The Latest Breaking News from North Korea

A North Korean soldier nearly died after refusing to surrender his sausage at gunpoint when captured by Ukrainian forces.

A thousand North Korean troops have reportedly been killed in the Kursk region of Russia

Discovery of two injured servicemen sent from Pyongyang and disguised as Russian fighters blows apart myth that Zelenskyy’s fight is solely with Moscow

U.S. sanctions Sudanese military leaders for obstructing aid and committing atrocities, targeting individuals exploiting North Korean workers.

North Korea condemned on Friday joint military drills between South Korea, Japan and the United States held this week, threatening to respond by exercising its right to self-defence "more intensively".

Donald Trump’s first term gave the world a taste of deliberately disruptive unwanted involvement in the domestic affairs of other countries, with examples ranging from Britain in the throes of Brexit to North Korea where the 45th US president attempted to forge a personal deal with Kim Jung-Un.

Kim Jong Un has been using the development of North Korea’s nuclear weapons programme as his “insurance policy” to stay in power, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of state, said.

North Korea flaunts fake IKEA store, defying sanctions. Likely selling counterfeit goods, the store serves as propaganda while exploiting Western brands.

Kyiv claims to have captured two North Korean soldiers during fighting in Russia’s Kursk region

The launch came as Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya visited South Korea for a series of meetings with top officials, with the Asian neighbours seeking to boost bilateral ties before Trump returns to office next week.

In today’s newsletter: Kyiv’s interrogation footage of captured North Korean soldiers leads to questions about what it might do with the soldiers – and what the PoWs might do for them