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Over a million Covid-19 cases feared in North Korea

North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un has lambasted health officials and ordered the army to help distribute medicine, as a wave of Covid cases sweeps through the country. More than a million people have now been sickened by what…

North Korea says it tested ‘strategic’ long-range cruise missile

North Korea carried out successful long-range cruise missile tests over the weekend, its state media, KCNA, said on Monday, amid a protracted standoff with the US over denuclearisation. The missiles flew 1,500 kilometer (930 miles) before…

UK’s Raab visits Demilitarized Zone that divides the two Koreas

British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab visited the heavily guarded Demilitarized Zone that divides the two Koreas on Tuesday, expressing support for South Korea’s efforts to improve relations with North Korea. “Today at the DMZ I…

North Korean leader offers rare apology for killing of South Korean

North Korea expressed regret on Friday for having shot dead a South Korean man to prevent the spread of coronavirus, the South’s national security adviser said, amid growing public and political outrage. The apology figured in a letter…

North Korea’s Kim Jong inspects flood relief

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered officials to provide food and shelter for hundreds of families who lost their homes in floods, the KCNA state news agency reported on Friday. “It is of priority importance to quickly supply…