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North Korea is working ‘day and night’ to build a new hospital ‘faster and better’ than planned, even as it continues to deny that coronavirus has entered its borders. Work on the new Pyongyang General Hospital began suddenly just under a month ago, with Kim Jong-un setting an ambitious 200-day deadline for completion. However, he … Read more
Kim Jong Un has failed to attend North Korea’s annual Day of the Sun ceremony for the first time, sparking speculation about his health amid the coronavirus pandemic. The celebration and holiday to mark the birth of his grandfather Kim Il Sung on April 15 is deeply significant and Kim Jong Un has not missed it … Read more
Kim Jong-Un’s younger sister has been reinstated to North Korea’s leadership council to preside over the police state’s expansive propaganda operation. Kim Yo Jong, believed to be in her thirties, was turfed out of the dictator’s inner circle when she was blamed for last year’s bungled talks with Donald Trump. But following an extensive publicity … Read more
North Korea is using the bodies of political prisoners as fertiliser to grow crops for the facility’s guards, a former captive has claimed. The former prisoner, who used the pseudonym Kim Il-soon, exposed the monstrous practice after surviving the hell of Kaechon concentration camp, which is located north of Pyongyang. The guards considered the method … Read more
North Korea has fired what are believed to be two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off its eastern coast, the military in the South said. The projectiles were fired from North Pyongan province into the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea, the South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement, … Read more
North Korea boasts that it has no cases of COVID-19, even as its neighbor to the north China has experienced more than 3,200 deaths from the global pandemic. North Korean leader Kim Jung Un claims that a 30-day quarantine, a closed border and the suspension of trade with China has kept the nation free from … Read more
North Korea has Photoshopped face masks onto coronavirus propaganda images, an expert has claimed – while Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un is pictured without one to show he does not fear the disease. Multiple photographs depicting North Korea’s response to the threat of COVID-19 were sent to Stuart Gibson, a senior lecturer in forensic science at … Read more
Kim Jong Un’s sister Kim Yo Jong calls South Korea a ‘frightened dog’ for protesting its live-fire weapons drills in a rare sign of her growing power Jim Jong Un’s sister Kim Yo Jong has issued insults towards its rival South Korea She criticised the South for expressing concerns over the North’s firing drills It … Read more
North Korea fired two unidentified projectiles into its eastern sea today as it restarts weapons demonstrations after coronavirus may have caused a month-long hiatus. The projectiles were fired near the coastal town of Wonsan and flew around 149 miles, according to Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff. The South Korean and U.S. militaries jointly analysed the … Read more
North Korea is taking ‘unprecedented’ measures against coronavirus with month-long quarantines, foreign diplomats locked in their compounds and loudspeakers blaring out health warnings. State media is demanding ‘absolute obedience’ to health authorities as the secretive nation tries to shield itself from the virus that emerged in neighbouring China. New arrivals are subject to 30 days’ … Read more