unvaccinated and susceptible to disease due to chronic malnourishment

The Guardian says North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has criticised his country’s response to its first officially confirmed Covid-19 outbreak as “immature”.