North Korea fires gunshots towards South Korea

BREAKING NEWS: North Korea fires gunshots towards South Korea South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staffs said in a statement that North Korea had fired a series of gunshots towards the country early Sunday  The shots were fired towards a guard post in South Korea South Korea said it responded by firing two shots back towards North … Read more

Twitter reacts to Kim Jong-un’s return to public life

‘Make a list of those who celebrated my death’: Internet reacts to claims Kim Jong-un is alive after photos are released of the smiling dictator following rumours he had died Kim Jong-un was last seen on April 11 leading to speculation on his health  He missed the anniversary celebrations of his grandfather’s birth on April … Read more

Senator Lindsey Graham adds weight to rumours that North Korean despot Kim Jong-un is ‘dead’

US Senator Lindsey Graham has weighed in on reports Kim Jong Un is dead, saying he would not be ‘shocked’ if the North Korean despot was ‘dead or incapacitated’. He said that in such a tightly controlled state rumours about the leader’s death would not be allowed to go ‘unanswered’. The South Carolina representative has … Read more

China sends medics to North Korea amid claims in Japanese media Kim Jong Un is in a vegetative state

New rumors are circulating claiming that Kim Jong Un has died –  including a top Hong Kong journalist  Vice director of HKSTV Hong Kong Satellite Television Shijian Xingzou says that a ‘very solid source’ has told her Kim Jonh Un has died.  Separately, one Japanese media outlet claims that the North Korean dictator is in a … Read more

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

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

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