NK likely to continue provocations for greater leverage before elections North Korea, who has been ratcheting up tensions with a series of live-fire drills near the maritime border, is expected to stage various types of provocations throughout this year in an apparent bid to maximize its leverage before major elections in Seoul and Washington, according to diplomatic observers, Monday.Jan 8, 2024By Nam Hyun-woo
Kim Jong-un's daughter on track to assume power as aunt fades from spotlight: analysts When North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s daughter, known as Ju-ae, made her first public appearance in late 2022, few analysts saw her as his successor, with some suggesting that his sister, Kim Yo-jong, was more likely to take the throne if something happens to his ability to rule.Jan 8, 2024By Jung Min-ho
N. Korean leader calls for increased poultry production amid food shortages North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited a newly built chicken factory and called for increasing poultry production for a "substantial change" in the people's standards of living, state media reported Monday.Jan 8, 2024
N. Korea stages artillery drills off western coast for 3rd day: S. Korean military North Korea fired some 90 artillery shots into waters off its western coast Sunday, South Korea's military said, the latest in a series of drills near the tensely guarded western border.Jan 7, 2024
N. Korea's sympathy message to Japan meant to weaken trilateral ties: experts In his first message to Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Friday expressed condolences over the deadly earthquake in western Japan last week in a letter.Jan 7, 2024By Jung Min-ho
N. Korea's artillery shells fell near de facto maritime border: sourceSome of the artillery shells recently fired by the North Korean military fell just above the Northern Limit Line (NLL) in the Yellow Sea, a military source said Sunday, stoking tension on the tensely guarded western border, where past naval skirmishes have taken place.Jan 7, 2024
NK leader taking offensive policy on S. Korea to divert public attention from internal woes: unification minister North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un appears to have taken a more offensive policy stance toward South Korea to divert internal attention from economic difficulties and discontent over the hereditary power succession, Seoul's top point man on inter-Korean relations said Saturday.Jan 6, 2024
N. Korea fires artillery shells from western coast for 2nd day: JCS North Korea fired some 60 artillery shells into waters off its western coast Saturday, South Korea's military said, conducting live-fire drills near the tensely guarded western border for the second consecutive day.Jan 6, 2024
Kim Jong-un sends sympathy messages to Iran, Japan: KCNA North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sent messages of sympathy to the leaders of Iran and Japan on Saturday, the North's state media said, after the countries were hit with deadly bombings and an earthquake respectively this week.Jan 6, 2024
North Korea may surprise world with big nuclear moves Pyongyang has left little room for second-guessing about what inter-Korean relations would be like this year. During a year-end ruling Workers’ Party meeting, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un called for “overwhelming” war readiness against South Korea and the U.S.Jan 6, 2024By Jung Min-ho
