North Korea accuses South of flying drones across border
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North Korea has lashed out at a special sanctions monitoring team composed of multiple countries, calling its activities "illegal" and irrelevant to the United Nations, state media KCNA reported on Monday.
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement it detected several ballistic missile launches from North Korea's capital region around 7:50 a.m. It stated that the missiles flew approximately 560 miles and that South Korean and U.S. authorities were analyzing the details of the launches.
Kim Jong Un oversaw hypersonic missile tests as North Korea ramped up weapons displays ahead of a major political conference, state media reported.
And yet: some observers wonder whether a society as patriarchal as North Korea’s could accept a female leader. Under Mr Kim, several women have gained big jobs. The second-most powerful person in the country is Mr Kim’s sister, Kim Yo Jong. For the first time in its history North Korea has a female foreign minister: Choe Son Hui.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told Russian President Vladimir Putin in a letter that he will support Putin's policies unconditionally and permanently, North Korean state media KCNA said on Friday.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test-firing of "cutting-edge" hypersonic missiles to ready Pyongyang's nuclear forces for war, state media said Monday.On Monday, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) quoted Kim as saying the test showed "the readiness of the DPRK's nuclear forces",
The sport has become something of an athletic arbitrage for the country, which figures other nations won’t subject preteens to such arduous training.
Explore how socialist market economies operate in China, Cuba, and North Korea, balancing state control and market elements to meet national needs.
North Korea has launched a harsh crackdown on the recent boom in private tutoring. The official reason: tutoring is “non-socialist behavior.” But parents have expressed anger, arguing authorities must “normalize” public education if they want to bring tutoring under control.