North Korea claims it has ZERO cases of coronavirus but experts say it’s ‘impossible’

North Korea boasts that it has no cases of COVID-19, even as its neighbor to the north China has experienced more than 3,200 deaths from the global pandemic. North Korean leader Kim Jung Un claims that a 30-day quarantine, a closed border and the suspension of trade with China has kept the nation free from … Read more

North Korea deploys Photoshop to beat coronavirus

North Korea has Photoshopped face masks onto coronavirus propaganda images, an expert has claimed – while Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un is pictured without one to show he does not fear the disease.  Multiple photographs depicting North Korea’s response to the threat of COVID-19 were sent to Stuart Gibson, a senior lecturer in forensic science at … Read more

North Korea deploys Photoshop to beat coronavirus

North Korea has Photoshopped face masks onto coronavirus propaganda images, an expert has claimed – while Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un is pictured without one to show he does not fear the disease.  Multiple photographs depicting North Korea’s response to the threat of COVID-19 were sent to Stuart Gibson, a senior lecturer in forensic science at … Read more

Kim Jong Un’s sister Kim Yo Jong calls South Korea a ‘frightened dog’

Kim Jong Un’s sister Kim Yo Jong calls South Korea a ‘frightened dog’ for protesting its live-fire weapons drills in a rare sign of her growing power Jim Jong Un’s sister Kim Yo Jong has issued insults towards its rival South Korea  She criticised the South for expressing concerns over the North’s firing drills It … Read more

North Korea fires two ‘unidentified projectiles’ into the sea

North Korea fired two unidentified projectiles into its eastern sea today as it restarts weapons demonstrations after coronavirus may have caused a month-long hiatus.   The projectiles were fired near the coastal town of Wonsan and flew around 149 miles, according to Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff. The South Korean and U.S. militaries jointly analysed the … Read more

North Korea imposes ‘unprecedented’ coronavirus measures

North Korea is taking ‘unprecedented’ measures against coronavirus with month-long quarantines, foreign diplomats locked in their compounds and loudspeakers blaring out health warnings.  State media is demanding ‘absolute obedience’ to health authorities as the secretive nation tries to shield itself from the virus that emerged in neighbouring China.  New arrivals are subject to 30 days’ … Read more

Kim Jong-un is seen in public for the first time in a month amid coronavirus outbreak

Kim Jong-un bows before statue of his father as he visits mausoleum in first public appearance in nearly a month amid coronavirus outbreak Kim Jong-un visited a palace to commemorate his father’s birthday on Saturday  Marks first time North Korean leader has been seen in public since January 25 Kim went missing as North Korea … Read more

US brings new charges against Chinese tech giant Huawei

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has added new criminal charges against Chinese tech giant Huawei and several subsidiaries, accusing the company in a brazen scheme to steal trade secrets from competitors in America, federal prosecutors announced Thursday. The company also provided surveillance equipment to Iran that enabled the monitoring of protesters during 2009 anti-government … Read more

From North Korea to sunny South Africa via Israel: The world’s most unusual ski resorts revealed

If you want to take your ski holiday completely off-piste, then forget the Rockies, Sierra Nevada mountains or the Alps – try the Middle East. Or perhaps North Korea. Here we reveal some of the most unlikely locations for ski resorts. North Korea  North Korea’s Masikryong ski resort opened in 2014 to compete with Pyeongchang … Read more

North Korean capital’s ‘strangely beautiful’ architecture revealed in new book Model City Pyongyang

North Korea may be a nightmarishly oppressive state, but for architects there’s a sliver of dreamland within – the capital, Pyongyang. As architects Cristiano Bianchi and Kristina Drapic explain in their new book, Model City Pyongyang. They say: ‘We realised that the city does have its own strange kind of beauty. Pyongyang embodies the dream … Read more