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  • Monday, 29 May, 2023
    North Korea nuclear tensions
    Japan threatens to shoot down any North Korean missile that enters its territory

    Tokyo puts ballistic missile defences on alert after Pyongyang signals imminent launch of military satellite

  • Wednesday, 26 April, 2023
    US foreign policy
    Biden steps up commitment to South Korean nuclear defence

    Deployments designed to deter Pyongyang, reassure Seoul and avoid a dangerous arms race in Asia

  • Wednesday, 26 April, 2023
    ExplainerBritish American Tobacco PLC
    How British American Tobacco sold cigarettes to North Korea despite sanctions

    The UK company paid the US justice department’s biggest penalty for violating sanctions on Pyongyang

  • Wednesday, 19 April, 2023
    North Korea nuclear tensions
    North Korea claims success in building first spy satellite

    Pyongyang says satellite will strengthen country’s ability to conduct pre-emptive strike and monitor US and South Korean activity

  • Friday, 14 April, 2023
    North Korea nuclear tensions
    North Korea claims successful solid fuel missile test

    Weapons can be fuelled in secret giving adversaries less time to mount a preventive strike

  • Thursday, 13 April, 2023
    North Korea nuclear tensions
    North Korean missile launch triggers evacuation alarm in Japan

    South Korean military suggests test could have been a solid-fuel long-range missile

  • Friday, 31 March, 2023
    World36 min
    North Korea and the triads: gangsters, ghost ships and spies | FT Film

    How Chinese criminal networks help to support Kim Jong Un's nuclear ambitions

  • Wednesday, 29 March, 2023
    Visual investigation
    Inside North Korea’s oil smuggling: triads, ghost ships and underground banks

    An investigation into the Chinese criminal networks helping to prop up the rogue nuclear regime

  • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
    N Korea to restart diplomatic activity after three years of Covid isolation

    Stalled nuclear talks could benefit as leader Kim Jong Un slowly reopens country, diplomats say

  • Monday, 20 February, 2023
    North Korea nuclear tensions
    South Korea’s ruling party leader hints at need for nuclear weapons

    Recent North Korean missile launches raise questions about US commitment to Seoul’s defence

  • Wednesday, 1 February, 2023
    FT MagazineGillian Tett
    What a perilous flight from North Korea tells us about digital connections

    Those who manage to escape are now bringing previously unattainable images with them

  • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
    Chinese broker exposed by FT investigation into North Korea oil trade arrested

    South Korean authorities detain shipping agent amid fears of flight risk after activities revealed

  • Friday, 27 January, 2023
    Cryptofinance
    US pursues North Korea in crypto war games

    Plus, Moody’s positive outlook on DeFi, and Tether takes market share

  • Sunday, 22 January, 2023
    News in-depth
    North Korean drone incursion rattles nerves in Seoul over air defences

    Pyongyang’s ‘psychological campaign’ of provocation reveals gaps in South Korea’s security strategy

  • Monday, 16 January, 2023
    OutlookChristian Davies
    Lessons in preparing for war on the Korean peninsula

    As Kim Jong Un ratchets up his nuclear arsenal, Seoul residents face questions over how to plan for a crisis

  • Sunday, 8 January, 2023
    The Big Read
    North Korea’s evolving nuclear threat: too great to deter?

    Kim Jong Un’s growing arsenal is setting the scene for a risky game of military one-upmanship with the US and its east Asian allies

  • Thursday, 22 December, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    US accuses North Korea of arming Kremlin-linked Wagner Group

    Russian mercenaries in Ukraine led by Putin ally have received missiles from Pyongyang, says White House

  • Friday, 16 December, 2022
    Fuel transfer from South to North Korea sheds light on sanctions evasion

    Rare spotting of ship-to-ship delivery illustrates difficulty of enforcing energy isolation of Pyongyang

  • Saturday, 3 December, 2022
    News in-depthKim Jong Un
    Kim adopts trappings of royalty as he presents ‘princess’ to North Korea

    Ju Ae sparks speculation over successor after joining her father and generals at missile launch

  • Friday, 18 November, 2022
    North Korea nuclear tensions
    North Korea fires suspected ICBM into waters off Japan

    Launch of Pyongyang’s longest-range weapon seen as an angry response to moves by US and east Asian allies

  • Monday, 14 November, 2022
    The Big Read
    How North Korea became a mastermind of crypto cyber crime

    Cryptocurrency theft has become one of the regime’s main sources of revenue and underlines the lack of regulation of digital assets

  • Thursday, 3 November, 2022
    North Korea nuclear tensions
    US to deploy more nuclear-capable warplanes around Korean peninsula

    Deterrence effort comes as North Korea steps up missile launches and readies for possible nuclear test

  • Thursday, 3 November, 2022
    North Korea nuclear tensions
    North Korea fires suspected ICBM in latest missile barrage

    Washington fears Pyongyang about to conduct first nuclear test since 2017

  • Wednesday, 26 October, 2022
    Christian Davies
    South Korea must remember the abuses Pyongyang would rather forget

    Seoul does not have any settled policy on future legal recourse for the victims of North Korea’s atrocities

  • Wednesday, 26 October, 2022
    North Korea nuclear tensions
    Allies warn N Korea against seventh nuclear test

    US, South Korea and Japan threaten ‘unparalleled’ response

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