This spiral risks triggering rapid escalation, especially if North Korea conducts another provocation toward South Korea aimed at domestic legitimization, which happened during Kim Jong Il and Kim ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised tests of short-range ballistic missile systems that simulated nuclear counterstrikes against U.S. and South Korean forces, state media said Friday ...

SEOUL, May 14 (UPI) --North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised combined tactical drills of special operations forces and stressed "full preparations for war," state media reported Wednesday.

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un has derided American weapons and praised the role of his troops fighting alongside Russia against Ukraine. Kim, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin ...

The failed launch "severely damaged the dignity and pride of our nation in an instant," Kim says North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un has condemned a "serious accident" during the launch of a new ...

SEOUL, May 9 (UPI) --North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised a test of short-range ballistic missiles and long-range artillery in a demonstration of Pyongyang's nuclear counterstrike ...

former leaders Kim Jong-il and Kim Il-sung, who “used to hide this kind of military accident”. By contrast, Mr Kim was more open, “probably because he knows that the North‘s moves are unde ...

SEOUL, May 10 (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said North Korea’s involvement in the Russia-Ukraine war was justified, calling it an exercise of sovereign rights in defence of a ...

The mishap is a major setback to the North Korean leader’s dream of modernizing his country’s outdated naval fleet.

Kim Jong Un’s fury after watching North Korea’s new navy destroyer crippled in botched launch Brad Lendon, Gawon Bae, Mike Valerio and Yoonjung Seo, CNN May 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM ...

Kim Jong Un excoriated the accident as caused by "carelessness" that tarnished the country's dignity.(REUTERS File) Kim, who witnessed the failed launch of the 5,000-ton destroyer, excoriated the ...

South Korea and Japan on Thursday reported that multiple ballistic missiles had been fired from North Korea's east coast in what they believed to be a performance test of short-range missiles that had ...