China won't stop Kim Jong-un — so the US has to stand up to both of them
What to do with the pygmy of Pyongyang, the mad marshal of the Hermit Kingdom, by which I mean Kim Jong-un, the thirtysomething tyrant of North Korea?On Sept. 9, his scientists set off their country’s...
View ArticleNorth Korea just performed another rocket engine launch
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised a ground test of a new rocket engine to launch satellites, the North's state media reported on Tuesday, the latest in a rapid succession of...
View ArticleNorth Korea’s version of the internet has just 28 websites
North Korea is the most repressive, secretive state in the world. There's no free press, no independent media, and scarce few people have access to the Internet. It's about as close as you can get to...
View ArticleThis side of North Korea has been long overlooked by the West
North Korea essentially has two international images: the bellicose nuclear provocateur run by a mad dictator, and the impoverished country in dire need of humanitarian aid.At the moment, both faces...
View ArticleGiuliani said Trump 'isn’t fond of dictators' — here’s every dictator Trump...
Rudy Giuliani said that Donald Trump hasn't met Vladimir Putin and isn't fond of dictators at a Trump rally in Iowa on Wednesday. Here are all the controversial leaders Donald Trump has praised during...
View ArticleLibertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson couldn't name the leader of...
Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson drew a blank again. In an interview with The New York Times published on Wednesday, Johnson skirted around a question about whether he could identify North...
View ArticleA photographer captured the dismal reality of life in North Korea on his phone
In August 2015, Getty Photographer Xiaolu Chu toured inside the walls of North Korea. While in the notoriously secret country, visitors are instructed on what they can and cannot photograph. Custom...
View ArticleWhat North Koreans really think of their supreme leader
The Center for Strategic and International Studies's Beyond Parallel released new polls that shed light on one of the most obscure areas in global studies — the opinions of ordinary North Korean...
View ArticleA Global affairs expert explains the biggest threats facing the next US...
Longview Global Advisors President DJ Peterson offers some insight into the threats facing the winner of the 2016 presidential election.Follow BI Video: On TwitterJoin the conversation about this story »
View ArticleNorth Korean experts explain what Kim Jong Un wants
WASHINGTON, DC — In the next four years, North Korea may join China and Russia as the only countries with the ability to reach the US's West Coast with nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles."Over the past...
View ArticleA defector has vowed to expose North Korea's 'gruesome' reality
Seoul (AFP) - Top-ranking North Korean diplomat Thae Yong-Ho, whose recent defection gifted a major propaganda coup to the South, vowed Monday to devote himself to exposing the cruelties of the...
View ArticleA North Korean defector tells us how she escaped and survived
North Korean defector and author of "The Girl With Seven Names" Hyeonseo Lee explains how she escaped the country and survived.Jenner Deal contributed reporting on an earlier version of this...
View ArticleNorth Korea is planning a 'prime time' nuclear weapons push in 2017, a top...
Seoul (AFP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un is planning a "prime time" nuclear weapons push in 2017 to take advantage of leadership transitions in South Korea and the United States, a high-ranking...
View ArticleThis is what North Korea's military arsenal looks like
North Korea's military escapades were back in the headlines in December, after state media in the secretive country reported news of two large-scale military drills involving rocket launchers and...
View ArticleUS warns against 'provocative' actions after Kim Jong-un claims North Korea...
Washington (AFP) - The United States on Sunday sharply condemned a North Korean plan to test-fire an intercontinental ballistic missile and warned Pyongyang against "provocative actions." The toughly...
View ArticleSOUTH KOREA: Trump's tweet is a 'clear warning' to North Korea
Seoul (AFP) - South Korea said Tuesday that US president-elect Donald Trump had sent a "clear warning" to North Korea with a tweet dismissing Pyongyang's ballistic missile claims."North Korea just...
View ArticleNorth Korea takes a swing at Trump, says it can test-fire missiles 'at any time'
North Korea declared on Sunday it could test-launch an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at any time from any location set by leader Kim Jong Un, saying a hostile U.S. policy was to blame for...
View ArticleThe US hits North Korea with a new wave of sanctions as Un flexes his nuclear...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department has added seven senior North Korean officials, including leader Kim Jong Un's sister, to its sanctions list because of human rights abuses and...
View ArticleNorth Korea's elite could be turning on their supreme leader
SEOUL (Reuters) - The North Korean elite are outwardly expressing their discontent towards young leader Kim Jong Un and his government as more outside information trickles into the isolated country,...
View ArticleDonald Trump and Kim Jong-un lookalikes pretended to kiss in Hong Kong
Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un impersonators walked down the streets of Hong Kong to the surprise of tourists in the area.You can watch the video here.The pair even pretended to kiss as they demonstrated...
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