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North Korea says South Korea should prevent 'sovereignty violation' after drone intrusion

South Korean Unification Minister Chung Dong-young acknowledged the incident as a problem, with Kim Jong Un's sister saying she appreciated Chung's expression of regret.

This picture taken on February 2, 2026 and released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) via KNS on February 3, 2026 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivering a speech at the inauguration of the Samgwang Stockbreeding Farm in North Pyongan Province, North Korea.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers a speech during an event to celebrate the Air Force's 80th anniversary, at the Kalma Airfield, in Wonsan, North Korea, November 28, 2025, in this picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency November 30, 2025.

North Korean Kim Jong Un to consolidate his daughter as next in position

A projectile flies mid-air on the day North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a long-range strategic cruise missile launching drill, according to local media, at an unknown location, December 28, 2025, in this pictured released December 29, 2025 by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency.

North Korea fires ballistic missile towards the sea off its east coast

NORTH KOREAN leader Kim Jong Un visits the construction site of an 8,700-ton nuclear-powered submarine capable of launching surface-to-air missiles in this picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on December 25, 2025.

North Korea's Kim Jong Un views submarine construction, oversees missile launch, KCNA says


North Korea's Kim shows off banned missiles to Russian minister

Russian defense minister Sergei Shoigu was joined by Chinese Communist Party Politburo member Li Hongzhong at the 70th anniversary of North Korea's founding.

Kim Jong Un, North Korea's leader, attends a meeting with Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, chairwoman of Vietnam's National Assembly, at the National Assembly in Hanoi

In rare UN appearance, North Korea defends missile launch

The 15-member Security Council met after North Korea said it tested its latest weapon on Wednesday, and claimed the weapon is the core of its nuclear strike force.

 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches as missiles are displayed during a military parade to mark the 75th founding anniversary of North Korea's army, at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea February 8, 2023, in this photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

South Korea's Yoon tells unification ministry to be less soft on North

South Korea's new unification minister advocates for his ministry to be harder on the north.

 Three ROK soldiers watching the border at Panmunjeom in the DMZ between North and South Korea, 2008

South Korea uses AI to measure North Korean leader's weight, lawmaker says

The lawmaker said Kim was believed to be suffering from a "severe" sleeping disorder, citing an intelligence report.

 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, his wife Ri Sol Ju and their daughter Kim Ju Ae attend a military parade to mark the 75th founding anniversary of North Korea's army, at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea February 8, 2023.

North Korea warns of 'extreme horror' as it tests new ICBM

Leader Kim Jong Un guided the test, and warned it would make enemies "experience a clearer security crisis, and constantly strike extreme uneasiness and horror into them."

 A view of a test launch of a new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Hwasong-18 at an undisclosed location in this still image of a photo used in a video released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) April 14, 2023

North Korea's Kim oversees simulated nuclear counterattack against US, South Korea

In the exercises, a ballistic missile equipped with a mock nuclear warhead flew 800 km (497 miles) before hitting a target under the scenario of a tactical nuclear attack.

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un oversees a missile launch at an undisclosed location in North Korea, in this undated photo released on October 10, 2022 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

North Korea warns US against intercepting its test missiles

The sister of North Korean Supreme Leader, Kim Jong Un, warned that if the US interfered with North Korea's missile tests, it would be taken as a 'declaration of war.'

 Former US President Donald Trump meets with Kim Jong Un

North Korea could test new ICBM in coming weeks - report

South Korean lawmakers are claiming that North Korea may be able to test a new intercontinental ballistic missile in as little as a few weeks.

 A North Korean ballistic missile

North Korean food shortage seems to be worsening, South Korea says

North Korea has over recent decades suffered serious food shortages, including famine in the 1990s, often a result of natural disasters such as floods damaging harvests.

 FILE PHOTO: A North Korean boy holds a spade in a corn field in area damaged by floods and typhoons in the Soksa-Ri collective farm in the South Hwanghae province September 29, 2011.

Second-highest military official in North Korea fired with no reason given

Pak Jong Chon was noticeably absent in photos released on Monday of Kim's New Year's Day visit to the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun.

 Pak Jong Chon, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau and secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, speaks to military personnel from the Korean People's Army medical corps attending the launch of a campaign to improve the supply of medicines, May 17, 2022.