North Korea's Kim inspects regional factories ahead of official opening

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited several regional factories ahead of their official opening, stressing the construction of such facilities is a "gigantic revolution" designed to improve people's livelihoods, state media reported Friday.

2025-12-05

Kim Jong-un pledges new missions, assets for air force as branch marks 80th anniversary

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un promised to assign "new and important missions along with new strategic military assets" to the air force during an event marking the 80th anniversary of the founding of the military branch.

2025-11-30

North's Kim vows to bestow new strategic assets, duty on air force in anniversary celebrations

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attended a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the country's air force, saying it will be given new strategic military assets and a "new important duty."

2025-11-30

North may possess more than 400 nuclear weapons by 2040: Analyst

North Korea currently has as many as 150 nuclear weapons in stock and may ramp up the figure to more than 400 by 2040 as it seeks to strengthen its nuclear capabilities, an analyst said Wednesday.

2025-11-26

Kim Jong-un's daughter appeared on North's state TV 600 days in past 3 years, analysis finds

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s daughter, Kim Ju-ae, who is widely speculated to be his heir, has appeared on state television on a whopping 600 days over the past three years, according to new analysis.

2025-11-26

North's Kim hails completion of small hydropower station ahead of Workers' Party Congress

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un praised the completion of a small hydropower station in Hoeyang County, Kangwon Province as he continues to spotlight his regional development drive ahead of the ruling Workers’ Party’s Ninth Congress early next year.

2025-11-21

North's Kim attends inauguration of hydropower plant in Kangwon Province

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has attended a ceremony to inaugurate a hydropower plant in Kangwon Province, the sixth to be built in the region amid the country's chronic electricity shortage, according to state media Friday.

2025-11-21

North yet to respond to South's proposal for inter-Korean talks, focuses on 'public health revolution'

The military has detected signs that North Korean troops have crossed the military demarcation line more than 10 times this month. Pyongyang has yet to respond to Seoul's proposal to meet and instead seems focused on its 'public health revolution.'

2025-11-20

North Korea's Kim hails inauguration of modern regional hospital

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has attended a ceremony to launch the first modern hospital built under the country's regional medical center construction plan, calling its completion in nine months a "real transformation."