North Korea’s Kim gifts rifles to officials and his daughter takes aim after party congress

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has gifted top government and military officials new sniper rifles following a weeklong ...
Human Rights Watch

North Korea: Party Congress Set to Bolster Repression

North Korea’s ninth Party Congress started on February 20, 2026, amid escalating repression of young people, strict control of information, and widespread forced labor.

North Korea warns it could destroy South if threatened, but leaves door open for US dialogue

Kim Jong Un says North Korea can completely destroy South Korea if it feels threatened, and he refuses to engage with Seoul.
The Diplomat

North Korea Codifies Nuclear Statehood and Hostile ‘Two-State’ Relations at 9th Party Congress

During the seven-day WPK conclave, Kim Jong Un introduced the “Haekpangasoe” system while reaffirming his will to beef up ...

North Korea shows Kim Jong Un at the wheel of a mobile rocket launcher

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un took the wheel of a nuclear-capable multiple rocket launcher at a ceremony in the capital Pyongyang ...
Yahoo

North Korea opens a housing district for families of its soldiers killed in Russia-Ukraine war

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, second right, attends a completion ...
Yahoo

For Ukrainian troops, the North Korea problem isn't soldiers launching assaults. It's artillery, lawmaker says.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. North Korean soldiers are still deployed to Russia's Kursk region, fighting against Ukraine. Soldiers were initially tasked with ...
UPI

North Korea executes citizens for watching South Korean TV, Amnesty report says

Feb. 4 (UPI) --North Korea is carrying out arbitrary and brutally disproportionate punishments, including executions, against citizens caught watching South Korean television and other foreign media, ...
The Hill

Ten years on, Congress must reclaim its North Korea strategy

Bipartisanship on foreign policy is in short supply these days. On Russia’s war in Europe, instability in the Middle East and challenges in the Western Hemisphere, Washington seems incapable of unity.
The Diplomat

North Korea Waits for Major Concessions From Trump

There is little doubt that the U.S. raid on Venezuela and the detention of President Nicolas Maduro came as a major shock to North Korea. In the immediate aftermath of the incident, a spokesperson for ...
Fox News

North Korea executed teens for listening to K-pop, watching ‘Squid Game’: report

North Korean authorities executed teenagers for watching the South Korean television series "Squid Game" and listening to K-pop, human rights researchers announced in early February. Amnesty ...
Wall Street Journal

North Korean Soldiers Provide More Advanced Support for Russia’s War on Ukraine

SEOUL—North Korean forces deployed to help Russia’s war against Ukraine are now operating surveillance drones, removing mines and executing artillery strikes, roles that illustrate the advancement in ...