Questions Hover as Kim Opens Luxury North Korean Beach Resort

Andrew Salmon | June 29, 2025 (The Washington Times) — The opening of a ritzy beach resort in North Korea is puzzling pundits. The impressive scale and apparent high quality of the resort are raising questions about the economy of the heavily sanctioned …

North Korea, Russia Forge Stronger Cultural Collaboration

(MENAFN) North Korea and Russia have agreed to bolster their collaboration in the cultural and artistic realms, according to state media reports on Monday. The accord was reached during a meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian Minister …

Crypto Heists Hit All Time High: North Korea Linked Bybit Hack Drives $2.1 Billion Loss in H1 2025

In the first half of 2025, hackers made off with an astonishing $2.1 billion worth of cryptocurrency—the highest half year total on record. According to blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs, this surge was fueled primarily by a single, audacious breach: …

Reporter's notebook: The difficulties of covering North Korea

North Korea’s Lazarus Group Strikes Again With $3.2 Million Scam

North Korea-linked hackers are ramping up attacks on the cryptocurrency sector, with recent investigations pointing to the Lazarus Group’s evolving methods. On-chain analyst ZachXBT has revealed a string of incidents tied to the regime’s cyber operations. …

Americans Detained After Trying to Send Over 1,000 Bibles to North Korea

Six Americans were initially detained on Friday in South Korea for trying to throw more than a thousand plastic bottles filled with food, religious texts, money, and USB sticks in the sea to be carried to North Korea, the Associated Press reported. …

Watch | ‘Lovebugs’ swarm Seoul as South Korea capital debates pest control

While South Korea has a perpetual headache in the form of nuclear weapons’ threat from its neighbour to the north, the country’s capital Seoul has been invaded by another threat: lovebugs. Formally called plecia longiforceps, these bugs are called lovebugs …

North Koreans take to the streets in rare protest against 'US imperialism' as WW3 fears escalate

North Koreans have taken to the streets in protest – but not against their despotic leader. Kim Jong-un rules the isolated nation with an iron fist, and shuns the outside world. Subsequently, his country is known for having people try to flee to bordering …

North informs UN Command it will resume military border operations, stays silent on repatriating citizens

Published: 30 Jun. 2025, 16:47 Updated: 30 Jun. 2025, 17:48 North Korean soldiers work in the inter-Korea border area in the demilitarized one with large troop deployments on June 18, 2024. [JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF]   North Korea notified the United Nations …

Former North Korean commander dismissed over botched war ship launch back in media

Published: 30 Jun. 2025, 17:49 Audio report: written by reporters, read by AI Kim Myong-sik, the former commander of North Korea’s Navy who was dismissed after a new warship, the Kang Kon destroyer, tipped over, reappeared in state media aired by the …