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  • 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

  • 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 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

  • Thursday, 3 November, 2022
    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 fires suspected ICBM in latest missile barrage

    Washington fears Pyongyang about to conduct first nuclear test since 2017

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

    US, South Korea and Japan threaten ‘unparalleled’ response

  • Monday, 17 October, 2022
    South Korea launches military drills with the US as tensions mount

    Pyongyang has increased provocations while blaming fraught environment on Seoul and Washington

  • Sunday, 9 October, 2022
    News in-depth
    ‘North Korea has already won’: US urged to abandon denuclearisation ‘farce’

    Washington and its allies have failed to arrest the development of Kim’s arsenal, analysts warn

  • Tuesday, 4 October, 2022
    North Korea fires ballistic missile over Japan

    Projectile’s 4,600km flight potentially puts US territory of Guam within Pyongyang’s range

  • Friday, 9 September, 2022
    Kim Jong Un toughens nuclear policy to allow pre-emptive strikes

    North Korean leader vows to never give up arsenal or enter talks to decommission weapons

  • Thursday, 8 September, 2022
    News in-depthNorth Korea
    North Korea seizes on Russian isolation to deepen ties with Putin

    Kim Jong Un cultivates relationship in effort to win support for his own strategic goals

  • Monday, 22 August, 2022
    US and South Korea launch war games for first time in 4 years

    Military drills come as regional tensions mount over Pyongyang’s nuclear programme and Taiwan status

  • Friday, 12 August, 2022
    South Korea Politics & Policy
    South Korea disputes China’s account of foreign minister talks

    Countries offer contrasting versions of missile defence policy as tensions increase

  • Thursday, 28 July, 2022
    Kim Jong Un says Korean peninsula on the ‘brink of war’

    North Korea’s leader threatens to ‘wipe out’ foes with nuclear weapons

  • Saturday, 21 May, 2022
    Biden and Yoon agree to step up deterrence against North Korea

    Washington seeks to reassure allies of its support as Pyongyang pushes ahead with nuclear weapons

  • Friday, 13 May, 2022
    North Korea
    North Korea reports first Covid-19 death from Omicron variant

    Fever has spread ‘explosively’ as experts warn about potential impact on unvaccinated nation

  • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
    News in-depth
    Nervous South Koreans seek ways to counter North’s nuclear threat

    New president Yoon Suk-yeol has pledged to ‘dramatically strengthen’ defences

  • Friday, 29 April, 2022
    North Korea preparing for first nuclear test since 2017, warn experts

    Satellite images at test site emerge as Kim Jong Un watches parade of sophisticated weaponry

  • Tuesday, 26 April, 2022
    News in-depth
    Kim could use nuclear arsenal to dominate Korean peninsula, warn experts

    Dictator’s weapons programme has grown beyond the ‘purely defensive’

  • Friday, 22 April, 2022
    Kim Jong Un tones down rhetoric in rare friendly exchange with South Korea

    North Korean leader praises President Moon Jae-in after weeks of rising tensions and missile tests

  • Tuesday, 5 April, 2022
    Kim Jong Un’s sister condemns South Korean defence minister as a ‘lunatic’

    Dictator’s confidante warns Seoul that it faces ‘extermination’ in confrontation with Pyongyang

  • Friday, 25 March, 2022
    North Korea claims successful launch of ‘monster missile’

    Pyongyang says it is ready to contain ‘US imperialists’ but some observers question validity of reports

  • Thursday, 24 March, 2022
    North Korea raises tensions with missile launch into Sea of Japan

    US, Tokyo and Seoul condemn launch of what appears to be Pyongyang’s longest-range missile yet

  • Wednesday, 16 March, 2022
    Kim Jong Un’s regime suffers dangerous missile launch failure

    Test conducted after White House warned North Korea against challenging US during Ukraine war

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