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North Korea says nuclear status ‘irreversible’ after UN atomic agency rebuke

September 19, 2026 admin

Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un. File | Photo Credit: Reuters North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s sister, Kim Yo Jong, accused the International Atomic Energy ‌Agency on Saturday (September 19, 2026) of double standards after it adopted a resolution ⁠criticising Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons programme. The IAEA’s “biased viewpoint and…

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North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong warns of new military options over Japan’s strike capabilities

August 5, 2026 admin

Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. File | Photo Credit: AP North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong, ⁠the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un, warned on Wednesday (August 5, 2026) that Pyongyang would adopt “additional military options” in response to what she called Japan’s transformation into a military power, after…

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North Korea leader’s sister says Seoul’s regret sending drones ‘wise behaviour’

April 6, 2026 admin

Kim Yo Jong, a sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. File | Photo Credit: AP The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said on Monday (April 6, 2026) that the regret expressed by Seoul over a January drone incursion into the North is “wise behaviour”. Earlier in the day, South…

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North Korea leader’s sister promoted at party congress

February 24, 2026 admin

Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been given a promotion in the ruling party structure during a rare party congress, State media reported on Tuesday (February 24, 2026). The Workers’ Party Central Committee…

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Trash carried by a North Korean balloon again falls on the presidential compound in Seoul

October 24, 2024 admin

This combination of pictures released from North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) via KNS on early October 19, 2024, shows a balloon and items apparently from South Korea, found on October 18 in the southern border area in North Korea. | Photo Credit: KCNA VIA KNS / AFP “Trash carried by a North…

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North Korea Army ‘Ready To Shoot’ Amid Friction With South Korea Over Drones

October 13, 2024 admin

Seoul: North Korea’s artillery units near the border with South Korea have been ordered to be ready to fire amid frictions over drones that Pyongyang says are being flown over the frontier, state media cited the government as saying on Sunday. Some defectors and activists in South Korea fly aid parcels into the North and…

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Trash dropped by a North Korean balloon falls on South Korea’s Presidential compound

July 24, 2024 admin

South Korean Army soldiers collect the trash from a balloon presumably sent by North Korea, in Incheon, South Korea, on July 24, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Trash from at least one North Korean balloon fell on the South Korean Presidential compound on July 24, raising worries about the security of key South Korean facilities…

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North Korean leader’s sister Kim Yo Jong calls South Korea’s live-fire drills ’suicidal hysteria’

July 8, 2024 admin

Kim Yo Jong. File | Photo Credit: AP The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called South Korea’s recent front-line live-fire drills “suicidal hysteria” as she threatened unspecified military steps on July 8 if further provoked. The warning by Kim Yo Jong came after South Korea resumed firing exercises near its tense land…

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North Korea Says “Will Build Overwhelming Military Power”

April 23, 2024 admin

North Korea says U.S. military exercises are preparations for a nuclear war against it. Seoul: Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said the country will continue to build overwhelming and the strongest military power to protect its sovereignty and regional peace, the North’s KCNA news agency reported on…

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