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KIM JONG UN

U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shake hands before their one-on-one chat during the second U.S.-North Korea summit at the Metropole Hotel in Hanoi in February 2019.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 4, 2026
North Korea pours cold water on Kim-Trump meeting as APEC summit looms
The powerful sister of North Korea’s leader issued a familiar ultimatum to Trump, telling him to drop his country’s “hostile policy.”
A soldier walks past a screen showing showing file footage of a North Korean missile launch, at the main rail station in Seoul on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 4, 2026
North Korea fires off ‘several’ missiles in latest weapons test
Tokyo did not issue an alert about any North Korean missile launches, as it usually does with those that could pose a threat to Japan.
Kim Yo Jong (center left), sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, joins defense officials for an inspection visit at an undisclosed location in the country in this image released on Oct. 21.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 3, 2026
North Korea calls U.S. claims it was behind Binance hack ‘a grave political provocation’
Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of the North Korean leader, called the allegations “absurd rhetoric and nothing new.”
Lee Ae-ran, a North Korean cuisine researcher and owner of Neungra Restaurant who defected from North Korea in 1997, mixes marinated beef in a bowl while preparing bulgogi, a Korean marinated beef dish, at her restaurant in Seoul on Oct. 22.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 2, 2026
North Korea touts BBQ restaurant boom, but skeptics dismiss it as propaganda
Analysts say the openings reflect a push by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to portray a growing prosperity across the country.
A combination picture shows what North Korea said was a test to evaluate the effectiveness of a cluster-bomb warhead in this image released Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 1, 2026
North Korea fires off cluster bomb warheads in latest ‘major’ weapons test
Pyongyang claimed the warhead is “capable of turning into ashes a target area of 12 to 13 hectares.”
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends an unmanned aeronautical technology exhibition and weapons demonstration in this photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 30, 2026
Kim urges drone dominance as North Korea fires missiles and rockets
According to KCNA, Kim said that pursuing superiority in drone technology was “an indispensable option” given the changing nature of modern warfare.
News coverage shows file footage of a North Korean missile launch, on a screen at Seoul Station on Oct. 12.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 29, 2026
North Korea fires off around a dozen ballistic missiles
Seoul said the missiles had been fired from the city of Wonsan on North Korea’s eastern coast.
A translated screenshot of the homepage for KNDR.su, an online platform that helps Russian employers source North Korean workers
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 29, 2026
Russia using online platform to illegally employ North Korean ‘students’
Laborers posing as students are propping up Moscow’s war in Ukraine while sending cash back to Pyongyang, skirting sanctions, a probe has found.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrives with his Chinese and Russian counterparts, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, at the Tiananmen Gate for a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Beijing on Sept. 3, 2025.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 27, 2026
Why everyone wants to meet with North Korea’s leader
Kim’s involvement in the Ukraine war has given him credible alternatives, something North Korean leaders have rarely possessed.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meets China's No. 4 official, Wang Huning, in Dandong, China, on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 25, 2026
North Korea’s Kim visits China as allies look to boost economic ties
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was accompanied during his visit to the border city of Dandong on Saturday by Wang Huning, China’s No. 4 official.
News coverage of a North Korean missile launch at Seoul Station in Seoul on Oct. 12
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 20, 2026
Seoul vows ‘resolute punishment’ after North Korea threatens new border measures
The escalation and exchange of threats has raised the possibility of clashes along the heavily armed border.
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in Gyeongju, South Korea, in October last year. The South Korean leader has pursued "pragmatic diplomacy,” seeking warmer ties with China while trying to keep the U.S. close.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 16, 2026
South Korea-U.S. ties hit lowest ebb in years amid intelligence row
Spats spanning from investment deals to intelligence leaks have strained Seoul’s relationship with Washington.
People watch a news report on North Korea firing multiple unidentified cruise missiles into the sea off its west coast, at a railway station in Seoul, in 2024.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 15, 2026
North Korea tested two types of sub-launched cruise missiles, state media says
Senior military officers observed the tests conducted Wednesday in the sea off North Korea’s east coast, Korean Central News Agency reported.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter Ju Ae attend the opening ceremony of the Defense Revolution Museum on Sunday in this image released Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 13, 2026
North Korea’s Kim visits new defense museum as Trump floats meeting
The North Korean leader inaugurated the museum — chock full of advanced weaponry — as the U.S. president teased the idea of a summit next month.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ride together in a car during a visit to Beijing on Sept. 3 last year.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 7, 2026
North Korea warns U.S. over Taiwan while Kim pledges support for Russia
State media KCNA condemned the recent delivery to Taiwan of new F-16V Block 70 fighter jets from the U.S.
A North Korean intermediate-range missile is fired during a military drill overseen by leader Kim Jong Un from the eastern region of the country on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 4, 2026
North Korea says intermediate missile’s range bests Tokyo and Seoul estimates
North Korea has claimed that a launch of an intermediate-range missile saw the weapon fly 1,000 km — 300 km further than estimates by Tokyo and Seoul.
Former basketball player Dennis Rodman shakes hands with White House chief of staff Susie Wiles before U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the Peterbilt Motors facility in Denton, Texas, on Thursday.
WORLD
Oct 2, 2026
Rodman joins Trump as he eyes meeting with North Korea’s Kim
Basketball star Dennis Rodman has traveled to North Korea multiple times and joined the U.S. president at an event in Texas Thursday.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung delivers a speech during the 78th Armed Forces Day at a military base in Gyeryong, South Korea, on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 1, 2026
South Korea president urges Pyongyang dialogue after DMZ blasts
Seoul’s military had demanded North Korea apologize after three South Korean officers were injured in an explosion inside the Demilitarized Zone.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks in Pyongyang on Sept. 21.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 30, 2026
North Korean leader ‘extremely obese,’ Seoul spy agency says
Kim Jong Un’s health is closely watched, as his sudden death could raise questions over succession and stability in the nuclear-armed state.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy addresses the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York City on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 25, 2026
Ukraine sent two captured North Korean soldiers to South Korea, Zelenskyy says
South Korea said it was “deeply regretful” that Ukraine had made the transfer public, adding that the two sides had agreed not to disclose it.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Japan works to shield Takaichi from any Xi snub at China summit
Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives at the Prime Minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 4.
Magnitude 5.7 quake injures dozens in central Japan
A magnitude-5.7 earthquake with its epicenter in Shizuoka Prefecture struck central Japan early Sunday, injuring dozens, shattering windows and disrupting train services, with no tsunami warning issued.
Private high schools remain out of reach for many despite tuition-free policy, survey finds
A survey showed that many families with children attending private high schools are struggling to pay expenses other than tuition.
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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