North Korea

North Korea continued nuclear and missile programmes in 2020 thanks to cyber hacking money, UN says

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North Korea continued its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes throughout 2020 in violation of international sanctions and funded them with £220m ($300m) stolen through cyber hacks, according to a confidential United Nations report.  Kim Jong-un’s regime ‘produced fissile material, maintained nuclear facilities and upgraded its ballistic missile infrastructure’ while continuing to seek material and technology … Read more

Covid lockdowns have seen democratic freedoms decline across the globe

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Coronavirus lockdowns have stripped the world of democratic freedoms, with 2020 returning the worst scores in the 15-year history of an annual democracy index. The United Kingdom slipped two places, while France and Portugal joined the US in the ‘flawed democracies’ categories compiled in the Economist’s Democracy Index. Norway, Iceland and Sweden were unchanged at … Read more

North Korea: Kim Jong un unveils huge ‘submarine-launched ballistic missiles’ during military parade

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Nuclear-armed North Korea unveiled a new submarine-launched ballistic missile at a military parade in Pyongyang, state media reported Friday, in a show of strength days before Joe Biden’s inauguration as US president. State media said Kim Jong Un took centre stage after the five-yearly congress of the ruling Workers’ Party, at which the North Korean leader … Read more

Kim Jong Un says US is North Korea’s ‘biggest enemy’ regardless of who is in charge

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Kim Jong Un has described the United States as his country’s ‘biggest enemy’ while outlining a number of sophisticated weapons systems under development, during a key meeting of the ruling party this week, state media reported. Speaking for nine hours at the five-yearly congress of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea, over three days, the … Read more

Thousands gather in ‘coronvirus free’ North Korea

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Thousands gather in ‘coronavirus free’ North Korea for New Year fireworks but Kim Jong-Un SKIPS his annual televised address and sends every citizen a card instead Kim Jong Un thanked North Koreans for supporting leadership in ‘difficult times’ Fireworks welcomed in new year along with dancing in the capital of Pyongyang Kim penned New Year … Read more

North Korea publicly executes a citizen by firing squad for breaking Covid restriction rules

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North Korea publicly executes a citizen by firing squad for breaking Covid restriction rules The condemned man was accused of smuggling across the border with China North Korea officially claims it has never identified a single case of coronavirus But the regime has imposed ‘ultra-high-level emergency quarantine measures’  By Tim Stickings For Mailonline Published: 09:11 … Read more

North Korea publicly executes a citizen by firing squad for breaking Covid restriction rules

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North Korea publicly executes a citizen by firing squad for breaking Covid restriction rules The condemned man was accused of smuggling across the border with China North Korea officially claims it has never identified a single case of coronavirus But the regime has imposed ‘ultra-high-level emergency quarantine measures’  By Tim Stickings For Mailonline Published: 09:11 … Read more

North Korea ‘is training elite dolphins to clear mines and attack enemy frogmen’

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North Korea ‘is training elite dolphins to clear mines and attack enemy frogmen’ in carbon-copy of America’s Navy programme North Korea is training dolphins as part of its naval force, evidence suggests Satellite images show animal pens at a naval base in Nampo, on the west coast The Naval Marine Mammal Program dates back to … Read more

Parents of North Korean prisoner Otto Warmbier bash Trump for his ‘friendship’ with Kim Jong-un

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The grieving parents of imprisoned and murdered college student Otto Warmbier are criticizing Donald Trump for complimenting Kim Jong-un and say they want President-elect Joe Biden to reach out to them to continue their work on North Korea’s human rights abuses.    Cindy and Fred Warmbier told DailyMail.com that, to them, it doesn’t matter who is … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Councillor claims Covid-19 is ‘a fake virus’ that does NOT exist

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A councillor who claims that Covid-19 is a ‘fake virus’ which does not exist has compared life under lockdown to ‘living in North Korea’. Irene Hewitson, an Independent member of Great Aycliffe Town Council in Co Durham, said she will believe that coronavirus exists ‘when my neighbours, relatives, friends and work people are dying around me’. … Read more