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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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