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North Korea executions more than doubled after COVID, human rights group says

A plurality of death sentences before the pandemic were for murder, while during the pandemic, prosecutions seemingly centered around cultural crimes and information crimes.

 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during the expanded meeting of the first plenary meeting of the Ninth Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), in Pyongyang, North Korea.
A test of the upgraded Hwasong-11LA ground-to-ground tactical short-range ballistic missile at an undisclosed location in North Korea, April 19, 2026, in this picture released on April 20, 2026, by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency.

UK condemns North Korean missile launches testing warheads containing cluster munitions

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump are seen shaking hands at a press conference in 2025.

Trump, Netanyahu greater threats to world peace than Mojtaba Khamenei, Spaniards believe - poll

This picture taken on February 2, 2026 and released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) via KNS on February 3, 2026 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivering a speech at the inauguration of the Samgwang Stockbreeding Farm in North Pyongan Province, North Korea.

North Korea says South Korea should prevent 'sovereignty violation' after drone intrusion


North Korea could consider an inter-Korean summit if mutual respect is assured

Addressing the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, South Korean President Moon Jae-in repeated a call for a formal end to the war but later said time is running out to achieve such progress.

 South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shake hands at the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, South Korea, April 27, 2018.

N.Korea fired two ballistic missiles amid deadlocked nuclear talks

Pyongyang has been steadily developing its weapons program amid a standoff over talks aimed at dismantling its nuclear and ballistic missile programs in return for US sanctions relief.

A suspected missile is fired, in this image released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on March 22, 2020.

North Korea tests cruise missile with possible nuclear capability

North Korea also conducted a cruise missile test just hours after US President Joe Biden took office in late January.

US destroyer launches cruise missile 370

N.Korea says US, S.Korea to face security threats with military drills

South Korea's defense ministry said on Monday the timing, scale and formation of the drills were not yet finalized. The US Forces Korea declined to comment, citing its policy.

Kim Jong Un, North Korea's leader, attends a meeting with Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, chairwoman of Vietnam's National Assembly, at the National Assembly in Hanoi

North Korea rejected AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine over side effects

North Korean authorities had become concerned about the AstraZeneca vaccine after reports of rare but serious blood clotting events among some people who received it.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a ceremony to inaugurate the start of construction on the first phase of a project to eventually build 50,000 new apartments, in Pyongyang, North Korea

North Korea's Kim Jong Un scolds officials for vague pandemic lapse

North Korea has not reported a single confirmed case of the coronavirus, though South Korean and US officials have expressed skepticism over that claim.

Kim Jong Un, North Korea's leader, attends a meeting with Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, chairwoman of Vietnam's National Assembly, at the National Assembly in Hanoi

US gen. says N.Korea might flight test new ICBM design 'in near future'

The warning by Air Force General Glen VanHerck appeared based on North Korea's October unveiling at a parade of what would be its largest ICBM yet.

South Korean people watch a TV broadcasting a news report on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Seoul, South Korea, April 21, 2020

North Korea tells US to avoid 'causing a stink' if it wants peace - KCNA

"If it wants to sleep in peace for coming four years, it had better refrain from causing a stink at its first step," the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un said on Tuesday.

Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, holds a bouquet during a welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam March 1, 2019

North Korea unresponsive to Biden's behind-the-scenes diplomatic outreach

During his election campaign, Biden described Kim as a "thug" and said he would only meet him "on the condition that he would agree that he would be drawing down his nuclear capacity."

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrives for an opening ceremony of a newly constructed residential complex in Ryomyong street in Pyongyang, North Korea April 13, 2017

Trump offered Kim Jong-un a ride home on Air Force 1 after 2019 summit

'I can get you home in two hours if you want,' Trump reportedly told Kim, shocking everyone in the room. "Kim declined," former Deputy National Security Advisor Matthew Pottinger said.

US President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.