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Kim Jong-un met Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday at a summit designed to show that Washington is not the only power able to set the agenda on Pyongyang’s nuclear programme. The two men embarked on a day of talks on an island off the Russian Pacific city of Vladivostok two months after the North Korean leader’s summit […]

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s top aides has disappeared from public life, prompting speculation that he may have been executed. General Hwang Pyong-so was once at the heart of Kim’s inner circle within the Workers’ Party Central Committee. As a Vice-Marshall he also held the most senior military position after the supreme commander. Before he reportedly […]

Ri Sol-ju, the elusive wife of North Korea’s supreme leader Kim Jong-un, has reappeared after a four-month absence at a celebration of the launch of the country’s first intercontinental ballistic missile. Her reappearance came shortly before nerves in a jittery region were jangled again by a 5.8-magnitude earthquake off North Korea, which was apparently not caused by […]

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia will cancel visa-free entry for North Koreans entering the country from March 6, state news agency Bernama reported on Thursday, as diplomatic ties between the two countries frayed further following the murder of Kim Jong Nam at the Kuala Lumpur airport. North Koreans will be required to obtain a visa […]
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