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    • Friday, 12 August, 2022
      South Korea Politics & Policy
      South Korea disputes China’s account of foreign minister talks

      Countries offer contrasting versions of missile defence policy as tensions increase

    • Thursday, 28 July, 2022
      Kim Jong Un says Korean peninsula on the ‘brink of war’

      North Korea’s leader threatens to ‘wipe out’ foes with nuclear weapons

    • Saturday, 21 May, 2022
      Biden and Yoon agree to step up deterrence against North Korea

      Washington seeks to reassure allies of its support as Pyongyang pushes ahead with nuclear weapons

    • Friday, 13 May, 2022
      North Korea
      North Korea reports first Covid-19 death from Omicron variant

      Fever has spread ‘explosively’ as experts warn about potential impact on unvaccinated nation

    • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
      News in-depth
      Nervous South Koreans seek ways to counter North’s nuclear threat

      New president Yoon Suk-yeol has pledged to ‘dramatically strengthen’ defences

    • Friday, 29 April, 2022
      North Korea preparing for first nuclear test since 2017, warn experts

      Satellite images at test site emerge as Kim Jong Un watches parade of sophisticated weaponry

    • Tuesday, 26 April, 2022
      News in-depth
      Kim could use nuclear arsenal to dominate Korean peninsula, warn experts

      Dictator’s weapons programme has grown beyond the ‘purely defensive’

    • Friday, 22 April, 2022
      Kim Jong Un tones down rhetoric in rare friendly exchange with South Korea

      North Korean leader praises President Moon Jae-in after weeks of rising tensions and missile tests

    • Tuesday, 5 April, 2022
      Kim Jong Un’s sister condemns South Korean defence minister as a ‘lunatic’

      Dictator’s confidante warns Seoul that it faces ‘extermination’ in confrontation with Pyongyang

    • Friday, 25 March, 2022
      North Korea claims successful launch of ‘monster missile’

      Pyongyang says it is ready to contain ‘US imperialists’ but some observers question validity of reports

    • Thursday, 24 March, 2022
      North Korea raises tensions with missile launch into Sea of Japan

      US, Tokyo and Seoul condemn launch of what appears to be Pyongyang’s longest-range missile yet

    • Wednesday, 16 March, 2022
      Kim Jong Un’s regime suffers dangerous missile launch failure

      Test conducted after White House warned North Korea against challenging US during Ukraine war

    • Thursday, 10 March, 2022
      US warns of ‘serious escalation’ in N Korea’s military capability after missile tests

      Officials say tests involved system that could send warheads greater distances than previous launches

    • Sunday, 6 February, 2022
      News in-depth
      North Korea: ‘Kim doesn’t just want more missiles, he wants better ones’

      New generation of manoeuvrable weapons is raising alarm over an accelerated arms race

    • Friday, 28 January, 2022
      North Korean missile tests expose world’s struggle to curb military development

      Kim Jong Un sees opportunity with global powers distracted by other foreign policy issues, analysts say

    • Wednesday, 5 January, 2022
      North Korea
      North Korea accesses ‘global commercial channels’ to develop nuclear weapons

      Pyongyang is using estate agents and even a casino to evade US-led sanctions

    • Sunday, 12 December, 2021
      News in-depth
      North Korea looks across the border for its biggest threat

      Kim Jong Un’s regime is more worried about infiltration from China than war with the US

    • Thursday, 2 December, 2021
      US-China relations
      China’s test of hypersonic weapon raised regional tensions, says US defence chief

      Lloyd Austin warns advances highlight why Beijing has become the top challenge for American military

    • Monday, 29 November, 2021
      South Korea Politics & Policy
      South Korean presidential hopeful plays down reunification with north

      Ruling party’s Lee signals policy shift towards accepting coexistence with Pyongyang

    • Thursday, 25 November, 2021
      News in-depth
      South Korea longs for Trump’s focus as efforts to engage Pyongyang stall

      Seoul complains Joe Biden’s policy is aimed at managing rather than solving the problem

    • Monday, 15 November, 2021
      North Korea
      North Korea building project points to reopening of border with China

      Conversion of air base into train container facility follows 2 years of isolation and economic strain

    • Wednesday, 20 October, 2021
      North Korea
      North Korea-China trade hits highest level since start of pandemic

      Economy of secretive regime reeling from health crisis and sanctions after Kim Jong Un closed borders

    • Monday, 4 October, 2021
      North Korea restores hotline a year after blowing up liaison office

      Kim Jong Un reopens communication in wake of missile tests to ‘rehabilitate’ relations with Seoul

    • Wednesday, 15 September, 2021
      Kim Jong Un’s North Korea nuclear weapons development puts Biden to the test

      Experts track ‘interesting activity’ at North Korean submarine site as Pyongyang fires missiles

    • Monday, 30 August, 2021
      Nuclear watchdog sounds warning over restart of North Korean reactor

      Pyongyang’s actions ‘deeply troubling’, says UN agency

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