A North Korean defector claims he is ’99 per cent sure’ that Kim Jong Un is dead, saying that Pyongyang could announce the news this weekend. Ji Seong-ho told South Korea’s Yonhap news agency that he had been ‘informed that Kim died last weekend’ after cardiovascular surgery. The defector said Kim’s sister Kim Yo-jong was … Read more
US Senator Lindsey Graham has weighed in on reports Kim Jong Un is dead, saying he would not be ‘shocked’ if the North Korean despot was ‘dead or incapacitated’. He said that in such a tightly controlled state rumours about the leader’s death would not be allowed to go ‘unanswered’. The South Carolina representative has … Read more
One was a beacon of optimism in post-WWII America, the other presides over a brutal Communist regime set on building a nuclear weapon. But despite the differences, Kim Jong-un believes he is living in his own version of Camelot, the youthful world of John F. Kennedy. A new book claims that the leader of North … Read more
President Trump said there is no confirmation that North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un is gravely ill during Tuesday’s White House press briefing. ‘I can only say this, I wish him well,’ the president said from the podium. ‘Because if he is in the kind of condition that the reports say, that the news is … Read more
BREAKING NEWS: Kim Jong Un ‘in grave danger after heart surgery’ as speculation over dictator’s health sparks fears of power struggle in North Korea where his sister could be in line to take control North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is in grave danger after a surgery says a US official with direct knowledge. Kim’s … Read more
North Korea may be a nightmarishly oppressive state, but for architects there’s a sliver of dreamland within – the capital, Pyongyang. As architects Cristiano Bianchi and Kristina Drapic explain in their new book, Model City Pyongyang. They say: ‘We realised that the city does have its own strange kind of beauty. Pyongyang embodies the dream … Read more
Hiking trail opens in the Korean Peninsula’s heavily armed demilitarized zone, where endangered species are flourishing First of three hiking trails has opened on the Korean Peninsula with tours running twice a day, six days a week Pictures have emerged of the first hikers to tackle the trail, which is surrounded by barbed wire and … Read more
An American woman who was adopted from South Korea as an infant has shared a video of the emotional moment she met her biological mother and sister for the first time in 33 years. Shelee Henderson, 33, from Chickasha, Oklahoma, was raised by her adoptive parents, Nancy and Jimmy, in the U.S. and told her birth mother … Read more
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un warns of ‘serious consequences’ if coronavirus spreads to his country as South Korea reports nearly 600 new cases Kim called for the country’s anti-epidemic headquarters to strengthen screening It came as South Korea reported 594 new coronavirus cases on Friday night No new deaths were immediately reported, keeping Seoul’s death … Read more