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This undated photo provided on April 17, 2022, by the North Korean government shows Kim Jong Un at an undisclosed location in North Korea. It said Sunday the country has successfully test-launched a newly developed tactical guided weapon. The official Korean Central News Agency said Kim observed the launch. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

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EXPLAINER: Is North Korea moving nukes to its border?
By HYUNG-JIN KIM AND KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press
Fri,06/24/22-5:35AM , 205 Reads
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Is North Korea preparing to deploy tactical nuclear weapons along its tense border with rival South Korea, which is only a short drive from the 26 million people living in and around Seoul, its capital?
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In this photo provided by South Korea Presidential Office via Yonhap News Agency, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks during the National Security Council (NSC) meeting at the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. North Korea test-launched a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile and two shorter-range weapons into the sea Wednesday, South Korea said, hours after President Joe Biden ended a trip to Asia where he reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to defend its allies in the face of the North's nuclear threat. (South Korea Presidential Office /Yonhap via AP)

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Seoul: N Korea fires suspected ICBM and 2 other missiles
By HYUNG-JIN KIM AND KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press
Tue,05/24/22-4:32PM , 250 Reads
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea test-launched a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile and two shorter-range weapons toward its eastern waters Wednesday, South Korea said, hours after President Joe Biden ended a trip to Asia where he reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to defend its allies in the face of the North’s nuclear threat.
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In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, visits a pharmacy in Pyongyang, North Korea on May 15, 2022. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

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Tea and infomercials: N. Korea fights COVID with few tools
By HYUNG-JIN KIM AND KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press
Wed,05/18/22-11:54PM , 232 Reads
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — On a recent nighttime visit to a drugstore, a double-masked Kim Jong Un lamented the slow delivery of medicine.
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People watch a TV screen showing a news program reporting with an image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at a train station in Seoul, South Korea on May 16, 2022. As an illness suspected to be COVID-19 sickens hundreds of thousands of his people, Kim stands at a critical crossroad. Does he swallow his pride and accept help or does he go it alone even though a huge number of fatalities could undermine his leadership? (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

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N. Korea's Kim faces 'huge dilemma' on aid as virus surges
By HYUNG-JIN KIM AND KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press
Tue,05/17/22-12:58AM , 223 Reads
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — During more than a decade as North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un has made “self-reliance” his governing lynchpin, shunning international help and striving instead for domestic strategies to fix his battered economy.
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