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N. Korea's Kim attends inauguration of hydropower plant in Kangwon Province
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has attended a ceremony to inaugurate a hydropower plant in Kangwon Province, the sixth to be built in the region amid the country's chronic electricity shortage, according to state media Friday. The ceremony to launch the Hoeyang Army-People Power Station in the southeastern province was held the previous day, with Kim in attendance, the Korean Central News Agency said. In his speech at the event, Kim lauded the construction as opening up "the clear prospect of s
Nov. 21, 2025 -
NK soldiers briefly crossed MDL a day earlier: sources
North Korean soldiers briefly crossed the heavily fortified inter-Korean border the previous day, military officials said Thursday, as Pyongyang remains unresponsive to Seoul's calls for dialogue to prevent such accidental crossings. The soldiers, believed to have been working near the border at the time, crossed the Military Demarcation Line into the South on Wednesday, according to the officials. They said South Korea's military issued warning messages and fired warning shots, prompting the No
Nov. 20, 2025 -
S. Korea, US co-sponsor NK human rights resolution as China, Russia dissent
The UN General Assembly’s Third Committee on Wednesday approved a resolution on North Korean human rights by consensus, with South Korea and the United States listed as co-sponsors. The decision marks the first such resolution under the Lee Jae Myung administration and the second under US President Donald Trump's administration. The plenary session quickly moved through the resolution, though China and Russia said they would dissociate themselves from the consensus, echoing North Korea’s rejecti
Nov. 20, 2025 -
N. Korea's Kim hails inauguration of modern regional hospital
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has attended a ceremony to launch the first modern hospital built under the country's regional medical center construction plan, calling its completion in nine months a "real transformation." Kim attended the inauguration ceremony for Kangdong County Hospital on Wednesday, the first hospital completed under his ongoing development push to build factories and medical centers across the country to promote regional development, according to the Korean Central News Ag
Nov. 20, 2025 -
N. Korea's Kim visits security ministries, judicial organs on founding anniversary
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited the public and state security ministries and judicial bodies on their 80th founding anniversaries, emphasizing their role in defending the North's socialist system, state media reported Wednesday. Kim paid congratulatory visits to the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of State Security, the Supreme Court and the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office the previous day on the occasion of the bodies' 80th founding anniversaries, the Korean Central News
Nov. 19, 2025 -
N. Korea denounces fact sheet after Seoul offers military talks
North Korea on Tuesday warned it would take “more justified and realistic countermeasures” against South Korea and the United States, castigating the allied leaders’ summit statement and the annual defense ministers’ communique as a “confrontational declaration.” South Korea's presidential office was quick to respond to the North's position on the matter, insisting it wanted to improve bilateral relations. "(South Korea) has no intention of hostilities or confrontation toward the North and plans
Nov. 18, 2025 -
Mother of student kidnapped in 1977 awaits news of her son from her deathbed
A 93-year-old woman whose son was kidnapped by North Koreans nearly 50 years ago is pleading to see her son one last time, according to the leader of a group representing people whose family members were abducted by North Korea. Kim Tae-ok, whose son Lee Min-gyo was taken in 1977, has been bedridden for four months, according to Choi Seong-ryong, the head of the Association of the Families of Those Abducted by North Korea. Choi told the local Yonhap News Agency that the hope of seeing her son ag
Nov. 18, 2025 -
N. Korea says US approval of S. Korea's nuclear subs drive sparks 'nuclear domino'
North Korea said Tuesday that the United States' approval of South Korea's push to build nuclear-powered submarines will lead to a "nuclear domino" phenomenon in the region as it denounced the allies' joint fact sheet on trade and security agreements. The North issued its first reaction to the document that Seoul and Washington released Friday over the outcomes of two summits between President Lee Jae Myung and US President Donald Trump in August and October. On the same day, the allies also iss
Nov. 18, 2025 -
Lee Jae Myung administration reaches out to North, proposes talks to minimize friction along DMZ
South Korea on Monday proposed military talks with North Korea, suggesting that the two sides discuss ways to avoid unnecessary friction along the Demilitarized Zone. While Seoul cited recent violations of the Military Demarcation Line by the North, the Ministry of National Defense appeared cautious in its wording, hinting at the possibility of the Lee Jae Myung administration laying the groundwork for seeking further engagement. This is the first time Seoul has proposed talks with Pyongyang sin
Nov. 17, 2025 -
India installs its first envoy in N. Korea since pandemic
A new Indian ambassador to North Korea has taken office, marking the return of an Indian envoy to Pyongyang for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the North's state media on Friday. Aliawati Longkumer, India's new ambassador to North Korea, presented his letter of credence to parliamentary standing committee chairman Choe Ryong-hae in Pyongyang the previous day, the Korean Central News Agency reported. It marks the first time an Indian ambassador has been present in North K
Nov. 14, 2025 -
N. Korea denounces G7 call for Pyongyang's denuclearization
North Korea on Friday denounced a recent call by the Group of Seven countries for Pyongyang's complete denuclearization, saying the regime's will to retain its nuclear arsenal is "firm and unwavering" amid external nuclear threats. "I express strong complaint and regret over the G7 foreign ministers' explicit hostility that directly infringes upon our constitution, and I resolutely denounce it in the strongest possible rhetorical terms," the North's Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui said in a statem
Nov. 14, 2025 -
Russia, N. Korea sign two accords to deepen media cooperation
Russia and North Korea signed two parallel agreements this week on media and public information cooperation, extending their deepening strategic alignment and signaling tighter coordination in their external and public communications. The Committee on Public Information, North Korea's state publicity and media-oversight organ, and Russia’s Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media inked an agreement on cooperation in mass media and public information, North Korea’s state-run
Nov. 13, 2025 -
N. Korea, Laos' FMs agree to strengthen bilateral ties, cooperation
The foreign ministers of North Korea and Laos have held talks and agreed to strengthen relations between the countries and expand cooperation in supporting each other on the international stage, the North's state media said Thursday. Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui met with her Lao counterpart, Thongsavanh Phomvihane, in Pyongyang following the Lao delegation's arrival in North Korea on Tuesday, according to the Korean Central News Agency. The ministers agreed to further strengthen their countries
Nov. 13, 2025 -
World Cup fever hits Pyongyang, two days late
In a rare display of unbridled excitement, residents of Pyongyang took to the streets Monday to celebrate North Korea's Under-17 women’s football team, which claimed the World Cup title by defeating the Netherlands. The final, held Saturday at the Olympic Stadium in Rabat, Morocco, saw the North Koreans score three goals in the first half to seal a dominant 3-0 victory. It marked the team’s second consecutive championship win. Despite the triumph, North Korea’s state-run Korean Central Televisio
Nov. 12, 2025 -
Laos' FM visits N. Korea following summit talks in Oct.
The foreign minister of Laos has arrived in Pyongyang, North Korea's state media reported Wednesday, just about a month after the leaders of the two countries held summit talks in the North in October. A delegation, led by Thongsavanh Phomvihane, the foreign minister of the Southeast Asian country, arrived in Pyongyang the previous day upon invitation by the North's foreign ministry, the Korean Central News Agency said. The KCNA did not provide further details on the purpose or duration of the v
Nov. 12, 2025