
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is either “mad” or “he’s a genius” on Friday’s broadcast of the “Matt Murphy Show” on Birmingham, AL’s WAPI. Trump stated, “they’re talking about North Korea with South
by Ian Hanchett22 Aug 2015, 12:16 PM PST0

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his troops onto a war footing from 5 p.m on Friday after his government issued an ultimatum to Seoul to halt anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts by Saturday afternoon or face military action. South Korean
by Reuters21 Aug 2015, 1:32 AM PST0

The Slovenian band Laibach made good on their promise to perform to a crowd of more than one thousand in Pyongyang, North Korea this week, the first foreign rock band to receive such permission from the Kim Jong-Un regime. They are expected to play a second concert Thursday night.
by Frances Martel20 Aug 2015, 1:31 PM PST0

United Press International (UPI) reports that North Korean soldiers are using pictures of South Korean President Park Geun-hye for target practice. They are putting pictures of her on targets and blasting away, with the “training session” broadcast by the dictatorship’s TV station as propaganda.
by John Hayward15 Aug 2015, 10:54 AM PST0

A South Korean news agency with a record of breaking news from Pyongyang reports this week that North Korea has executed by firing squad Vice Premier Choe Yong-gon, deputy minister of construction and building material industries, for disagreeing with Kim Jong-un on matters of forestry.
by Frances Martel12 Aug 2015, 8:33 AM PST0

The government of Seoul is promising “pitiless penalty” and “a severe retaliation” against North Korea for the serious injury of two South Korean soldiers at the hands of what appear to be North Korean landmines, which the South Korean government believes were planted by North Koreans infiltrating the other side of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).
by Frances Martel10 Aug 2015, 9:49 AM PST0

NBA Hall of Fame forward and five-time champion Dennis Rodman tweeted out his support of Donald Trump on Friday, calling Trump his “great friend for many years.” https://twitter.com/dennisrodman/status/624651124545581056 Rodman appeared on Donald Trump’s NBC reality television show “The Celebrity Apprentice”
by Trent Baker25 Jul 2015, 10:27 AM PST0

To fund a nuclear program, North Korean President Kim Jong-un is sending slave laborers to countries around the world, including Russia. These slaves are worth almost $2 billion.
by Mary Chastain23 Jul 2015, 9:34 AM PST0

The government of North Korea has rightfully gained a reputation in the West for isolation and obstinacy, but its diplomatic ventures in Africa have poised it to be significantly more influential on that continent than potentially anywhere else.
by Frances Martel17 Jul 2015, 9:04 AM PST0

The Slovenian band Laibach—an industrial rock outfit who have repeatedly been accused of fascist sympathies in their decades-long history—have received permission from the oppressive regime of Kim Jong-Un to perform in Pyongyang. They will be the first foreign band of their kind to grace such a stage in North Korea.
by Frances Martel16 Jul 2015, 7:00 PM PST0

Moments after the Obama administration and world powers agreed to a nuclear deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran, State Department officials said Tuesday that the United States was ready to re-engage North Korea in nuclear negotiations.
by Jordan Schachtel15 Jul 2015, 1:28 PM PST0

As the world turns its attention to nuclear proliferation in Iran, North Korea is denying threats that it, too, is developing weapons of mass destruction.
by Michael Lucchese14 Jul 2015, 9:46 PM PST0

On Thursday, the North Korean government culminated the celebration of “Struggle Against US Imperialism Month” with a large stadium commemoration of the anniversary of the Korean War. In addition to propaganda significantly more belligerent than its usual fare and praise for communist leader Kim Il Sung and current dictator Kim Jong Un, the nation’s museums were teeming with individuals observing the holiday.
by Frances Martel26 Jun 2015, 7:50 PM PST0

North Korea has been hit by what it describes as its worst drought in a century, which could worsen chronic food shortages in a country where the United Nations says almost a third of children under five are stunted because of poor nutrition.
by Reuters19 Jun 2015, 6:34 AM PST0

North Korean officials have confirmed that Hyon Yong Choi, the hermit kingdom’s former defense minister, was put to death for “insubordination,” South Korean media outlet YTN reported Monday.
by Jordan Schachtel16 Jun 2015, 10:58 AM PST0

SEOUL, June 3 (UPI) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s chronic weight gain is drawing concern, but it may not be linked to a serious illness, an analyst told UPI on Wednesday.
by UPI4 Jun 2015, 6:29 AM PST0

Thousands of military hackers in North Korea could launch cyber attacks that could “kill people and destroy cities”, a defector has warned.
by Breitbart News29 May 2015, 6:10 AM PST0

Rumors and online reports, led by the social media news outlet Libya Observer, claim that the Islamic State has abducted a North Korean doctor and his wife in Muammar Qaddafi’s hometown of Sirte. South Korean outlets have picked up the news, though no mainstream outlet has yet confirmed the identity of the victims or their location.
by Frances Martel26 May 2015, 10:37 AM PST0

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un always gets fidgety when some other global supervillain hogs the spotlight. Having watched Iran mop the floor with President Barack Obama and ISIS turn cities into torture chambers for long enough, Kim decided to announce that his arsenal now includes submarine-launched nuclear ballistic missiles.
by John Hayward20 May 2015, 3:09 PM PST0

South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) walked back its initial report that North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un brutally executed his defense minister Hyon Yong Chol for sleeping during meetings. Now they believe the dictator purged him, but he could still be alive.
by Mary Chastain14 May 2015, 2:03 PM PST0

North Korean Defense Minister Hyon Yong Chol, on the job for less than a year, allegedly developed a habit of falling asleep at public events. He made the mistake of doing this at an event attended by the communist dungeon state’s dictator Kim Jong-un, whose limited sense of humor about perceived insults was amply demonstrated to Hollywood last year.
by John Hayward13 May 2015, 5:30 PM PST0

A North Korean defector told CNN that dictator Kim Jong-un placed orders to murder his aunt Kim Kyong Hui, the daughter of North Korean founder Kim Il-sung.
by Mary Chastain12 May 2015, 11:01 AM PST0

A group of North Korean diplomats nearly prevented the conclusion of a United Nations panel on human rights in the rogue nation Thursday, as one man refused to stop talking over dissidents giving witness to the horrors of the Kim Jong-Un regime until security was called to remove him.
by Frances Martel1 May 2015, 11:40 AM PST0

After reviewing satellite images of North Korea, analysts believe the nuclear reactor at Yongbyon may have been reactivated, along with a uranium centrifuge facility.
by John Hayward30 Apr 2015, 8:47 AM PST0

Russian authorities arrested three women for dancing suggestively in front of a World War II memorial and posting the video on YouTube.
by Mary Chastain27 Apr 2015, 10:39 AM PST0