All news on the topic: North Korea

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North Korea: How Pyongyang has leveraged its "friendship" with Moscow for decades
Vladimir Putin’s visit to North Korea resulted in the signing of a strategic partnership treaty, along with joint statements about fighting “the United States’ aggressive colonial aspirations.”
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Putin says Russia and North Korea will help each other if attacked, taking ties to a ‘new level’
Vladimir Putin said Russia and North Korea have ramped up ties to a “new level,” pledging to help each other if either nation is attacked in a “breakthrough” new partnership announced during the Russian president’s rare visit to the reclusive state.
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The unbreakable union of unfree states: an axis of dictatorships is supporting the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine
Public discussions following Vladimir Putin’s May visit to China largely focused on exports of obscure tubers and beef cartilage to Beijing.
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Kim Jong-un’s new draconian laws include phone police roaming streets and divorce banned
Kim Jong-un is trying to quash Western influence from his closed-off nation, with sources claiming two new draconian laws have been brought in to make lives more difficult
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North Korean weapons are killing Ukrainians
On 2 January, a young Ukrainian weapons inspector, Krystyna Kimachuk, got word that an unusual-looking missile had crashed into a building in the city of Kharkiv.
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Donald Trump's former advisor claims he said Hitler 'did some good things'
Former advisers have claimed Donald Trump often praised rulers with absolute power, including Adolf Hitler, allegedly saying the Nazi leader 'did some good things' for Germany
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Traveller documents life inside 'wild' North Korea after visiting twice
Gunnar Garfors, from Oslo, Norway, has offered his top tips for those hoping to visit the country - and more importantly, the strict rules tourists must follow to avoid punishment.
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South Korea issues chilling warning to Kim Jong-un as North Korea deploys weapon
The South Korean military has warned it is ready to "overwhelmingly" respond to any provocations from North Korea as Kim Jong-un's regime continues to ramp up its weapons tests
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Kim Jong-un spends £122k importing lingerie for North Korea's 'pleasure squad'
North Korean elite officials enjoy lives of relative luxury while the vast majority of the population are left to scrape a living with many starving to death
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North Korean defector's fears for sister who she believes will 'die in jail'
Kim Kyu-li, who now lives in Morden, south London, managed to escape across the border into China before eventually travelling across the globe to find her new home in the UK.
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Five chilling signs UK and US are heading for World War 3 amid global unrest
After Defence Secretary Grant Shapps warned that we are now moving 'from a post-war to a pre-war world', we look at the warning signs that could mean WW3 is near
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Kim Jong-un admires new gun-toting 'Transformers' battle robot in new photoshoot
North Korea's Kim Jong-un looked impressed in his latest public appearance as he was shown the Transformer-like battle robot, which is armed with a gun and decorated with radiation hazard symbol
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Kim Jong-un to have 'low key' 40th birthday amid 'neck injections'
The North Korean Supreme Leader, who is understood to be turning 40 today, does not follow in the footsteps of his father and grandfather by having a birthday holiday assigned to him
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North Korea’s Kim says military should 'thoroughly annihilate' US if provoked
North Korea has welcomed in the new year by issuing further military threats against its neighbours in the south and the United States, saying it is prepared for all-out war
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Kim Jong-un orders North Korea to draw up plans for 'nuclear missile attack'
North Korean despot Kim Jong-un ordered his top military leaders to prepare plans to launch nuclear bombs against South Korea as he claims the US has stoked tensions in the region
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Kim Jong-un orders North Korea to 'accelerate war preparations'
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has told the army to "get ready for war" as he claimed that they were facing an "unprecedented" threat from the United States and its allies
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What you need to know about six global wars, conflicts and risks in 2024
The Mirror's Defence and Security Editor Chris Hughes fears the Red Sea will be a new focus of trouble in 2024, due to Iran-backed Houthis attacking Western shipping, with conflict continuing in Israel and Ukraine
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Kim Jong-un's daughter in rare public appearance to watch missile test with dad
Kim Jong-un's daughter, Kim Ju-Ae, has publicly appeared once again at her father's side, this time during a intercontinental ballistic missile test in North Korea
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Woman and sister escape Kim Jong-un's North Korea – then pain as one sent back
The younger sister of a businesswoman based in London has been caught up in China's largest 'repatriation' of North Korean detainees for years and is now missing
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Woman who escaped North Korea tells secret behind country's 'houses of torment'
Kim Kyu-li, who escaped North Korea years ago and now lives in London, is worried about her younger sister Cheol-ok who was recently repatriated after building a family in China
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Kim Jong-un in tears as he makes chilling demand for women to have more babies
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un was pictured wiping tears with a white handkerchief while telling thousands of women in the capital Pyongyang to have more children
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North Korea accuses US of biochemical plot to assassinate Kim Jong-un
North Korea claims America and agents in neighbouring South Korea had come up with a plan to assassinate dictator Kim Jong-un with radioactive poisons radioactive toxins which they claim were were provided by the CIA to topple the dictator
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Kim Jong-un makes rare appearance with daughter to mark 'new era of space power'
Kim Jong-un posed with scientists and space workers at the National Aerospace Technology Administration after North Korea launched a military spy satellite into orbit
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North Korea fires missile as thousands in Japan are ordered to flee underground
Japanese officials has warned residents of Okinawa to seek shelter below ground and to evacuate ahead of a potential North Korean missile strike. It comes after Pyongyang said it plans to launch a satellite in the coming days - which drew a sharp rebuke from its neighbours
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King's funny question as he tours UK’s 'Koreatown' ahead of visit to country
King Charles visited New Malden, learning about South Korean culture and cuisine ahead of a state visit of the country's president Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife, Kim Keon Hee, from November 21 - 23