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North Korea

The leader of the world's most isolated country Kim Jong Un has flouted international sanctions to develop North Korea's weapons program -- viewed as a direct threat to neighboring South Korea and Japan. Kim, a dictator who inherited power from his father in 2011, has also pledged to strengthen the country's nuclear arsenal, despite signals earlier in his reign he would support denuclearization. View the latest North Korea news and videos.

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  • Kim spoke at the opening of a vast new memorial complex on the outskirts of Pyongyang.
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    Kim Jong Un praises soldier suicides, signals deepening role in Russia’s war
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    These North Korean brothers spent 10 years planning their escape. Months after reaching freedom, everything changed
  • This photo from the US District Court District of Massachusetts shows North Korean information technology workers on a multi-member team that the US Department of Justice says works with the North Korean government to fund its regime. Note: Parts of the image provided by the US District Court District of Massachusetts have been obscured.
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    Two Americans sentenced to prison for North Korean tech worker scheme
  • North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter Kim Ju Ae ride a tank during what North Korean state news agency KCNA reports is an offensive tactical drill involving a new type of tank, at a training base in Pyongyang, North Korea, March 19, 2026, in this picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency.
    KCNA/Reuters
    North Korea says its latest tests included missiles armed with cluster-bomb warheads
  • Kim Jong Un at an opening of Saeppyol Street apartment complex for families of soldiers killed in Russia deployment in Pyongyang, North Korea, on February 16, 2026.
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    North Korean hackers bug software used by thousands of US companies in potential crypto heist attempt
  • A man looks at debris at the site of an overnight Israeli airstrike in Beirut's southern suburb of Bir al Abed on March 24, 2026. An Israeli strike on Bshamoun, south of Beirut, killed two people on March 24, Lebanon's health ministry said, while strikes on the capital's southern suburbs continued throughout the night. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images) /
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  • Sex, death and betrayal: This North Korean movie shows things audiences have never seen before
  • North Korea’s Kim fires vice premier, calls him ‘a goat yoked to pull an ox cart’
  • Can two North Korean defectors take a new K-pop boy band to global superstardom?
  • Good news: World records longest ever lull in nuclear tests. Bad news: It’s on shaky ground
  • Pyongyang fires ballistic missiles as South Korean President Lee Jae-Myung makes state visit to China
  • Naval nativity: As their mothers fled North Korean forces 75 years ago, five Christmas babies were born at sea
  • North Korea reveals new images of its first ‘nuclear-powered’ submarine
  • US submarines are outnumbered in the Pacific. South Korea has a plan to help
  • North Korea’s Kim Jong Un hails troops returning from Russia
  • North Korean operatives running fake job portal targeting US AI firms

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  • PALM BEACH, FLORIDA - JANUARY 3: (EDITOR'S NOTE: This Handout image was provided by a third-party organization and may not adhere to Getty Images' editorial policy.) U.S. President Donald Trump, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (L), and CIA Director John Ratcliffe monitor U.S. military operations in Venezuela, from Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club on January 3, 2026 in Palm Beach, Florida. President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro and first lady Cilia Flores were brought to New York on Saturday after being captured by the U.S. military in Caracas. They are expected to face federal charges related to drug trafficking and working with gangs designated as terrorist organizations. (Photo by Molly Riley/The White House via Getty Images)
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    Video Inside Trump’s makeshift situation room at Mar-a-Lago during Maduro’s capture 1:29
  • FILE - A sub-surface atomic test is shown March 23, 1955 at the Nevada Test Site near Yucca Flats, Nev. (U.S. Atomic Energy Commission via AP, File)
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    Why is there so much talk about nuclear weapons this week?
  • US President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he walks to Marine One in Washington, DC, October 24.
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    Trump instructs Pentagon to start testing nuclear weapons ‘on an equal basis’ with Russia and China
  • US President Donald Trump speaks to journalists aboard Air Force One en route to South Korea on October 29, 2025.
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    Video Trump set to meet South Korean President Lee on Asia tour 3:46
  • President Donald Trump talks to reporters as he departs the White House in Washington, DC, on Friday for a trip to Asia.
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    Trump’s Asia trip to test his dealmaking abilities with old rivals and new friends

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  • This picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency shows Hwasong, the new high-rise neighborhood being constructed in Pyongyang, North Korea.
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    North Korea unveils new 10,000-home showpiece residential district
  • A 3D visualization of the Hwasong development shows a tall skyscraper on the left, with other towers lining a wide street.
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    North Korea breaks ground on 10,000-home residential project in major housing drive
  • Hyun Mi experiences her hometown in North Korea through VR in September, 2020.
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    This woman left North Korea 70 years ago. Now virtual reality has helped her return
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    Video This woman left North Korea 70 years ago. Now virtual reality has helped her return 2:40
  • Dennis Rodman at a book signing for "Bad as I Wanna Be," in New York City
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