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North Korean hackers cash out £300,000,000 after billion-pound crypto heist

World March 10, 2025 By Tom Sanders

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un inspects a nuclear submarine during a visit to a shipyard, in this photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on March 8, 2025. KCNA via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA.

North Korea is about to join a dangerous club after unveiling first nuclear submarine

World March 9, 2025 By Danny Rigg

A combination image of a Korean Air plane and a screenshot of a flightradar map.

Did a Korean Air flight accidentally fly into North Korea's air space?

World February 25, 2025 By Noora Mykkanen

North Korean soldier shouted ‘Kim Jong-un’ before blowing himself up on battlefield

UK January 31, 2025 By Josh Layton

Beach resort shown in December 2024.

Kim Jong-un unveils his 'Benidorm' beach resort - and 250 Brits already want to go

World January 31, 2025 By Jasper King

A Russian source claimed three armed North Korean soldiers were on the run after killing five Russian marines in Kursk region

Hunt for three North Korean soldiers who 'shot dead' five Russians on the battlefield

World January 22, 2025 By Sarah Hooper

Captured soldier being interviewed

Captured North Korean soldier says his mum has no idea where he is

World January 20, 2025 By Gergana Krasteva

Caption: Putin's forces 'burning faces of dead North Korean soldiers' Credit: 95th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade Polissia

North Korean soldier's final diary entries before dying in Putin's meat-grinder

UK January 9, 2025 By Josh Layton

The special forces eliminating Putin's troops before they realise what's happened

UK January 8, 2025 By Josh Layton

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un

Kim Jong-Un 'bans North Koreans from eating hot dog soup'

Weird January 5, 2025 By Oliver Jones

Skyline view of the newly built Kalma coastal tourist area in Wonsan, North Korea, December 29, 2024, in this photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency. KCNA via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA.

Inside Kim Jong-un's sprawling new coastal resort

World December 31, 2024 By Tom Sanders

DAMASCUS, SYRIA - DECEMBER 31: People dressed as Santa Claus (Father Christmas) pose for a selfie while a man holding a weapon stands guard on New Year's Eve on December 31, 2024 in Damascus, Syria. Syria is transitioning after the fall of the Baath regime and the Assad family's rule, with a temporary administration now in place in Damascus and Aleppo. (Photo by Ali Haj Suleiman/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***

Syrians celebrate their first New Year no longer under dictator Assad's thumb

World December 31, 2024 By Gergana Krasteva

This picture taken during the period of December 23 to 27, 2024 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on December 29, 2024 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attending the enlarged meeting of Eleventh Plenary Meeting of Eighth Central Committee in Pyongyang. (Photo by KCNA VIA KNS / AFP) / South Korea OUT / ---EDITORS NOTE--- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNS" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS / THIS PICTURE WAS MADE AVAILABLE BY A THIRD PARTY. AFP CAN NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, LOCATION, DATE AND CONTENT OF THIS IMAGE --- / (Photo by STR/KCNA VIA KNS/AFP via Getty Images)

Kim Jong-un is 'sending couples to labour camps for getting divorced'

World December 30, 2024 By Sam Courtney-Guy

Hwasong Taedonggang Beer Restaurant NO CREDIT

North Korea opens new beer hall serving pints made in former Wiltshire brewery

World December 19, 2024 By Katie Boyden

Moment North Korean soldier sent into Putin's meat grinder peers up at hovering drone

UK December 18, 2024 By Josh Layton

Yoon Suk Yeol

From jailing South Korea's presidents to martial law scandal - who is Yoon Suk Yeol?

World December 4, 2024 By Gergana Krasteva

Protesters clash with police officers during a demonstration

South Korean president poses 'high risk' of war with North Korea

World December 4, 2024 By Gergana Krasteva

South Korean president urged to resign after martial law chaos

World December 3, 2024 By Sarah Hooper

A visitor watched North Korean side at the observatory of the Aegibong Peace Ecopark in Gimpo

Starbucks opens café overlooking one of the world’s most heavily armed borders

World November 30, 2024 By Gergana Krasteva

Two red skyscrapers that look like Hwasong missiles, located along a road in Pyongyang, North Korea

Kim Jong-un's missile shaped skyscrapers have one major design flaw

World November 25, 2024 By Sara Odeen-Isbister

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