North Korea’s Kim Jong Un pledges to lift living standards at rare congress
Kim’s opening speech focused on improving economic activity, with no mention of relations with the US or South Korea.

Kim’s opening speech focused on improving economic activity, with no mention of relations with the US or South Korea.









North Korean and Russian leaders celebrate their ‘precious’ shared experience of war, bloodshed in New Year greetings.
North Korean leader calls for increased production of missiles, shells and more factories to produce them.
Kim Jong Un made the comments while inspecting a North Korean nuclear submarine facility on Wednesday.
Kim Jong Un participates in latest public event to honour North Korean troops who served with Russian forces.
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un tells key party meeting that fighting with Russia demonstrates the ‘prestige of our army’.
Lee Jae Myung says he felt he should apologise over drone flights allegedly ordered as a provocation by his predecessor.
President Lee Jae Myung said US also supports Seoul’s greater role in ‘uranium enrichment and spent-fuel reprocessing’.
North Korea issues warning as Washington and Seoul agree on strengthening military ties.
The short-range weapon is believed to have flown 700km and landed in the East Sea, otherwise known as the Sea of Japan.
US Treasury accuses Pyongyang of stealing $3bn in digital assets for its nuclear weapons programme over three years.