North Korea
Inside the futuristic Japanese warship that could change the face of the Australian navy
Australia is about to spend $10 billion on a new fleet of frigates, with German and Japanese ship makers battling for the contract.
- David King
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He’s still alive – seemingly with 400kg of uranium. What will Iran’s supreme leader do next?
Having survived Israel’s 12-day bombardment, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei could now go directly to North Korea in a race to build a bomb.
- Roland Oliphant
North Korea raises capsized warship damaged in botched launch
It wasn’t immediately clear what condition the ship is in from lying in the water for several days after the launch failure, which Kim Jong-un labelled “a criminal act”.
- Kim Tong-hyung
- Analysis
- World elections
He’s survived slums, sweatshops and a stabbing. Now this leader has to survive Donald Trump
When the US president launched his global trade war in April, South Korea was hamstrung, frozen by political turmoil. And a key industry was in the firing line.
- Lisa Visentin
Failure to launch: Who’s to blame for Kim Jong-un’s dockside disaster?
Destined to be the pride of his revamped navy, the recent launch of North Korea’s latest warship turned into an embarrassment for Kim Jong-un and his regime.
- Choe Sang-Hun and Jiawei Wang
‘Criminal act’: Kim Jong-un demands answers after warship launch fiasco
North Korea says arrests will be made as it steps up its investigation into how the country’s most modern destroyer ended up on its side, half underwater.
- Hyunsu Yim
Airlines update nuclear war plans as escalation threats grow
Operators are looking at workarounds to 1950s-era insurance policies that would ground all airliners in the event of a single nuclear explosion.
- Christopher Jasper
- Opinion
- Defence spending
Whoever wins the election, stop the rot in Defence. We’re in peril as never before
Australia confronts the greatest ever threats to its security, yet our bloated defence aristocracy is intellectually stunted. We need urgent action – and that includes a debate on the introduction of national service.
- Mick Ryan
Fighting alongside Russia, North Koreans wage their own war
The difficulties have ranged from finding uniforms small enough to fit North Korean soldiers, to hiccups that have led to direct clashes with Russian forces.
- Marc Santora and Helene Cooper
‘Ready to sacrifice’: Evidence of North Korean soldiers detonating before capture
North Korea’s suicide soldiers fighting Russia’s war on Ukraine pose a new challenge for Zelensky.
- Ju-min Park and John Geddie
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