All news on the topic: North Korea

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Kim Jong-un ready to detonate new nuke amid fears site can't contain radiation
North Korean experts believe the country's leader is ready to give the orders to detonate the nuke despite fears his underground site isn't safe
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White House admits it has no idea if US soldier who entered North Korea is safe
Travis King's crossing into North Korea remains shrouded in mystery as American officials struggle to determine his whereabouts and condition, and communication efforts have yielded no response
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Soldier blends in with tourists moments before running across North Korea border
US Army Private Travis King bolted across the Demilitarized Zone that divides South and North Korea and entered the tyrannical totalitarian state on without permission on Tuesday - a lawyer who photographed him says she thought it was a stunt fort TikTok
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US soldier fled to North Korea after 'punching man at nightclub and kicking car'
Private 2nd Class Travis King, 23, laughed as he fled across the border into North Korea, witnesses reported. He was in the process of being flown home over disciplinary charges when he slipped his escort and fled
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Mum of soldier who fled across North Korea border 'can't imagine him doing it'
US solider Travis King had just been released from a detention facility in South Korea on assault charges after serving 47 days following an altercation with locals
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US soldier who fled across North Korea's border identified, previously jailed
Private 2nd Class Travis King, 23, passed through airport security as he was being sent home from South Korea for disciplinary reasons and aggravated assault, according to US officials
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US soldier's 'defection' to North Korea 'could not be worse', expert says
There is 'immense pressure' on the US after the possible defection of Tavis King, a US soldier into North Korea, earlier today - relations between to countries are at a low amid nuclear tensions
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US soldier 'wilfully' walked into North Korea without permission, Pentagon says
Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin confirmed the crossing of a US soldier into North Korea earlier today was deliberate. Unnamed officials have said the soldier is named Travis King
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US soldier who 'defected to North Korea' yelled 'ha ha ha' as he ran over border
A witness from the group said he saw the soldier crossing into North Korea from the demilitarized zone, while shouting 'ha ha ha', leading to heightened tensions between North Korea and the US
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All we know as US soldier crosses North Korea border amid 'defection' rumours
Travis King is the reported name of a US Army soldier who crossed the border into communist North Korea. He is said to have laughed as he ran away from a civilian tour
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US deploys nuclear submarine to South Korea in show of force against Kim Jong-un
The USS Kentucky, an Ohio-class submarine, arrived at the South Korean port of Busan on Tuesday afternoon. The US have warned any use by North Korea of nuclear weapons in combat would result in the end of the regime
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North Korea detains US soldier who crossed border into country unauthorised
The United Nations Command said Kim Jong-un's tyrannical North Korean regime has detained a United States soldier, named as Travis King, who holds the rank of private second class in the US Army, for crossing the Military Demarcation Line from South Korea without permission
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Kim Jong-un vows to ramp up nuclear power as he tests 'most powerful weapon yet'
North Korea made one of its most aggressive boasts yet after launching the Hwasong-18 - an intercontinental ballistic missile which Kim Jong-un claims could fly to the US if launched at the right trajectory
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North Korea launches ballistic missile as Japan issues urgent maritime warning
The launch came a day after North Korea threatened "shocking" consequences to protest what it called a U.S. spy plane's reconnaissance activity near its territory
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Anxious North Korean defectors get training on how to live in 'normal' society
North Korean defectors have been introduced to a multi-purpose facility which includes impressive medical facilities and a range of courses including hair and technology in South Korea
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'We were scared of dying of Covid and now we're frightened of starving to death'
Civilians trapped inside North Korea say they have watched mothers, unable to work due to sickness, die of starvation and watched whole families perish from hunger
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Mum and son die from starvation after being sentenced for breaking Covid rules
Three North Korean nationals communicated in secret to reveal the post-Covid disaster inside what has become the most secretive and closed-off state in the world
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North Korea launches ballistic missile as tensions soar after warning from Japan
South Korea’s military says the North Korean launch happened on Thursday and maybe fell inside Japan's Exclusive Economic Zone
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North Korean hackers 'steal £2.4bn in crypto to fund ballistic missile project'
North Korea and hackers linked to the regime are said to have robbed $3billion over recent years in an attempt to help fund their ballistic missile programme
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Kim Jong-un bans suicide in North Korea calling it 'treason against socialism'
Kim Jong-un called suicide "treason against socialism" and has reportedly ordered local governments to take preventative measures, following a rise in cases across the country
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North Korea sends elite to work on rice farms after starvation deaths triple
Kim Jong-un has ballooned to over 22 stone despite starvation deaths tripling in North Korea in just one year with Pyongyang elite sent to work on rice farms
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North Korea spy warning as Kim Jong-un's sister vows to launch satellite
North Korea's attempt to put its first military spy satellite into orbit failed as its rocket crashed off the Korean Peninsula's western coast
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Kim Jong Un 'suffering from insomnia, weighs over 20st and dependant on alcohol'
Kim Jong-un, the supreme leader of North Korea, is said to be addicted to smoking and drinking, causing him to suffer from insomnia as doctors rush to find treatments
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Major embarrassment for Kim as North Korean 'spy satellite' fails after take-off
South Korean sailors were seen fishing refuge out of the sea near Eocheongo Island after the suspected spy satellite - which breaches international law - failed moments after its launch
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Toddler, 2, 'jailed for life' after parents caught with a Bible in North Korea
A two-year-old is set to spend his entire life in a prison camp after his Christian parents were found with a Bible in their homes, according to a report by the US State Department