NK leader calls for mothers' role in propping up regime North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has stressed the role of mothers in strengthening the internal solidarity of the regime at the first national meeting of mothers in 11 years, state media reported Tuesday.Dec 5, 2023
North Korean smugglers disguised under Pacific island flags North Korean "smuggling networks" are registering ships in Pacific nations to disguise themselves while trafficking oil, according to former United Nations sanctions experts and documents obtained by AFP.Dec 5, 2023
US says S. Korea not subject of UN sanctions after NK's 'double standard' claim The U.S. Department of State said Monday that South Korea is not the subject of U.N. Security Council (UNSC) sanctions, after North Korea accused the United States of having a "double standard" over space programs.Dec 5, 2023
N. Korean hacker group Andariel steals S. Korean defense secrets North Korean hacking group Andariel has stolen around 1.2 terabytes of tech information by compromising dozens of South Korean defense companies and has transferred some 470 million won ($360,000) in bitcoin ransoms to North Korea, Seoul's police said, Monday.Dec 4, 2023By Lee Hae-rin
N. Korea's Kim calls for measures to prevent fall in birthrate North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called for measures to prevent a decrease in the country's birth rate in the first national meeting of mothers in 11 years, state media reported Monday.Dec 4, 2023
ANALYSIS Has N. Korean leader's daughter been confirmed as heir apparent? North Korean leader Kim Jong-un referred to his daughter as "Morning Star General," just days after the North's reconnaissance satellite, Malligyong-1, successfully entered orbit on Nov. 21.Dec 3, 2023By Kang Hyun-kyung
N. Korea's spy satellite operation office begins mission: state media The office in charge of operating North Korea's military reconnaissance satellite has commenced its mission, the country's official news agency said Sunday.Dec 3, 2023
NK warns 'physical clash, war' on Korean Peninsula a matter of time, not possibility North Korea warned Sunday that a "physical clash and war" have become a matter of time on the Korean Peninsula in the wake of the scrapping of an inter-Korean military tension reduction accord, threatening that South Korea will face "total collapse" if it undertakes any hostile act.Dec 3, 2023
NK vows to take measures against organizations that impose sanctions North Korea said Saturday that it will take countermeasures against individuals and organizations that impose sanctions against the regime.Dec 2, 2023
N. Korea bristles at US over comments about possible disabling of spy satellite North Korea lashed out at the United States on Saturday after a U.S. space official hinted at possible disabling of the North's military spy satellite launched last week, saying that it will take it as "a declaration of war" against the regime.Dec 2, 2023