North Korea

North Korea-linked hackers stole roughly 60 percent of all cryptocurrency losses from hacks worldwide in 2025, amounting to about $2.06 billion, according to blockchain security firm CertiK.

May 10, 2026 Ti AI ṣe iroyin

North Korea called on its people Monday to focus on rice transplanting to meet this year's grain targets, state media reported, as food shortages persist.

South Korea's ambassador to the United States, Kang Kyung-wha, met Foreign Minister Cho Hyun on April 27 to address tensions with Washington over North Korea intelligence-sharing and a probe into Coupang Inc. The US has restricted intel on North Korean nuclear sites following disclosures by Unification Minister Chung Dong-young. The allies discussed ways to manage the issues without harming their alliance.

April 24, 2026 Ti AI ṣe iroyin

South Korean Vice Foreign Minister for Strategy and Intelligence Jeong Yeon-doo said Seoul and Washington are working toward "normalization" of intelligence sharing after a meeting in Washington. The efforts follow US reports of partially curbing access over Unification Minister Chung Dong-young's mention of a North Korean uranium site in Kusong. Seoul insists the information was open-source.

Following talks with North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui, leader Kim Jong-un met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Pyongyang on Friday, stating bilateral ties have reached a new level. The two sides pledged deeper strategic coordination and cooperation amid Wang's two-day visit, his first to North Korea since 2019.

April 10, 2026 Ti AI ṣe iroyin

Japan's defense minister Shinjiro Koizumi said on Friday that North Korea's accelerating weapons development poses an increasingly urgent threat to national security, following Pyongyang's testing spree earlier this week.