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North warns of 'more transparent action' over South-U.S. drills

The state-run Korean Central News Agency accused the Ulchi Freedom Exercise of becoming more dangerous with each iteration, pushing tensions on the Korean Peninsula "to the threshold of a war."

2026.8.19

North denounces upcoming key South-U.S. military exercise

North Korea framed the Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise as the United States' effort to master modern warfare tactics and stressed that it will "absolutely defend the supreme interests of the state security."

2026.8.14

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Kim Jong-un marks armistice anniversary with war veterans, commemorative photos

The North Korean leader joined war veterans and honored citizens in Pyongyang as the country held Victory Day events marking 73 years since the 1950-53 Korean War armistice.

2026.7.29

North Korean leader holds photo sessions with women's union members, construction unit soldiers

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un met women’s union members and construction unit soldiers in a display aimed at reinforcing internal unity and support.

2026.7.18

North Korea, China hold high-level Pyongyang talks to deepen cooperation and reaffirm treaty ties

Senior party and political officials from Pyongyang and Beijing met in North Korea to expand political, economic and cultural cooperation as both sides marked the 65th anniversary of their friendship treaty.

2026.7.16

North Korea vows to expand nuclear arsenal at key party meeting: KCNA

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un used a key party meeting to press for faster expansion of nuclear and strategic weapons, state media reported Tuesday.

2026.6.23

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, center, inspects a large-scale greenhouse complex in the northwest city of Sinuiju on May 31 in this photo released by the Korean Central News Agency the next day. [YONHAP]

Kim Jong-un inspects Sinuiju greenhouse complex, calls for year-round vegetable production

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited a large-scale greenhouse complex in the northwest city of Sinuiju and called areas hosting the farm a “standard” of regional development, state media reported on Monday.

2026.6.1

Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu, right, and North Korean Minister of State Security Ri Chang-dae shake hands during a bilateral discussion as part of the 13th International Meeting of High Representatives for Security Issues in Moscow on May 28. [AP/YONHAP]

North Korea's spy chief meets chief Russian security official in Moscow

The chief of North Korea's spy agency has attended an international security forum in Russia and held a meeting with the country's Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu, the North's state media reported Sunday.

2026.5.31

Members of a Russian delegation, left, and their North Korean counterparts hold talks at the Wonsan-Kalma resort on the North's eastern coast on April 22 in this photo released the following day by the Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of the North's ruling Workers' Party. [NEWS1]

Russian delegation discusses trade, tech cooperation during visit to North Korea

A Russian delegation visited North Korea earlier this week to meet with local counterparts, Pyongyang's state media reported Thursday, highlighting a deepening partnership between the two countries.

2026.4.23

Ri Won-jong, head of the North's General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea, left, and Sergei Chernogayev, head of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia, shake hands in a photo released by the North's state news agency, Korean Central News Agency, on April 15. [YONHAP]

North Korea, Russia's union heads sign cooperation agreement in Pyongyang

The largest umbrella labor unions of North Korea and Russia held talks in Pyongyang and signed an agreement to boost cooperation, North Korea's state media said Wednesday.

2026.4.15