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NewsYahoo News UK'I escaped the horrors of North Korea – now I want to solve Bury's fly-tipping crisis'
Jihyun Park escaped unimaginable human rights abuses and now, as a local election candidate in Bury, is believed to be the first North Korean to stand in a democratic vote anywhere in the world outside the Korean peninsula.
NewsYahoo News UKNorth Koreans 'starving to death' as impact of COVID worsens
Drastic measures taken to contain COVID-19 have exacerbated economic hardship, according to a UN report.
NewsAssociated PressDemoted? Pushed aside? Fate of Kim Jong Un's sister unclear
Some say Kim Yo Jong may have been demoted over general policy failures, while others believe her brother, North Korea's leader, could be worried about her increasingly high profile.
NewsYahoo News UKTest results for man suspected of being North Korea’s first official coronavirus case are inconclusive, WHO says
The country has so far claimed to have no COVID-19 infections but there has been some scepticism over this.
NewsYahoo News UKNorth Korea tells foreigners not to leave capital city amid coronavirus fears
State television reports showed people in protective gear disinfecting buildings and surfaces around the capital city.
NewsPA Media: World NewsShots fired on Korean border
There were no reports of casualties in the brief exchange of gunfire.
NewsYahoo News UKSouth Korea and China play down claims Kim Jong-un 'fighting for his life' after heart surgery
The North Korean leader was last seen at a government meeting 10 days ago.
NewsYahoo News UKCoronavirus: North Korea continues to insist it has no cases of COVID-19
The World Health Organisation said fewer than 1,000 people have been tested but a number of its citizens are in quarantine.
NewsYahoo News UKCoronavirus: North Korea claims to have no cases, but what is really happening?
North Korea banned tourists and quarantined thousands of people in its efforts to fight coronavirus.
NewsYahoo News UKKim Jong-un sends South Korea 'letter of friendship' following coronavirus deaths
South Korea has had over 5,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19.
HealthYahoo News UKNorth Korea ‘sends 500 workers to patrol Chinese border over coronavirus fears’
The reclusive country has reportedly sent the workers to the border to assist with "quarantine" operations.
LifestyleYahoo News UKNorth Korea set to ban foreign tourists to stop coronavirus spread
A foreign tour operator based in China announced the borders had been closed to foreign tourists.
PoliticsYahoo News UKUS says it's ready for conflict with North Korea if necessary
Comments by defense secretary Mark Esper saying the US is ready to fight North Korea if needed were reported by Iran's state media channel PressTV.
PoliticsYahoo News UKKim Jong Un calls for active “diplomatic and military counter-measures” amid speculation over nuclear diplomacy with US
In a mammoth seven-hour speech, Kim Jong Un appeared to suggest that nuclear diplomacy with the US could end.
PoliticsPA Media: World NewsNorth Korea threatens to resume calling Trump ‘a dotard’
The warning came after Donald Trump revived his 'rocket man' nickname for North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un.
PoliticsAssociated PressKim Jong Un supervises another N. Korean military drill
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised a parachuting drill of military sharpshooters and vowed to build an “invincible army,” displaying more defiance even as the United States and South Korea called off their own exercises to create space for nuclear diplomacy.
PoliticsYahoo News UKKim Jong Un rides white horse up sacred mountain in stunt aimed at US
The location and the animal are symbols associated with the Kim family's dynastic rule.
PoliticsYahoo News UKKim Jong-un watches as North Korea tests new ‘super-large multiple rocket launcher’
North Korea has reportedly fired two short-range ballistic missiles from a new rocket launcher in its latest weapons test.
PoliticsYahoo News UKNorth Korea carries out short-range ballistic missile tests
The test, which saw two short-range ballistic missiles fired in to the sea, is the fifth round of tests in less than three weeks.
PoliticsYahoo News UKNorth Korean soldier 'defects to the South after crossing demilitarised zone
The soldier expressed an interest in defecting to the South.
NewsYahoo Celebrity UKNoel Gallagher: Voting to leave the EU was ‘nonsensical’ but trying to overturn Brexit is ‘fascism’
Noel Gallagher: “You take part in a democratic process - if you don’t like the outcome, go to North Korea."
PoliticsYahoo News UKTen million North Koreans in 'dire need' of food after worst drought since 1982
North Korea’s population is around 25 million.
PoliticsYahoo News UKNorth Korea fires short-range missile, says South Korea
North Korea has fired at least one unidentified projectile from the country’s western area, South Korea’s military has said.
PoliticsYahoo News UKVladimir Putin lends support to Kim Jong-un for ending nuclear standoff as pair meet for first summit
Putin told Kim that Russia supports his efforts to normalise North Korea's relations with the United States.
PoliticsYahoo News UKNorth Korea test-fires new type of 'tactical guided weapon'
North Korea has test-fired a new type of "tactical guided weapon", it has announced. Kim Jong Un observed the weapon being fired on Wednesday by the Academy of Defence Science, state-run Korean Central News Agency said. The test is North Korea’s first such test in nearly six months, but it is not clear exactly what kind of weapon has been tested.
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