The images of Kim mourning the fallen soldiers were broadcast as part of an event in Pyongyang attended by Russian Culture Minister Olga Lyubimova

Kim Jong Un meets with Russian Culture Minister Lyubimova — news agency

SEOUL, June 30. /TASS/. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met with Russian Culture Minister Olga Lyubimova on June 29, who arrived in Pyongyang on a working visit, the Korean Central News Agency reported. During the meeting, Kim Jong Un emphasized...

Kim Jong Un's policies led to North Koreans dying of COVID

More than two years after the world was blighted by the outbreak of Covid-19, North Korea finally declared it had recorded its very first case of the virus. In reality, North Koreans had been suffering the effects of Covid since 2020 like everyone...

DPRK's top leader meets Russian culture minister

PYONGYANG/MOSCOW, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), met with visiting Russian Minister of Culture Olga Lyubimova on Sunday, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported...

How Kim Jong Un left North Koreans to die of COVID: Citizens left to 'fend for themselves', imprisoned for years if they defied lockdown rules and sent to labour camps for not wearing masks

More than two years after the world was blighted by the outbreak of Covid-19, North Korea finally declared it had recorded its very first case of the virus. In reality, North Koreans had been suffering the effects of Covid since 2020 like everyone...

How drones are terrorising England's prettiest village: They film children in gardens, locals in the bath and even try to get in to people's houses. Now furious residents say: 'It's like living in North Korea!'

Surely one of the most bizarre incidents in movie history took place during the shooting of the 1967 film Doctor Dolittle in the chocolate-box village of Castle Combe in Wiltshire, just eight miles from Queen Camilla's country bolthole in nearby...

‘Poems from a Prison Camp’ helps recount the experiences of POWs held in Prison Camp 5 in N. Korea

Tom Wilkinson, left, from the Monroe County Museum, holds a copy of the newly published “Poems from a Prison Camp,” recently donated to the museum. At right, Frank Havelock, son of George Havelock, holds his father’s original notebook. George...

Kim Jong Un, Russian Minister Forge Cultural Partnership

(MENAFN) Kim Jong Un, the supreme leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), held talks with visiting Russian Minister of Culture Olga Lyubimova on Sunday, media confirmed Monday. Marking the first anniversary of the Treaty on...

(LEAD) N. Korea touts 'absolute solidity' of alliance with Russia on 1st anniv. of key treaty

(ATTN: UPDATES with assessment from Seoul official in last 5 paras) SEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Thursday underscored the "absolute solidity" of its alliance with Russia and reaffirmed bilateral cooperation as it marked the first...

N. Korea steps up anti-American indoctrination of students ahead of Korean War anniversary

North Korea is stepping up anti-American indoctrination of students on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the outbreak of the 1950-53 Korean War, state media showed Friday. "Education on anti-imperialism and anti-Americanism is being solidly...

North Korea's Kim attends launch ceremony of repaired destroyer, plans to build more such warships

Seoul, June 13 (IANS): North Korea said Friday it has launched a 5,000-ton destroyer that was damaged during its first launch attempt in May after repair work, with leader Kim Jong-un attending the launching ceremony and unveiling a plan to build...

N. Korea steps up anti-American indoctrination of students ahead of Korean War anniv.

SEOUL, June 13 (Yonhap) -- North Korea is stepping up anti-American indoctrination of students on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the outbreak of the 1950-53 Korean War, state media showed Friday. "Education on anti-imperialism and...

Utopia or dystopia? The race to build God-like AI is humanity’s ultimate gamble

I had to hold two separate interviews with Sentient to sit with the information, digest it, and follow up. AI is not my area of expertise, and it’s a topic I’m wary of, given that I struggle to see favorable outcomes (and being labeled an “AI...

Lee Will Not Pacify North Korea

South Korea’s new president Lee Jae-myung is willing to take a more conciliatory approach toward North Korea to achieve peace. He also supports the apparent wish of his essential ally, the US president, to restart talks with Kim Jong-un. But this...

N. Korean women take the wheel in quiet push for independence

More North Korean women in Pyongyang are getting behind the wheel, seeking driver’s licenses in what appears to be a quiet rebellion against traditional gender roles and a push for greater personal freedom. Six members of the Socialist Women’s...

Dong Jin Kim: What North Korea can learn from Ireland’s peace process

Dr. Dong Jin Kim, a leading peace studies scholar with research experience spanning Korea, Ireland, Cyprus and South Africa, joins the podcast to explore how divided societies navigate conflict, peacebuilding and reconciliation, as well as lessons...

Cosmetics craze sweeps N. Korea

The cosmetics market in North Korea is thriving as women across the country show growing interest in skincare and beauty products. According to a source in North Pyongan province recently, “skin and beauty products, along with cosmetic procedures,...

North Korea eyes more warships after 5,000-tonne naval destroyer relaunched

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How South Korea became a cultural powerhouse, and what’s next

A Tony Award-winning play on Broadway. The finale of a record-breaking Netflix show. And a reunion of arguably the world’s biggest pop band.South Korean culture is having a moment. Again. “Maybe Happy Ending” clinching the best musical Tony this...

Families of Japanese abductees race against time

Nearly half a century has passed since the first government-recognized abduction of Japanese nationals by North Korean agents in the 1970s and 1980s, yet the issue remains unresolved. Sakie Yokota, 89, is now the only surviving parent of a...