North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (AP Image) Calling “Serious accident” occurred at the shipyard a “criminal act,” North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un indicated that those responsible for these “irresponsible errors” would face consequences at an upcoming plenary meeting of the Party Central Committee next month. North Korea said that the accident occurred the previous […]
Three rock climbers were killed over the weekend and another was seriously injured when they fell nearly 200 feet while descending a steep gully in the North Cascades mountains in Washington State, the authorities said. The four men, whose names have not been released, were rappelling down a sheer rock face near the North Early […]
SEOUL: North Korea on Thursday fired several ballistic missilestowards its eastern waters, South Korea’s military said, adding to a run of weapons tests that have raised animosity in the region. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the weapons fired from an area around the eastern port city of Wonsan were presumed to be short-range […]
Representative Image (Denny generated AI Image) A North Korea-linked Cambodian organisation has fraudulently obtained billions of dollars from US citizens through romance scams and cyber theft since August 2021, according to federal authorities’ Thursday announcement of enforcement measures.Huione Group, an online marketplace, has facilitated North Korean and other criminal organisations in defrauding people through social […]
SEOUL: North Korea and Russia have begun building their first road link, the two countries announced, hailing the construction of a bridge over a border river as a major development that will further expand their booming ties. Russia’s Tass news agency reported that the bridge would be 1 kilometer (0.6 mile) long and its construction […]
File photo: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (Picture credit: AP) SEOUL: North Korea said Wednesday leader Kim Jong Un observed the first test-firings of missiles from a newly launched destroyer and called for accelerating efforts to boost his navy’s nuclear attack capabilities. North Korea last week unveiled the 5,000-ton warship equipped with what it […]
For months, Moscow and Pyongyang had been vague about the deployment of North Korean troops in Russia’s war against Ukraine, even after Kyiv publicly paraded two North Korean soldiers its forces had captured. Then, in back-to-back statements, the leaders of the two countries confirmed that North Korean troops have been fighting shoulder to shoulder with […]
File photo: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (Picture credit: AP) North Korea officially confirmed on Monday that it deployed troops to Russia to aid Moscow’s efforts in reclaiming its Kursk region, marking Pyongyang’s first involvement in a major conflict since the Korean War. According to a statement by North Korea’s Central Military Commission, carried […]
One person was killed and six others injured during a shooting at Elizabeth City State University, in North Carolina. The incident occurred early Sunday morning at the centre of campus following Viking Fest celebrations, according to a university statement.A 24-year-old man, who was not a student, died in the attack. His identity is being withheld […]
SEOUL: Kim Shin-jo, a prominent ex-North Korean commando who resettled in South Korea as a pastor after his daring mission to assassinate then South Korean President Park Chung-hee in 1968 failed, died on Wednesday. He was 82. Kim died of old age after two months of stay at a nursing home and his official funeral […]
