Thursday 21 January, 2021
North Korea says the South should have stopped 40 people from burning a portrait of Kim Il-sung on the anniversary of his birth; Seoul says the ultimatum is ‘absurd’.
There is speculation that North Korea will try a missile test today to coincide with birthday celebrations for former leader Kim Il-Sung.
From TheJournal.ie
High-ranking officials have played down the report, however, saying there is no US consensus on North Korea’s abilities.
Tensions are growing ahead of a key anniversary in North Korea this week.
North Korea has moved missiles to its east coast that are capable of hitting targets in Guam, South Korea and Japan.
North Korea’s Supreme Leader also called for a “radical turnabout” in his struggling country’s economy.
The Titanic disaster, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Anglo-Irish Treaty: 2012 has been a big year for commemorations. Here’s your guide to the bigger commemorations held this year.
North Korea’s national celebration of the 100th birthday of national founder Kim Il Sung was big enough to be visible from space.
New North Korean leader signals economic reform in his public address.
It’s one of the most secretive nations in the world but this week, North Korea allowed journalists in to the country to witness its rocket test. Here’s what they saw.
The statues of Kim Jong-Il and his father, Kim Il-Sung, are unveiled to mark the latter’s 100th birthday this weekend.
The US and South Korea are concerned the rocket launches are a cover to test long-range missiles capable of carrying nuclear weapons.
The week of what would have been King Jong Il’s 70th birthday was marked in North Korea with the unveiling of a bronze statue in Pyongyang today.
The body will be preserved by North Korean embalmers, rather than the Russian experts used previously, according to reports.
Meanwhile, North Korea’s ally China has been holding its first summit with South Korea since Kim Jong Il passed away.
President Lee Myung-bak says the transition of power in North Korea may offer the chance for peace on the peninsula.
North Korea’s powerful National Defense Commission said that the country would never deal with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak.
When Kim Jong Il died, the skies glowed red above a sacred mountain in North Korea – at least, according to state propaganda. But how exactly is this state-run propaganda done?
The death of Kim Jong Il has brought fresh attention on the inner workings of how North Korea addresses its people.
The only way to get to North Korea is through the government-owned airline – which isn’t quite as glamorous as some others.
Working as a teacher in South Korea, Hayley Millar expected wild parties when much-hated Kim Jong-il died. So why was nobody celebrating? She asked around…
With major public expressions of grief at the death of Kim Jong Il, it’s worth taking a look at some similar scenes from 1994…
We take a brief look at the closer bilateral ties between Ireland and North Korea – and the attention given to us over there.
At least one missile was fired today – the same day North Korean media announced the death of leader Kim Jong Il.
South Korea has suspended trips to the North – so Pyongyang has converted an old ship to try and attract Chinese visitors.
AP’s chief Asian photographer David Guttenfelder spent a month being accompanied around North Korea. Here is his work.
In today’s Fix: EBS joins banks in posting major losses; computers being programmed to ‘feel’ regret; and interesting interpretations of skyscraper design.
Kim Il Sung would have turned 99 today and the “Day of the Sun” remains the country’s most important national holiday.
The eldest of Kim Jong-il’s three sons scorns the inevitable rise to power of the youngest son, Jong-un.
Kim Jong-un appears for the first time at a major public event as the North Korean Workers’ Party celebrates its 65th anniversary.
Reports and new pictures of the son – and heir apparent – of Kim Jong-Il suggest he may have had plastic surgery to look more like his grandfather, founder of North Korea
To mark the promotion of his grandson as a general, the Korean News Service publishes a story on NK’s “eternal president”.
