Roughly 40 South Korean riot police officers “rushed” to an island village on the inter-Korean border to quell “shouting and shoving matches” that erupted after South Korean villagers tried to block activists from sending care packages to North Korea via plastic bottles released into the sea, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported on Monday.
North Korea announced on Tuesday that it would “completely cut off” a phone line established with the South in 2018, meant to maintain regular communication across their border, in response to “the disgusting riff-raff” of the South sending humanitarian aid and information.
South Korea’s daily call to its jointly-run liaison office in North Korea went unanswered for the first time on Monday since its inception two years ago amid reports of a build-up in tensions between the two countries over the use of cross-border propaganda.
North Korea’s ruling party issued a statement Thursday condemning U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for issuing statements in defense of the human rights of people in China and expressed support for China’s ongoing crackdown on human rights in Hong Kong.
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un resurfaced once again this weekend to chair a meeting on the country’s nuclear weapons program, state media announced on Sunday.
President Donald Trump mocked the media Monday for asking him about the firing of State Department Inspector General Steve Linick last Friday, who was apparently looking into claims that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had asked a staffer to walk his dog, among other personal errands.
North Korean media reported on Friday that dictator Kim Jong-un sent a message to his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, congratulating Xi for achieving “victory” over the Wuhan coronavirus.
Satellite photos of a new missile facility near the North Korean capital of Pyongyang provide further evidence the communist regime is continuing to expand its nuclear program, according to a report from the Washington-based think-tank The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un a commemorative war medal to mark the 75th anniversary of the victory of Britain, Russia, and other allied forces over Nazi Germany in World War II, the Russian embassy in Pyongyang announced on Tuesday.
The North Korean propaganda website Meari published an article condemning South Korea’s free press for unspecified “fake news” on Tuesday following weeks of speculation over the health of communist dictator Kim Jong-un.
North Korean troops fired several gunshots at a South Korean guard post inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on Sunday, prompting the South Korean soldiers to fire a volley of warning shots in response and broadcast a warning against further aggression. The North Korean regime did not respond to South Korea’s request for an explanation of the incident.
Two North Korean refugees elected to South Korea’s National Assembly last month issued extensive apologies for speculating that dictator Kim Jong-un was dead or suffering from a significant medical episode after North Korean state media published photos and video footage allegedly of Kim at a fertilizer plant.
“I, for one, am glad to see he is back, and well!” Trump wrote on Twitter, sharing images of Kim released by the North Korean state news agency.
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un on Saturday amid unconfirmed reports that he is critically ill, dead, or hiding from the Chinese coronavirus, according to South Korea’s Yonhap.
Ji Seong-ho, a North Korean refugee elected to South Korea’s National Assembly in April, told the Yonhap news service on Friday he believes there is a “99 percent” chance dictator Kim Jong-un is dead.
Newly-elected South Korean lawmaker Ji Seong-ho – who became a human rights activist there after enduring extreme brutality in his home state of North Korea – told Radio Free Asia (RFA) in an interview published Tuesday that he believed his native country would soon be reunited with his adoptive one.
Speculation about the status of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un was further fueled on Wednesday by the publication of satellite photos that showed luxury boats flitting around Kim’s coastal villa, where his personal train has been parked for days.
North Korea will extend its coronavirus quarantine measures through the end of 2020, an anonymous North Korean senior official told Radio Free Asia (RFA) on Tuesday.
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un uses Western speculation of his health as fuel for his self-promotional propaganda, explained Michael Malice.
South Korea’s Unification Minister Kim Yeon-chul – the official in charge of ties to North Korea – dismissed reports of communist dictator Kim Jong-un’s health failing him on Tuesday as “fake news” and insisted there is “no unusual” activity in the country.
President Donald Trump suggested that North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un is still alive, despite rumors that he is either gravely ill or dead.
North Korean state media outfits claimed on Monday that dictator Kim Jong-un, whose health has become the subject of animated rumors this weekend, had sent a message of thanks to construction workers in Wonsan, a seaside town he has been attempting to turn into a resort destination for years.
South Korean Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo said on Friday that North Korea is stepping up readiness activities for its air and artillery units, for no apparent reason.
A Chinese source “familiar with North Korean affairs” told Korea Joongang Daily (KJD) on Sunday that dictator Kim Jong-un is not dead, but has gone into seclusion because at least one of his bodyguards tested positive for the coronavirus.
Ever since the 1948 founding of North Korea by Kim Il-sung, three things have been a certainty: regime brutality, the establishment of the Kim family’s rule, and the smooth transition of power from one generation to the next.
Former NBA player Dennis Rodman says he hopes it is “just a rumor,” but if it is true that North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un is sick, he hopes his friend recovers quickly.
Reports out of South Korea continued to deny on Wednesday and Thursday local time that North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un’s life is in danger. The rebuttals are designed to counter American media reports that Kim could be on his deathbed or even “brain dead.”
“With CNN, they come out with a report — I don’t put too much credence in it,” Trump said.
Although the Communist tyranny that rules North Korea officially insists it has absolutely zero cases of coronavirus infection, members of the ruling party have been admitting to select domestic audiences that cases began appearing near the borders in March and have been spreading in at least three regions of the country.
South Korean officials told the nation’s Yonhap news agency on Tuesday that a CNN report claiming North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un was “in grave danger” were “not true” and that “nothing unusual” appeared to be happening in the communist country.
South Korea has responded to claims that Kim Jong-un is in “grave condition”, stating they have not observed unusual activity in the North.
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un is reportedly in “grave danger” following surgery, CNN reported on Monday evening, citing an anonymous U.S. official with direct knowledge of the situation.
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un was reportedly absent from celebrations for the country’s most important political holiday on Wednesday, a highly unusual occurrence that raises speculation as to whether he may have contracted the Chinese coronavirus.
North Korea boosted its public health spending by 7.4 percent and published assurances of hygiene protocol at government facilities in state media on Monday, once again giving no indication it had identified any coronavirus cases.
The World Health Organization on Wednesday defended North Korea’s highly improbable claim of having absolutely zero confirmed cases of coronavirus infection despite a highly porous border with China and the vastly more advanced southern half of the peninsula spending the past month fighting a massive outbreak.
The communist regime in North Korea reportedly executed three officials last week on charges of treason after they allegedly stole some of the country’s emergency food supplies.
A senior health official in North Korea told the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency on Wednesday that “not one single person” in the country had tested positive for Chinese coronavirus, a claim disputed by an ever-growing chorus of observers.
A Japanese report claimed that over 100 soldiers in North Korea have died of Chinese coronavirus in the past month, the conservative South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo reported on Monday.
U.S. President Donald Trump said Washington would be open to helping North Korea fight the Chinese coronavirus during a weekend press conference at the White House.
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un called for the construction of “modern general hospital” this week to “better protect the precious health and safety of our people,” despite the fact his country denies having any cases of Chinese coronavirus.