Kim Jong-Un news headlines

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in North Korea's capital for a two-day trip expected to focus on how to boost the two countries' defense ties following a September summit between Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

IT workers dispatched and contracted by North Korea to work remotely with companies in the United States used false identities to get the jobs.

One author's insight on the heir to North Korea's royal throne.

The secretive North Korean travels in style when he makes his rare overseas trips.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un received a bulletproof vest and drones as parting gifts as he wrapped up a trip to Russia.

The North Korean leader has visited Russia for the first time since 2019.

Putin is believed to be seeking one of the few things impoverished North Korea has in abundance — stockpiles of aging ammunition and rockets for Soviet-era weapons.

A giant train similar to the one previously used by Kim on international trips has been spotted on the border.

North Koreans live under some of the harshest government controls. Here are 10 facts about the secretive country.

Both countries are 'actively advancing' weapons negotiations, the US government said.

North Korea said on Thursday that its second attempt to launch a spy satellite failed again but vowed to make another attempt in October, demonstrating willingness to endure flops to acquire a key military asset coveted by leader Kim Jong Un.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed the test-firing of strategic cruise missiles, state media reported on Monday, as the US and South Korean militaries kicked off major annual drills that the North views as an invasion rehearsal.

North Korea is increasing its repression of human rights and people are becoming more desperate and reportedly starving in parts of the country as the economic situation worsens, the U.N. rights chief said Thursday.

State media claims he was seeking refuge inside the secretive country after crossing the demilitarised zone.

The photographs appear to offer a rare glimpse into the secretive state's weapons facilities.

Japan's coast guard said North Korea has notified it that it plans to launch a satellite in coming days, which may be an attempt to put a military reconnaissance satellite into orbit.

The meeting of the ruling Workers' Party's Central Military Commission on Monday came amid heightened tensions

Extrajudicial executions, rape, forced abortions, jail without trial, torture, starvation rations that leave prisoners so hungry some turn to eating insects.

The launch is the first North Korean missile test from beneath the waves and comes amid rising tensions over its illegal nuclear programme.

Kim Jong-un supervised a live-fire artillery drill simulating an attack on a South Korean airfield, alongside his young daughter.

The state-run Korean Central News Agency on Sunday said a Hwasong-15 ICBM was fired on Saturday in a "surprise ICBM launching drill" under the written orders of leader Kim Jong-un.

Experts believe the young girl is being groomed to one day lead the secretive nation.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his young daughter took centre stage at a huge military parade, fueling speculation that she is being primed as a future leader of the isolated country as her father showed off his latest, largest nuclear missiles.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un lauded the "irresistible might" of his nuclear-armed military as he visited troops with his daughter to mark the 75th founding anniversary of his army, state media said on Wednesday.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is calling for an "exponential increase" in his country's nuclear weapons arsenal in response to what he claims are threats from South Korea and the United States, Pyongyang's state media reported on Sunday.

South Korea's military fired warning shots and scrambled aircraft after North Korean drones entered the South's airspace on Monday, South Korean officials said, days after the North launched two ballistic missiles in its latest testing activities.

North Korea says it fired a test satellite in an important final-stage test for the development of its first spy satellite, a key military capability coveted by its leader Kim Jong Un along with other high-tech weapons systems.

North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into the waters off its east coast on Sunday, the latest in what has been a record year for test launches by the Kim Jong-un regime.

When North Korea conducted an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launch in mid-November, it wasn't just the long-range weapons that caught the attention of the world.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's daughter made a public appearance again, this time with missile scientists and more honourific titles as her father's "most beloved" or "precious" child.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un is planning to build "the world's most powerful" nuclear force, state news agency KCNA reported on Sunday.

The revelation from South Korea's spies comes as speculation swirled about his motives for bringing her to the attention of the outside world.

North Korea has unveiled the little-known daughter of its leader Kim Jong Un at a missile launch site.

North Korea is exploiting the distraction of the Ukraine war to accelerate its nuclear weapons drive, say experts.

North Korea's recent barrage of missile launches were tests of its tactical nuclear weapons to “hit and wipe out” potential South Korean and US targets, state media reported Monday, as its leader Kim Jong Un signaled he would conduct more provocative tests.

North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile on Sunday toward its eastern seas.

The Russian Ministry of Defence is in the process of purchasing millions of rockets and artillery shells from North Korea for its ongoing fight in Ukraine, according to a newly downgraded US intelligence finding.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has declared victory over COVID-19 and ordered an easing of preventive measures, calling his country's officially reported death toll of just 74 people an unprecedented miracle in the history of world health.

North Korea's leader warned he's ready to use his nuclear weapons in potential military conflicts with the United States and South Korea.

North Korea has claimed just 73 fatalities from COVID-19, but outsiders are suspecting something worse than coronavirus is plaguing the country.

Is North Korea preparing to deploy tactical nuclear weapons along its tense border with rival South Korea, which is only a short drive from the 26 million people living in and around Seoul, its capital?

North Korea test-fired suspected artillery pieces into the sea in a move that South Korea has labelled as aggressive.

South Korean and US officials say North Korea is preparing to conduct its first nuclear test in five years as Kim Jong Un engages in brinkmanship.

The missiles were launched from the Sunan area, near the North Korean capital Pyongyang, into waters east of the Korean peninsula.

North Korea says its leader has sent a letter to the long-reigning monarch.

US President Joe Biden who is visiting Asia said he's prepared for any action the North Korean leader takes.

President Joe Biden is unable to get a response from North Korea over coronavirus vaccine offers.

More than 1.7 million people have fallen ill amid a rapid spread of fever since late April.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has mobilised the military to respond to the country's first officially acknowledged outbreak of COVID-19, as the impoverished nation scrambles to address what state media has described as a "major national emergency."

Kim Jong Un blasted officials over delays in medicine deliveries