North Korea

How the Koreas’ Race to Launch a Spy Satellite Has Ramifications Beyond the Peninsula

By Chad de Guzman

Why Kim Jong Un's Russia Trip Is a Sign of Putin's Weakness

By Anna Gordon

What We Know About the U.S. Soldier Who Fled to North Korea

By Jon Herskovitz / Bloomberg

North Korea Says It Is Planning a Military Satellite Launch

By Chad de Guzman
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Tracking All of North Korea’s Missile Tests This Year So Far

North Korea has already fired dozens of missiles over at least 20 tests this year, putting the world on edge over the possibility of a nuclear attack.

By Chad de Guzman

North Korea Test-Fires ICBM Before South Korea-Japan Summit

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol departed South Korea on Thursday for Tokyo to meet with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, the first such summit on Japanese soil in more than a decade.

By Jeong-Ho Lee and Jon Herskovitz / Bloomberg

What to Watch as North Korea Ratchets Up Nuclear Tensions

Leader Kim Jong Un opened the year with a pledge to exponentially increase his nuclear arms program and has ignored repeated calls to wind down his atomic ambitions.

By Jon Herskovitz / Bloomberg

Kim’s ‘Exponential Increase’ in Nukes Unlikely

While Kim has repeatedly surprised doubters, North Korea appears to lack capacity to quickly multiply production of weapons-grade uranium.

By Jon Herskovitz and Sangmi Cha / Bloomberg

U.S., Japan, South Korea Impose New Sanctions on North Korea

The allies are grappling for new ways to ramp up pressure against North Korea for an unprecedented series of missile tests.

By Jennifer Jacobs and Iain Marlow / Bloomberg

The Rise and Fall of London’s Koreatown

New Malden had a lively North Korean community, but times are changing.

By Charlie Campbell/London

COVID-19 May Force North Korea to Open Up

North Korea’s massive COVID-19 outbreak may be making the hermit state amenable to external assistance

By Chad de Guzman

Kim Jong Un Set to Follow Missile Barrage With Parade

Coming in the wake of several missile tests, the parade will ensure that North Korea's arsenal is back on Biden’s agenda

By Jeong-Ho Lee / Bloomberg

North Korea Launches Missiles at Record Pace

The tests included the launch of two long-range cruise missiles that flew for 1,120 miles, the official Korean Central News Agency said. If confirmed, that would give North Korea the capability to strike almost all of Japan

By Iain Marlow/Bloomberg

Kim Jong Un Signals a Return to Major Weapons Tests

Kim has ordered party leaders to “promptly examine the issue of restarting all temporarily suspended activities”

By Iain Marlow and Jon Herskovitz / Bloomberg

North Korean Missile Test Prompts FAA to Briefly Ground Some U.S. Flights

North Korea’s missile flew at almost 10 times the speed of sound into waters off its eastern coast

By Alan Levin/Bloomberg

North Korea Fires Cruise Missiles With Range to Hit Japan

The missiles flew some 930 miles, the Korea Central News Agency said. That range would be sufficient to strike most of Japan

By Jon Herskovitz and Yueqi Yang / Bloomberg

Biden Could Face Looming North Korean Crisis

Joe Biden will take office with North Korea more isolated, more desperate and more dangerous than ever

By Steven Borowiec / Seoul

N. Korean Defector Fled Back After Assault Accusation

The defector, who had fled to South Korea in 2017, was booked last month for sexually assaulting a woman at his home, police said

By Jeong-Ho Lee / Bloomberg

Trump Says He Knows Kim Jong Un’s Condition

“But I can’t talk about it now,” Trump said. “I just wish him well.”

By Mario Parker and Justin Sink / Bloomberg

N. Korea Rumors Put Kim Jong Un's Sister in Spotlight

If North Korea needs a new leader, Kim Yo Jong could be the most likely choice

By Amy Gunia
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