DP politician says South Korea must recognize North Korea as 'nuclear power'

Published: 21 Feb. 2025, 18:40 Democratic Party (DP) Rep. Park Jie-won [JEON MIN-GYU]   Democratic Party (DP) Rep. Park Jie-won, former head of Korea's National Intelligence Service, said Thursday that South Korea should acknowledge North Korea as a …

Exclusive: North Korea testing larger new recon drone, pushing deployment plan

NK Pro identifies apparent improved Global Hawk copycat UAV in satellite imagery as hanger construction accelerated North Korea appears to be testing a larger version of its Global Hawk copycat reconnaissance drone, according to NK Pro analysis of …

IAEA chief: Denuclearization of North Korea will be extremely difficult

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency has expressed a tough view on the prospects of denuclearizing North Korea. IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi was speaking in an exclusive interview with NHK on Thursday. He has been visiting …

Hearing Examines Partnership of China, Russia, Iran, North Korea

Are China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea forming a new axis of evil? Congress held a hearing to debate. Plus, what does one expert call the most impactful thing the United States can do to end this threat?

Swiss ambassador to North Korea takes up post, KCNA says

Published: 21 Feb. 2025, 09:59 Mount Pilatus is seen behind the fog as Switzerland's national flag flies near the peak of Mount Rigi, Switzerland, on Oct. 22, 2019. [REUTERS/YONHAP]   Switzerland's top envoy to North Korea has begun his duties …

North Korea opens for Western tourists 

On Thursday, North Korea — the most-oppressive and isolated country in the world — let Western tourists visit for the first time in five years.  Chinese travelers are expected to be allowed to visit the country starting next week, while a few Russian …

Trump Warns North Korea's Kim With US B-1B Bomber Exercise

The United States on Thursday sent two supersonic bombers to the Korean Peninsula for a joint aerial drill with its South Korean ally as a warning to the nuclear-armed North Korea. The North Korean Embassy in Beijing did not immediately respond to a …

North Korea’s Special Missile Vehicles Roll Into Battle

US response to ICBM from North Korea would be ‘overwhelming’

NORTH KOREA CAN PROBABLY HIT THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES WITH ITS NEW HWASONG-19 INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE. BUT THE COMMANDER OVERSEEING THE UNITED STATES’ JOINT-GLOBAL STRIKE OPERATIONS SAYS IF NORTH KOREA EVER TRIED IT, THE U.S. RESPONSE WOULD …

Captured prisoners in Ukraine reveal surprising fragility of Kim's North Korea

SEOUL, Korea — The ideological fragility of the North Korean regime has been exposed as two of its soldiers, captured by Ukrainian forces in January, have spoken with surprising frankness in their first public interview. The two — the only North Koreans …