Chinese medical team dispatched to North Korea to advise on Kim Jong-un’s care 

China has dispatched a team to North Korea including medical experts to advise on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according to three people familiar with the situation. The trip by the Chinese doctors and officials comes amid conflicting reports about the health of the North Korean leader. Reuters was unable to immediately determine what … Read more

True scale of North Korea’s coronavirus deaths ‘very likely exceeds imagination’, defector warns

North Korea is hiding the true devastation dealt to its people by coronavirus in a bid to spare China embarrassment, a senior defector has revealed. The regime is also desperate to keep its death toll from the people, he said, and was terrified of the ‘shockwaves’ that would rock society if the real impact was … Read more

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

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 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

North Korea’s internet use has surged by 300 per cent over the last three years

North Korea‘s internet usage has surged by 300 per cent in the last three years, despite stringent international sanctions put in place by the West.  The majority of North Koreans have either no internet access or are only able to see a limited state-run version of the web, with only the elite able to surf … Read more

North Korea becomes the 29th country to record coronavirus as suspected patient struck in Denmark

North Korea has become the twenty-ninth country or territory to record a case of the killer coronavirus, local media report.   A native citizen returned from China before being tested positive for the deadly virus, according to local media. Sources told an English daily newspaper that the woman is from Pyongyang, the capital of the hermit … 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

Microsoft seizes control of 50 websites used by a North Korea-linked hacking group

Microsoft seizes control of 50 websites used by a North Korea-linked hacking group to carry out cyber attacks on government workers, human rights groups and nuclear activists The group used a network of websites to target specific groups of individuals They also targeted think tanks and peace workers as part of their attacks The group … 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

Influencers are increasingly visiting dangerous places as extreme travel firm sees bookings rise 30%

Instagram influencers are increasingly visiting dangerous destinations, from North Korea to Iraq: Firm specialising in extreme holidays sees 30 per cent rise in bookings Lupine Travel offers trips to the likes of North Korea, Syria and Afghanistan  Many of the firm’s customers want to try to visit every country in the world  Next year it … Read more