Germany is struggling to shut down a hostel funding North Korea. The hostel...
BERLIN — After successive rounds of U.N. sanctions cut off much of North Korea’s business dealings, some of the most public resistance has come from a rather surprising entity: a low-budget youth...
View ArticleKim Jong Un calls Trump a ‘mentally deranged U.S. dotard’
TOKYO — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has warned President Trump that he will make the U.S. leader “pay dearly” for his threat to totally destroy North Korea, in an unusual direct and angry...
View ArticleTrump’s claim there were long gas lines in North Korea has residents puzzled
TOKYO — In his latest Twitter outburst against North Korea, President Trump said that “long gas lines [are] forming in North Korea,” adding an exclamatory “Too bad!” (In the same tweet, he bestowed a...
View ArticleNorth Korea’s latest nuclear test was so powerful it reshaped the mountain...
SEOUL — New radar satellite images show the Sept. 3 nuclear test by North Korea was powerful enough to sink a roughly 85-acre area on the peak of a mountain above the tunnels where the test likely...
View ArticleYouTube has shut down more North Korean channels — and researchers are livid
TOKYO — YouTube has shut down two more channels broadcasting North Korean content, frustrating researchers who say that the information is crucial for understanding North Korea’s leadership, economy...
View ArticleAnother North Korean holiday? It’s probably time for another missile launch.
SEOUL — Saturday is the 69th anniversary of the founding of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, and neighboring countries are bracing for the rogue country to celebrate in a classic North...
View ArticleNorth Korea’s latest video tirade reignites missile threat against Guam
The latest video from North Korea suggests missiles will be heading toward Guam during the joint American-South Korean military exercises, which started Monday.
View ArticleAre we on the brink of nuclear war with North Korea? Probably not.
We ask a range of experts in South Korea and in the United States how worried we should be about the latest tensions between Pyongyang and Washington.
View ArticleSouth Koreans ask: Crisis? What crisis?
South Koreans have become inured to the threat of North Korea.
View ArticleWhy North Korea threatened Guam, the tiny U.S. territory with big military power
North Korea said it was reviewing plans to strike U.S. military targets in Guam with medium-range ballistic missiles to create “enveloping fire,” according to state media. KCNA: "The nuclear war...
View ArticleDennis Rodman just gave Kim Jong Un ‘The Art of the Deal.’ And it may be a...
TOKYO — If Donald Trump was hoping to use the negotiating skills honed during decades in business to strike a bargain with Kim Jong Un, he’d better think again. Dennis Rodman, the former basketball...
View ArticleWhy does North Korea hate the United States? Let’s go back to the Korean War.
North Korea tells its people terrible things about what the American forces did during the Korean War. And it's not all wrong.
View ArticleThis hostel in Berlin is a clandestine cash cow for North Korea
Berlin’s City Hostel appears at first glance to be a simple, cheap option for staying in the German capital. It’s not far from landmarks such as the Brandenburg Gate, and while online reviews complain...
View ArticleNervous over North Korea, Japan issues guidelines for missile attack
The government is preparing its citizens to be ready in case a missile hits Japan.
View ArticleHere are the missiles North Korea just showed off, one by one.
Experts were stunned by the range of apparently new missiles on display, and the sheer number of them.
View ArticleWhy is April 15 such a big deal in North Korea?
Here’s a brief rundown on why Kim Il Sung – who’s officially “Eternal President,” even 23 years after his death – remains so important in North Korea.
View ArticleWill North Korea fire a missile capable of hitting the U.S. mainland? Probably.
Kim Jong Un has declared North Korea is close to testing a missile that can reach the U.S. Is it time to freak out?
View ArticleNorth Korea tests four more missiles — and China’s patience
Pyongyang can’t stop shooting (a) missiles into the sea and (b) itself in the foot. At 7:36 a.m. Monday, local time, North Korea launched four missiles that flew about 600 miles over land before...
View ArticleA not-that-short history of North Korean assassinations and attempts
TOKYO — The North Korean regime is widely being blamed for ordering the sensational assassination this week of Kim Jong Nam, the estranged older half-brother of leader Kim Jong Un. Kim Jong Nam was...
View ArticleAs Trump and North Korea’s Kim spar, China poses as the responsible actor
BEIJING — President-elect Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have been trading threats this week, while China poses as the mature, reasonable kid on the block. Kim kicked things off in a...
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