North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test-firing on Wednesday of long-range surface-to-air missiles at a launch site near its east coast, state media KCNA reported on Thursday. The test, aimed at assessing the nuclear-armed country's strategic technology for developing a new type of high-altitude missile,

SEOUL: Russia's President Vladimir Putin touted an "invincible friendship" with North Korea in a New Year letter to leader Kim Jong Un, state media reported Thursday (Dec 25).In the message, received in Pyongyang last week,

Kim Jong Un inaugurates a luxury mountain resort in Samjiyon, projecting prosperity even as North Korea struggles with poverty and hunger.

North Korean media increasingly refer to Kim Jong Un as general secretary of the ruling Workers' Party rather than chairman of the State Affairs.

Samjiyon, where the latest resort is, holds deep symbolic importance in North Korean propaganda, given its proximity to Mount Paektu – the highest peak on the Korean Peninsula – which official narratives claim as the birthplace of Mr Kim’s father, Kim Jong Il. Most historians, however, maintain that Kim Jong Il was born in the Soviet Union.

A captured North Korean smartphone reveals how Kim Jong Un's regime uses technology for surveillance, language control, and information suppression—offering a disturbing insight into citizens' lives under strict governmental oversight.

N. Korea's Kim attends opening for regional factories North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C) visits an area for making confectionery during the inauguration ceremony of regional factories in Jangyon, South Hwanghae Province,