In the early hours of Thursday, Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, faced heavy missile attacks, marking the first such assault in six weeks. The strikes occurred shortly after a visit to the city by US national security adviser Jake Sullivan, indicating a brazen display of aggression amidst diplomatic efforts. Despite the onslaught, more than 25,000 people sought shelter in the city’s metro stations,... 

South Korean Defense Minister Shin Won-sik has called for quickly killing North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un and other top officials in Pyongyang in the event that war breaks out on the peninsula again. Shin issued his order on Wednesday, telling South Korea’s Army Special Warfare Command to make preparations for taking out North Korea’s leaders. “If Kim Jong-un starts a war, as a key unit of... 

It’s very likely that the government Kim Jong Un will soon ramp up its provocative missile tests once again, given that the US and South Korean militaries have just kicked off their spring drills. The ‘Freedom Shield’ exercises began Monday and are scheduled to run through March 14. Importantly, these are the first annual joint Freedom Shield drills since Pyongyang pulled out of a 2018 inter-Korean... 

Once again, the leaders of a “democratic” Western-style country are using the COVID-19 pandemic to implement authoritarian control measures over their people, and it’s going to be control they’re never going to peacefully let go of. South Korean health officials, with the blessing of the country’s government, is “set to launch in January will test the tracking of citizens with artificial... 

Hundreds of North Korean soldiers have reportedly died from the coronavirus and thousands of others are being quarantined. But the secretive nation’s leaders are sticking to the official narrative that the global epidemic has not reached them. According to Daily NK, a South Korean news organisation, the Covid-19 virus killed 180 North Korean soldiers in January and February and has sent another... 

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has deemed South Korea the hermit kingdom’s top enemy, eschewing any chances of reunification between the two nations divided by the 38th parallel. In a Jan. 15 speech, Jong Un said he concluded that peaceful reunification was no longer possible. He added that Pyongyang would scrub any reference to South Koreans as fellow countrymen or partners for reconciliation.... 

Prominent leaders all over the globe are starting to publicly acknowledge that World War III is coming. In many cases they are expressing hope that it can still be avoided, but that becomes less likely with each passing day. Multiple parties are escalating the conflict in the Middle East, the war in Ukraine has entered a dangerous new phase, and the election that just happened in Taiwan has made a... 

Tensions escalate once again on the Korean peninsula as North Korea conducts live-fire drills near its maritime border with the South for the third consecutive day, prompting fears of a significant escalation in hostilities. Residents on Yeonpyeong Island, a border island last hit by North Korean shells in 2010, are urged to stay indoors as gunfire echoes nearby. While none of Pyongyang’s artillery... 

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has tearfully called on his country’s women to have more children, as the hermit kingdom faces a dwindling population. During the National Mothers’ Meeting on Dec. 3 in Pyongyang, he exhorted women to have more children while dabbing his eyes with a handkerchief. Kim told the thousands of women at the meeting that reversing North Korea’s declining... 

Amidst escalating tensions surrounding North Korea’s alleged supply of weapons to Russia for use in Ukraine, the United States issued a stern warning to Kim Jong-un’s regime, cautioning that such actions would not go unpunished on the international stage. US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan asserted that North Korea would “pay a price” for its involvement in arms negotiations... 

The country’s Unification Ministry announced on Friday that South Korea will employ NGOs and international organizations to persuade Pyongyang to resume talks. It also mentioned that the embargo on North Korean media may be relaxed out of goodwill. The South Korean government will “seek direct and indirect contact with North Korea through civic groups and international organizations in... 

Russia has been forced to resort to buying millions of rockets and artillery shells from impoverished North Korea for its ongoing invasion of Ukraine amid crippling Western sanctions and devastating war losses, US officials have said. A US official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said on Monday that the fact Russia is turning to the isolated state of North Korea demonstrates that ‘the... 

A desperate Vladimir Putin is considering turning to North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un for help in his invasion of Ukraine, and is willing to offer energy and grain in return for 100,000 soldiers, according to reports in Russia. North Korea has made it clear through ‘diplomatic channels’ that as well as providing builders to repair war damage, it is ready to supply a vast fighting force... 

A senior US official has vowed a “forceful response” should North Korea conduct a nuclear test. The response follows Pyongyang’s latest ballistic missile launch over the weekend, which was matched by a similar show of force from Washington and Seoul. Speaking to reporters after a meeting with her South Korean counterpart, Deputy US Secretary of State Wendy Sherman argued that any nuclear... 

Chinese President Xi Jinping said “friendship and cooperation” with Pyongyang would be strengthened. Chinese President Xi Jinping has underlined the importance of his country’s relationship with North Korea due to an unspecified “new situation”, (most likely West’s aggressiveness on Russia) Korean media reported on Saturday, citing Pyongyang’s state outlet KCNA. The publication shared...