North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has inspected a facility that produces nuclear material and called for bolstering the country ...

North Korea's state media on Wednesday reported U.S. President Donald Trump's inauguration but without any commentary on his ...

That the provocations exchanged between the Koreas – leaflets, balloons, and noise – were of relatively low intensity should ...

Korean People's Army (KPA) soldiers leave after bowing before the statues of late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim ... its narrative of Soviet heroism in World War II. Russian propaganda ...

Since December, North Korean troops have been taking part in active combat on Russia's side in the country's Kursk Oblast, where Ukraine has held territory since August. This unprecedented move ...

A power struggle over a loudspeaker vehicle has disrupted propaganda activities at a North Hamgyong province mining equipment factory, highlighting tensions between party officials. The conflict came ...

More than 11,000 troops from North Korea, with possibly many more to come, are fighting in Russia’s war against Ukraine. Many commentators speculate that the situation worries China, North Korea’s ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has previously hailed his army as “the strongest in the world”, according to state media. Propaganda videos released by the regime in 2023 showed bare-chested ...

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A knock-off Ikea has popped up in one of Kim Jong-un’s luxury shopping centres in North Korea – despite the retailer saying there are no authorised stores in the hermit nation. Set in the ...

Niklas Swanström, a Swedish political scientist specialising in North Korea, said this mall tour is a classic example of DPRK propaganda. He said: “Nothing happens in North Korea without the ...

North Korean soldiers fighting in Russia’s Kursk region against Ukrainian forces have begun resorting to drastic measures to evade capture, including suicide, a report by Reuters on Tuesday said.