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Analysts say perfecting smaller warheads would most likely be a key goal if the North resumes nuclear testing. Leif-Eric Easley, a professor at Ewha University in Seoul, said Pyongyang’s latest claim to have a nuclear-capable underwater drone “should be met with scepticism.” “But it is clearly intended to show that …

North Korea’s food production in 2022 dropped about 180,000 tons from 2021 due to floods, drought and inability to improve crop yields. Source link

Kim accused the US and South Korea of expanding joint military drills involving American nuclear assets, state media KCNA reported on Monday, calling for North Korea to stand ready to conduct nuclear attacks at any time. Source link

The US’ past attempts to denuclearise the peninsula have been too dependent on ‘sticks’ and a resolution is not the matter of life and death it is to South Korea. Yoon must offer Kim a deal which has China’s support and that offers the regime a better chance of survival …

Oh Hye-son recently published a Korean-language memoir on how she and her husband Thae Yong-ho, then deputy ambassador at North Korea’s London embassy, defected in 2016. Source link

Arrival of Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Springfield would serve as Washington’s extended deterrence commitments to Seoul, analyst notes. Source link

Kim Jong-un attended a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction project in Pyongyang’s Sopo district on Saturday with thousands of young labourers. Source link

Experts say coming ruling Workers’ Party meeting likely intended to shore up support for Kim Jong-un as he pushes ahead with nuclear weapons programme. Source link

Japan’s coastguard said North Korea launched three projectiles that could be ballistic missiles just after 7am local time, all of which fell within minutes. Source link

Since its foundation in 1948, North Korea has been successively ruled by male members of the Kim family. Outside studies show only a fraction of top North Korean officials are women. Source link