President Moon Jae-in said Monday that the COVID-19 pandemic has opened up new opportunities for stalled inter-Korean cooperation, which he began promoting following the Panmunjeom Declaration announced after his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un two years ago. Marking the second anniversary of the inter-Korean summit, Moon evaluated the "improvement in and challenges of" inter-Korean relations during the past two years.

Where is the supreme leader Kim Jong Un? This question has become the talk of the Pyongyang, who too have not seen the North Korean leader after April 11 and the state-media has unusually been silent. Did Kim Jong Un die of a failed heart surgery? Is he in a vegetative state after a failed stent procedure? Or he is still alive and is simply holidaying at Wonsan where his train was spotted? These are some of the questions that everybody seems to be asking.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has died, according to a leading Hong Kong broadcast network.

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 US is monitoring intelligence that suggests North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un, is in grave danger after undergoing a previous surgery, according to a US official with direct knowledge.

The North Korean leader’s trusted propagandist-in-chief is in the ascendancy

North Korea is now capable of using cyber attacks to disrupt critical U.S. infrastructure, the United States said on Wednesday, reiterating its offer to pay up to five million dollars for information that helps identify DPRK-backed hackers.  The advisory, jointly issued by the U.S. Departments of State, the Treasury, Homeland Security, and the Federal Bureau …

North Korea recently lifted its ban on students returning to China for study abroad programs, Daily NK has learned. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un handed down the order “several days ago” to the country’s education ministry, according to a Daily NK source in the country.

Dr. Choi: There are three key points I hope your readers will remember when they read about North Korea's medical system and infectious diseases. One, North Korea's medical system is not equipped to treat or even detect infectious diseases. Two, North Korea's medical system is neither free nor a paradise for patients as it claims to be. Three, even doctors and nurses must rely on the market.

North Korea threatens to shoot people from China who cross the border because of the corona virus. This was stated by Chinese authorities who appealed to their citizens to stay away from the North Korean border. Quoting Reuters, Chinese citizens announced a written notice to stay away from the North Korean border because the country was very serious about handling corona.

The test was the country’s second in a week and came as its main rival, South Korea, grappled with a large coronavirus outbreak.

They scored $80 million by tricking a network into routing funds to Sri Lanka and the Philippines and then using a "money mule" to pick up the cash.

Michael Hay, who founded and managed the longest-running foreign-backed law firm to be based in North Korea, died last Wednesday in South Korea, aged 58. His death was confirmed by friends and former colleagues to NK News. Hay – also a friend of this author – was well known among businesses and NGOs as one of the few lawyers to have ever successfully won commercial disputes in North Korea’s opaque legal system.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned top party officials of the "serious consequences" of failing to prevent an outbreak of the new coronavirus in the country, state media reported Saturday. The impoverished nation, with a weak and ill-equipped healthcare system, has closed its borders to prevent the spread of the disease into its territory.

He has thought of everything. He has cut the wires to the surveillance cameras. He has volunteered for a longer night shift. He has even laid out shoes for her by the back door.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made his first appearance in state-run media in three weeks on Sunday, the birthday of his father and late leader Kim Jong Il. The official Korean Central News Agency reported in the morning that Kim Jong Un visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun in Pyongyang, where the embalmed bodies of the two former leaders -- his grandfather and father -- lie in state.

Pyongyang claims there have been no cases of the virus in the country. So why it is taking increasingly desperate measures?

Kim Jong Un sent a message of condolence following the death of North Korean actor Choe Chang Su, state media said Tuesday.

North Korea has had no cases of the new coronavirus that is spreading in neighboring China, a health ministry official said on state media on Sunday. North Korea has ended most flights with China and Russia, imposed mandatory quarantines on any foreigners arriving in the country and ended international tourism programs, among other measures.

The Czech intelligence services foiled a secret plan by North Korea to smuggle weapons parts and surveillance drones, leading to the expulsion of a North Korean diplomat from the country, according to a report. The report, published this week by the Czech daily Deník N, claims that the alleged plot was foiled by the Czech Security Information Service, known as BIS.