North Korea
They’re hidden from the world by a brutal regime. In Paris, they’re swapping pins
While North Korea sends balloons of putrid rubbish to the south, it is trying to portray a friendly face at the Paris Olympics.
- by Jordan Baker
Latest
‘More North Korea than North Sydney’: Fury over new social media rules
Councillor and former mayor Jilly Gibson has declared she won’t abide by new social media rules she believes are targeted at her administration of a local Facebook page.
- by Michael Koziol
‘Bad spiral’: Feeling the heat in Ukraine, Putin turns up the temperature elsewhere on the West
Some analysts worry that Western desensitisation to Putin’s warnings, particularly about using nuclear weapons, has created a precarious situation.
- by Paul Sonne
Analysis
North Korea diplomacy
Russia needs North Korean weapons, but there is more to Putin’s rare visit
Kim has made two trips to Russia’s Far East since 2019. Putin is now expected to arrive in North Korea on Tuesday for the first time since 2000.
- by The Economist
China offers new olive branch to lure Aussie tourists
The visa deal comes as Canberra and Beijing agree to new forms of military communication to prevent Australian Defence personnel being put at risk.
- by Matthew Knott
Explainer
World politics
‘Grave provocation’: What does North Korea’s Kim Jong-un want?
K-pop is blasting into North Korea once more as bizarre tactics ratchet up tensions on the peninsula. We explore what’s behind this “tit-for-tat” in an Explainer updated from earlier this year.
- by Angus Holland and Jackson Graham
Putin willing to visit Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang soon, North Korea says
It would be Russian President Vladimir Putin’s first trip to North Korea in more than two decades, after he visited Kim Jong-il – current leader Kim Jong-un’s father – in 2000.
- by Kim Tong-Hyung
Kim changes his mind about reunification with South Korea, warns of war
The North Korean leader has declared the South an enemy to be subjugated, through nuclear war if necessary, and has dismantled all agencies dedicated to diplomacy.
- by Choe Sang-Hun
North Korea poised to admit first known tourists since 2020
Group from Russia set to be first tourists to North Korea in four years
- by Josh Smith
North Korea using Ukraine as test ground for missiles, Seoul says
The cooperation outlined by the South would mark a new phase of Kim’s assistance for Russian President Vladimir Putin in his war on Ukraine.
- by Seyoon Kim and Jon Herskovitz
North Korea supplied Russia with missiles for Ukraine attacks: White House
US intelligence officials believe that North Korea, in return for its arms support, wants Russia to provide it with an array of advanced military technologies.
- by Aamer Madhani and Colleen Long
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