N. Korea's Kim reprimands officials for delay in education material factory construction

By Park Boram SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has inspected building sites for school supply and teaching tool factories and reprimanded cabinet and education officials over delays in the construction, state media...

Kim Yong Nam, North Korea's Enduring Ceremonial Leader and Diplomatic Fixture, Dies at 97

Pyongyang, November 4, 2025 – Kim Yong Nam, the only individual outside the ruling Kim family dynasty to serve as North Korea's nominal head of state for over two decades, passed away on Monday, November 3, at the age of 97. The official Korean...

North Korea includes families of ‘war heroes’ in special amnesty for party anniversary

North Korea’s special amnesty marking the 80th anniversary of the ruling party’s founding this year included families of so-called “war heroes” deployed to fight in Russia’s war against Ukraine. While North Korean authorities explained they are...

Hundreds of Ukrainian children are dead. Russia must be held accountable

The photograph rests on my desk: Anhelina Halych, a small girl, still a toddler, her eyes bright with a smile that no longer exists. Born in Kyiv in October 2022, she loved drawing, was learning English, and could recognize colors. On Aug. 28,...

US to test hypersonic missile TODAY to show 'readiness' amid nuclear arms race fears

By STACY LIBERATORE, US SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR Published: 10:41 EST, 4 November 2025 | Updated: 16:15 EST, 4 November 2025 A hypersonic missile will be launched by the US on Wednesday to test the effectiveness of its weapon system. The...

Putin unveils major border plans with China and North Korea setting February 1 deadline

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered for plans for major border upgrades to be made with China and North Korea as he sets a deadline for early 2026. The news comes as China and North Korea's relations with Russia continue to grow with...

North Korean women turn to subtle manicures to evade beauty crackdowns

Young North Korean women are increasingly turning to light-colored nail polish as a form of “modest adornment” that allows them to express individuality while avoiding government crackdowns on personal appearance. A Daily NK source in Ryanggang...

Federal Appeals Court Refuses to Block Discriminatory Florida Housing Law That Targets Chinese Immigrants

MIAMI — The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals today refused to preliminarily block SB 264, a discriminatory housing law in Florida. The law, which bans many immigrants from China and six other countries from purchasing homes in the state, will remain...

Russia to Build Logistics Hubs on China and North Korea Borders

RUSSIA – According to a Kremlin statement on Tuesday, Russia’s president Vladimir Putin has instructed the construction of multimodal transport and logistics hubs along North Korean and Chinese borders to strengthen infrastructure and trade routes...

Kim Yong Nam: North Korea’s former top diplomat and ‘head of state’ who served all three Kims dies aged 97

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Self-declared 'world's smartest man' applies for U.S. asylum from 'pro-North Korean' government

Published: 04 Nov. 2025, 16:56 Kim Young-hoon announces his asylum application to the United States on X, formerly Twitter, on Oct. 30. [SCREEN CAPTURE] A Korean man who claims to have the world’s highest IQ has applied for political asylum in the...

North Korea's new general hospital in Pyongyang opens 5 yrs after construction began

Published: 04 Nov. 2025, 11:49 This Korean Central News Agency photo released on Nov. 4, shows the inside of Pyongyang General Hospital, which opened for service the previous day. [YONHAP] Pyongyang General Hospital, a large-scale, high-level...

N. Korea's new general hospital in Pyongyang opens 5 years after construction began

Pyongyang General Hospital, a large-scale, high-level medical facility envisioned by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as part of his broader development plan, has opened five years after its construction began, according to state media Tuesday....

N. Korea's new general hospital in Pyongyang opens 5 yrs after construction began

SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- Pyongyang General Hospital, a large-scale, high-level medical facility envisioned by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as part of his broader development plan, has opened five years after its construction began, according...

South Korea: Nuclear-powered subs enter race with Pyongyang

With the US eager to redefine the terms of its alliances in Asia, President Donald Trump last week publicly endorsed the idea of South Korea building and operating nuclear-powered submarines, adding that the first vessel will be made in the US....

North Korea’s Embrace of Eurasia

While US President Trump was publicly reiterating an interest in meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during his upcoming trip to South Korea for the APEC summit, North Korea was gravitating toward an altogether different orbit: Foreign...

Trump’s directive to resume nuclear weapons testing reflects his poor understanding of the arms race

Shortly before meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping in Busan last week, US President Donald Trump posted, “…because of other countries’ testing programmes, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our nuclear weapons on an equal...

North Koreans left in the dark as foreign broadcasts cut

The US and South Korean governments have halted the operations of media organizations that were broadcasting into North Korea, leaving tens of thousands of residents of the world's most isolated country in the dark about what is happening in the...

New PC gaming cafe photographed in North Korea — rare pictures of 'Pyongyang PC bang' gaming above the 38th parallel

Images purportedly showing a newly opened public PC gaming space in North Korea have been shared on social media. Technology enthusiast Iniysa shared photographs of a “North Korean PC bang” on X. A ‘PC bang’ translates as basically a ‘PC room’ and...

Economic desperation drives surge of North Korean women into hazardous mining work

Several North Koreans who had resorted to gold mining as a last resort in the face of economic difficulties recently died when mines collapsed, including a mother of a three-year-old and a divorced woman in her 30s. “People from several counties...