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Kim Yo-jong, a prominent North Korean politician and sister of communist dictator Kim Jong-un, published a “media statement” Monday warning President Joe Biden not to “cause a stink” unless he wished to suffer through sleepless nights.

President Donald Trump abruptly ended his second summit in Vietnam with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, but he also offered to give him a ride home on Air Force One.

The U.S. Department of Justice unsealed an indictment on Wednesday against three North Korean citizens on charges of attempting to steal over a billion dollars through cybercrime, as well as one Canadian-American citizen accused of helping them launder the money.

A top North Korean official used his platform at an ongoing plenary meeting on Thursday to condemn senior communist officials “seized with extreme passivism and self-protectionism” for pursuing less aggressive economic goals than those dictator Kim Jong-un proposed.

The World Health Organization’s (W.H.O.) global coronavirus vaccine distribution program has reportedly reserved about 2 million doses for the government of North Korea, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported Thursday, raising questions regarding Pyongyang’s claim that it has yet to see a single case of the disease within its borders.

The administration of South Korean President Moon Jae-in became embroiled in a bitter feud with opposition politicians this week after a news report purportedly revealed a secret proposal to build a nuclear power plant in North Korea.

The communist government of North Korea has failed to complete the Pyongyang General Hospital — a flagship project announced by dictator Kim Jong-un last year — because it ran out of building materials, Radio Free Asia (RFA) revealed Tuesday.

Leftist South Korean President Moon Jae-in told reporters Monday that he hoped the administration of President-elect Joe Biden would continue the work President Donald Trump began in meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un.

The communist regime governing North Korea held a military parade Thursday, apparently featuring no social distancing or other anti-coronavirus measures, to celebrate the end of its eighth-ever Workers’ Party Congress.

Christian persecution around the globe reached an unprecedented level in 2020, with over 340 million Christians facing “high levels of persecution,” Open Doors revealed Wednesday with the publication of World Watch List 2021.

South Korea’s ban last month on the launch of anti-Pyongyang leaflets to North Korea was a “great mistake,” a former North Korean diplomat told Reuters on Monday.

The Workers’ Party of North Korea bestowed the title of “General Secretary” upon dictator Kim Jong-un on Sunday, celebrating his leadership because he “gloriously realized the historic mission to complete the country’s nuclear build-up plan.”

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, presiding over the ruling Korean Workers’ Party (WPK) Congress on Friday, reportedly proposed “comprehensively expanding and developing the external relations of the country,” according to state media.

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un addressed his nation’s only legal political party, the communist Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), on Wednesday with an optimistic speech that nonetheless acknowledged that his regime had failed to achieve its five-year goals in “almost all sectors.”

The Wall Street Journal claimed Monday, citing one “person familiar with the matter,” that the communist regime governing North Korea formally submitted a request to participate in a global plan to distribute Chinese coronavirus vaccines, despite insisting it has not confirmed a single case of coronavirus disease within its borders.

The Chinese coronavirus pandemic – which global health authorities first warned the world of in January, months after the virus first began circulating in China – will forever mark 2020 as a historic year.

Leftist South Korean President Moon Jae-in hit a record low job approval rating in a poll published Monday by the South Korean firm Realmeter.

Mike Pompeo said China is America’s primary adversary and warned of its infiltration of America’s government, businesses, and schools.

North Korean hackers have reportedly launched coordinated cyberattacks against at least six drug makers working on developing coronavirus vaccines and therapeutics in America, the United Kingdom, and South Korea.

North Korea has deployed anti-aircraft units to its border with China to prevent people from crossing, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported Wednesday.

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un has “harshly criticized” the country’s economic agenices for failing to adhere to specific scientific methods, state media reported Monday. 

The South Korean newspaper JoongAng Ilbo reported on Tuesday that, according to a government source, the latest man to escape from North Korea was a professional gymnast and only managed to cross the highly guarded Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) by leaping over a ten-foot fence.

An underground movement that describes itself as a “provisional government” remains fully engaged in a plan to overthrow North Korea’s communist regime, according to a new bombshell report published this week.

North Korean socialist dictator Kim Jong-un presided over an emergency meeting of the communist politburo this weekend to discuss the ongoing strategy against the Chinese coronavirus, state media revealed on Monday.

North Korea may be training dolphins as part of a maritime program aimed at boosting its naval and military defenses, the United States Naval Institute (USNI) revealed this week.

Over 200 North Korean refugees are stranded in China on their way to South Korea and need Seoul’s help to escape dangerous living conditions, a former North Korean refugee who now serves as a South Korean legislator told Radio Free Asia (RFA) on Wednesday.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in held a 14-minute telephone conversation with presumptive incoming U.S. president Joe Biden on Thursday to discuss U.S. policy for the Indo-Pacific region, denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, and the coronavirus pandemic.

North Korea is believed to have up to 60 nuclear warheads capable of threatening regional stability in East Asia, according to the latest estimate, published Wednesday, by the Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS).

Japanese Prime Minster Suga Yoshihide said on Thursday that the Summer Olympics in 2021 may be a “good opportunity” to discuss important matters, including a peace deal, with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un. He did not confirm Kim would receive an invite, nor did he rule it out.

North Korea’s Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA), a communist rubber-stamp legislature, passed a law on Wednesday banning smoking in public areas, locations used for “ideological education,” and health and child facilities.

The American magazine Newsweek claimed on Sunday that most of America’s foreign adversaries are reportedly rooting for Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden to beat U.S. President Donald Trump in Tuesday’s election.

President Donald Trump has had one of the most consequential first terms of any president in American history.

North Korea’s communist regime is launching a crackdown against companies manufacturing masks without an appropriate license to protect factories in the capital of Pyongyang, Radio Free Asia reported Tuesday.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited a cemetery honoring Chinese veterans of the Korean War on October 21. The commemoration was widely viewed as part of Kim’s recent efforts to move closer to Beijing, where Chinese leader Xi Jinping on October 19 also honored the 70th anniversary of China’s entry into the conflict.

Chinese dictator Xi Jinping, in an address on Friday to commemorate the 70th anniversary of China’s entry into the Korean War, quoted Chinese Communist godfather Mao Zedong to threaten war against China’s adversaries.

North Korea’s state-run Korean Central Television (KCTV) broadcast special weather segments on Wednesday warning of a yellow dust cloud arriving from China on Thursday.