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North Korea said it test-fired a newly developed anti-aircraft missile on Thursday, the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Friday.

North Korea state media claimed on Wednesday that a hypersonic nuclear-capable missile was successfully tested on Tuesday. The provocative Tuesday test-launch into the Sea of Japan was previously described by U.S., Japanese, and South Korean officials as a short-range ballistic missile.

North Korea apparently launched a short-range ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan on Tuesday, its third provocative test of banned missiles in the past month. The North Korean regime insisted the weapons tests were an appropriate response to the “hostile policy” of the United States and South Korea.

North Korea responded to the announcement of the AUKUS strategic alliance on Monday by calling it “irresponsible” and warning it could launch a “nuclear arms race.”

North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles on Wednesday, violating U.N. Security Council resolutions and drawing a sharp condemnation from the Japanese government. The provocative launch suggested tensions are rising on the Korean peninsula again after a relatively peaceful interlude during the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic.

North Korea successfully test-fired a new long-range cruise missile on Saturday and Sunday, the state-run Korea Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Monday.

North Korea staged a late-night military parade just after midnight on Thursday in Pyongyang to mark the 73rd anniversary of the country’s founding, the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Thursday urged officials of North Korea’s communist ruling party to “fully mobilize” the country’s labor force before this autumn’s harvest to help alleviate an ongoing “food problem,” the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Friday.

A nuclear reactor in North Korea that closed for a short period of time during former President Donald Trump’s negotiations with the country appears to have been reactivated.

The Christian aid organization Open Doors warned in a statement to Breitbart News on Monday that a Taliban-dominated Afghanistan may be the single worst violator of religious freedom in the world.

North Korea’s communist regime claimed Tuesday to be rebuilding roads, residences, and public buildings across its eastern provinces days after rainy season flooding forced at least 5,000 people to evacuate.

South Korean Archbishop Lazarus You Heung-sik arrived in the Vatican this weekend to assume his new post as prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy and said that times have never been better for a papal visit to North Korea.

A woman who escaped oppression in North Korea called Olympics protester Gwen Berry a “spoiled” person for turning her back on America.

North Korean communist dictator Kim Jong-un berated his senior Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) officials this week, regime-controlled media reported Wednesday, for “creating a great crisis” and obstructing the “state emergency epidemic prevention system,” hinting at a purge of “irresponsibility and incompetence.”

A government-run television station in North Korea aired an interview with an alleged average citizen lamenting that communist dictator Kim Jong-un seemed “emaciated” in recent appearances, South Korean media reported Sunday.

Kim Yo-jong, the powerful younger sister of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, warned President Joe Biden in a statement published Tuesday that “greater disappointment” lay ahead for Washington if it sought dialogue with Pyongyang.

A North Korean cyber hacking group breached the security of a South Korean state-run nuclear research institute’s computer network last month, a South Korean opposition lawmaker alleged Friday.

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un told members of his ruling communist Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) on Thursday to prepare for “both dialogue and confrontation” with the United States given the nature of the administration of President Joe Biden.

Kim Jong-un told members of his ruling communist party Wednesday that North Korea’s agricultural sector had “failed” and that the “people’s food situation is now getting tense,” the latest in a series of similar warnings that the nation is on the brink of famine.

Yeonmi Park, a North Korean defector and human rights activist, says some aspects of the increasingly woke culture at elite universities in the U.S. are more “nuts” than the totalitarian education in her homeland.

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, formerly noted for his considerable girth among the starving population of his Communist nation, appeared much slimmer in photos released by North Korean state media on Saturday. This prompted speculation from foreign observers that Kim is either suffering from some malady, or making a serious effort to lose weight and get healthier.

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Rafael Grossi told his organization’s board of governors on Monday that North Korea’s recent nuclear activities are a “cause for serious concern.”

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un vowed to wage a “do-or-die battle” against “non-socialist” practices in North Korea in a statement released by North Korea’s state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Thursday.

China’s state-run Global Times newspaper accused Vice President Kamala Harris of “disrespect,” “arrogance,” and possible “discrimination” on Tuesday after a video of her meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in showed her apparently wiping her hand on her clothes after shaking hands with Moon.

North Korean construction workers, forced to labor on a massive government housing project in Pyongynag, have resorted to robbery to secure enough money to buy food, Radio Free Asia reported Wednesday, citing anonymous local sources.

North Korea reaffirmed its highly questioned claim Tuesday that it has not identified a single confirmed case of Chinese coronavirus within its borders in a report to the World Health Organization (W.H.O.).

Rodong Sinmun, an official state newspaper in North Korea, reportedly warned residents against the use of vaccines to fight the Chinese coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday, claiming that some “caused severe side effects, including even death.”

The Foreign Ministry of North Korea responded on Sunday, nearly a week later, to a passing reference President Joe Biden made to the country in his first speech to Congress as president, calling his words “intolerable.”

North Korean state media on Friday quoted dictator Kim Jong-un telling members of his totalitarian Workers’ Party (WPK) to prepare for an “Arduous March” against economic hardship.

Kim Jong-un appeared to state North Korea is currently enduring the worst period of its history in a speech to members of his ruling Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) on Wednesday.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea became the first country to drop out of the Tokyo Olympics because of coronavirus fears, a decision that underscores the challenges facing Japan as it struggles to stage a global sporting event amid a raging pandemic.

North Korea claimed on Friday that its provocative missile launches the previous day included a new class of short-range tactical ballistic missile, developed with its ostensibly advancing missile technology.

North Korea launched two cruise missiles from its western coast on Sunday, marking Pyongyang’s first missile test since April 2020.

North Korea announced the abrupt end of diplomatic ties with Malaysia Friday in response to Kuala Lumpur’s “unpardonable crime” of extraditing a North Korean citizen to the United States for trial.

A top North Korean diplomat confirmed in a public statement Wednesday that the administration of President Joe Biden has repeatedly attempted to contact Pyongyang and North Korean officials have deliberately ignored it.

North Korean government media outlet Arirang Meari published an attack on South Korea’s pop music industry, or “K-pop,” this week, claiming South Korean record labels are enslaving artists.