After a ruling party congress, Kim Jong Un presented the rifles to senior party and military officials, as well as his daughter, who is seen as an increasingly likely successor.

SEOUL--North Korean leader Kim Jong Un claimed his nuclear-armed country could “completely destroy” South Korea if its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. During the last ruling party congress in North Korea, Kim Jong Un (C) was named general secretary, resurrecting a title previously ...

Kim, who has been in power since 2011, has served as general secretary of the Workers’ Party since 2021, when he formally assumed the title previously held by his late father, Kim Jong Il.

Amnesty International has revealed the brutal punishments meted out to North Koreans who consume foreign media, after 25 ...

SEOUL, Feb 16 (Reuters) - North Korea is set to unveil new weapons development goals at its Ninth Party Congress this month, amid assessments that Pyongyang has checked off only part of a sweeping ...

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North Korea’s ninth party congress, held this week, was little more than a rubber-stamping exercise. That much was clear ...

North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un held a ceremony to unveil the deployment of 50 new launch vehicles for nuclear-capable ...

Scott A. Snyder is senior fellow for Korea studies and director of the program on U.S.-Korea policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. As we turn the calendar on 2020 and embark on 2021, the ...