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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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  • North Korean leader Kim Jong Un embraces a soldier during a welcoming ceremony for members of the 528th Engineer Regiment after they returned from an overseas mission, at the April 25 Cultural and Tourism Center in Pyongyang, North Korea on December 12, 2025, in this picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on December 13, 2025.
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    North Korea’s Kim Jong Un hails troops returning from Russia
  • A North Korean flag flies over its embassy in Moscow on October 31, 2024.
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    North Korean operatives running fake job portal targeting US AI firms
  • North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un before a meeting with US President Donald Trump on the south side of the Military Demarcation Line that divides North and South Korea, in the Joint Security Area (JSA) of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized zone (DMZ) on June 30, 2019.
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    The phone notes that reveal an alleged plan to bait Kim Jong Un with drones
  • Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives at a court to attend a hearing to review his arrest warrant requested by special prosecutors in Seoul, South Korea, July 9, 2025.
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    South Korea special prosecutor indicts former President Yoon on charges of aiding an enemy state
  • In this photo provided by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un, back third left, offers his condolences in front of the coffin of Kim Yong Nam at an undisclosed location in North Korea on November 4, 2025.
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    North Korea’s longtime ceremonial head of state Kim Yong Nam has died, Pyongyang says
  • Kim Jong-Un and Sanae Takaichi
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    Japan’s new leader Takaichi says she wants to meet North Korea’s Kim Jong Un
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  • Trump officials quietly discussing Kim Jong Un meeting during upcoming Asia trip
  • North Korean submunition found in drone used to attack Ukraine, report finds
  • As its ruling party turns 80, an emboldened Kim Jong Un shows off North Korea’s new hypersonic weapon, ICBM
  • North Korea’s ruling party turns 80 and Kim Jong Un is rolling out the red carpet for a major celebration
  • Japan is arming a warship with US missiles that can hit targets up to 1,000 miles away as Pacific arms race heats up
  • US establishes new Reaper drone unit 250 miles from China
  • Why 2026 could be one of the most pivotal years in a generation
  • Kim Jong Un says he has ‘fond memories’ of Trump, open to talks if US drops denuclearization demand
  • US victims of October 7 attacks file a new lawsuit against Hamas, Syria, Iran and North Korea
  • Exercises show Washington keeping alliances strong as Pacific adversaries bring new threats

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  • Trump instructs Pentagon to start testing nuclear weapons ‘on an equal basis’ with Russia and China
  • Trump’s Asia trip to test his dealmaking abilities with old rivals and new friends
  • Trump quietly preparing to travel next month to South Korea, where he could sit down with China’s leader
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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 breaks ground on 10,000-home residential project in major housing drive
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