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Latest satellite images show the ship floating in the port of Chongjin.

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

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CORRECTS SOURCE- This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows North Korea's new naval destroyer on May 18, 2025, in Chongjin, North Korea.  (Maxar Technologies via AP)

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
CORRECTS SOURCE- This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows North Korea’s new naval destroyer on May 18, 2025, in Chongjin, North Korea.  (Maxar Technologies via AP)

‘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

Trump’s tariffs: Friends with few benefits and foes with plenty

The Australian government was confident about an exemption from Trump’s trade imposts but as it turned out, that privilege was reserved only for enemies.

  • Peter Hartcher
A photo released by Ukrainian officials purporting to show a North Korean soldier captured by Ukraine.

North Korean soldiers fighting for Russia earn millions for the Kim regime

Captured soldiers have lifted the curtain ever so slightly on the secretive Kim regime’s decision to join Russia’s war against Ukraine.

  • Lisa Visentin
Russian soldiers at an artillery position in the Kursk region, in Russia, in December.

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
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, centre, meets soldiers who took part in a training in North Korea

‘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
A drawing showing stick men figures shooting a drone, on one page of the North Korean soldier’s diary.

North Korean diary reveals use of horrific tactic in Ukraine war

The diary of the dead soldier described the reckless tactic, along with expressions of love for Kim Jong-un and a “longing” to return to his homeland.

  • James Kilner
Year 12 students Kim Jhanggui (right), 17, and Jo Kyeongfa (left), 18, say the school’s education has helped them connect with their Korean identity.

‘In here you only learn about the good things’: Inside a North Korean school

At Aichi Korean Middle and High School, teachers and students are fighting to preserve their identity, while the outside world is suspicious of their ties to a hostile dictatorship.

  • Lisa Visentin, Stella Perry and Christopher Jue
Defectors prepare to release balloons carrying leaflets and a banner denouncing Kim Jong-un in 2016. Such continued campaigns have enraged the Kim regime.

A North Korean voice Kim Jong-un would love to silence

Kim Seongmin was on his way to Pyongyang for certain execution when he jumped out of the window. What he did next has infuriated the North Korean leader.

  • Choe Sang-Hun

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