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Kim Kyong-hui, Kim Jong-un’s aunt, dressed in black and seated next to his wife, made a surprise public appearance. (Korea Central News Agency, via Agence France-Presse, Getty Images)

January 27th, 2020 - 07:17 GMT

Kim Jong-Un's Aunt Makes Her First Public Appearance in 6 Years

The aunt of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Un has been seen in public for the first time since the execution of her husband in 2013. Kim Kyong Hui is the daughter of North Korea's founder, Kim ll-sung, and sister to former leader Kim Jong-il. She had largely disappeared from public view since 2013, after Kim Jong-Un ordered the execution of her husband, Jang Song Thaek, seen as the second most ...

The Korea Central News Agency released an English report on the Eighth Conference of Munitions Industry held Monday in Pyongyang where officials reviewed the progress and achievements of the state's arms development.

December 12th, 2017 - 08:38 GMT

N. Korea Says It's an Unmatched Nuclear State Headed for Victory

Bosco said China needs to, at some point, "realize that the price it will pay for supporting the North is too high" (AFP/File)

December 7th, 2017 - 02:21 GMT

China Needs to Pressure North Korea: US Security Expert

North Korea launched the Hwasong-15 ICBM on Nov. 29, and it traveled 600 miles before it broke apart in the air and landed in waters near Japan (AFP)

December 5th, 2017 - 01:40 GMT

N. Korea Missile Launch Photos Digitally Edited, Show the Wrong Star Constellations

North Korea often justifies its development of nuclear weapons as a measure aimed at countering alleged American aggression (AFP/File)

November 29th, 2017 - 07:52 GMT

N. Korea Announces New Missile Capable of Reaching Anywhere in US

Photo: The AFC

November 14th, 2017 - 07:49 GMT

Asian Cup Qualifiers: Lebanon Deal Hong Kong's Hopes a Blow

The United States and South Korea are officially opposed to deploying nuclear weapons in the South (AFP/File)

November 2nd, 2017 - 08:00 GMT

N. Korea Runs Hospital for Soldiers Exposed to Radiation from Nuclear Testing

A nuclear war between the U.S. and North Korea wide-ranging consequences for the Middle East region. (AFP)

October 18th, 2017 - 01:29 GMT

The Middle East's Hidden Hand in a Possible Nuclear War with N. Korea

The U.A.E will end the mission of North Korea's non-resident envoy and stop issuing new visas to North Koreans (AFP/File)

October 13th, 2017 - 06:56 GMT

UAE Cuts Ties with North Korea, Ends Visas

“The Egyptian authorities already confiscated and destroyed the shipment in the presence of a panel of experts from the 1718 Committee on North Korea's sanctions in the Security Council," Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid said (AFP/File Photo)

October 3rd, 2017 - 06:58 GMT

Egypt Destroys North Korea Shipment of Anti-Tank Missiles, Denying Involvement

El Sisi has previously condemned North Korea (AFP)

October 2nd, 2017 - 01:40 GMT

Egypt's El-Sisi Caught Buying Grenades from North Korea's Kim Jong Un

A test launch of the surface-to-surface medium long-range strategic ballistic missile Hwasong-10 takes place from an undisclosed location in North Korea (AFP/File Photo)

September 20th, 2017 - 11:32 GMT

Qatar, Kuwait to Block North Korean Workers Following Nuclear Tests

U.S. President Donald Trump has hinted that the United States may cut ties with any country which trades with North Korea (AFP)

September 7th, 2017 - 03:31 GMT

Feature: America's Middle East Allies May Be Funding North Korea's Nuclear Tests