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North Korea Has a Weird New Crackdown

Pyongyang has a problem with citizens using South Korean slang

(Newser) - In the wake of a new law banning skinny jeans , mullets , and other trends from Western culture, North Korea on Sunday warned citizens against using slang from South Korea. Along with the fashions, hairstyles, and music of South Korea, slang from the country is banned under the new law, violations...

North Korea Is Rejecting Offers of COVID Vaccines

S. Korea intelligence agency says there is no sign leader has been vaccinated

(Newser) - North Korea has been rejecting donations of COVID vaccines from other countries and Kim Jong Un himself may still be unvaccinated, according to South Korea's spy agency. South Korean legislators say the National Intelligence Service told lawmakers Thursday that there is no sign the leader has been vaccinated and...

Kim Jong Un Warns of 'Great Crisis' After COVID Lapses

North Korean leader does not specify what happened

(Newser) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un berated top officials for failures in coronavirus prevention that caused a “great crisis,” using strong language that raised the specter of a mass outbreak in a country that would be scarcely able to handle it. The state media report Wednesday did not...

'Emaciated' Kim Jong Un Is Allegedly Worrying N. Koreans

So says a report from state TV

(Newser) - Heartbroken North Koreans have been worrying tearfully about leader Kim Jong Un's "emaciated looks," state media quoted a local resident as saying, in a rare acknowledgement of foreign speculation about his weight loss. Some experts say the comments were seen as an effort to boost domestic support...

Kim Jong Un's Sister: Talks With US Won't Resume

Kim Yo Jong warns of 'disappointment'

(Newser) - The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un dismissed prospects for early resumption of diplomacy with the United States, saying Tuesday the US expectations for talks would “plunge them into a greater disappointment.” Kim Yo Jong issued the statement after US National Security adviser Jake Sullivan...

Kim Orders North Korea to Prepare to Confront US

Dictator said dialogue is also a possibility

(Newser) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his government to be prepared for both dialogue and confrontation with the Biden administration—but more for confrontation, state media reported Friday, days after the United States and others urged the North to abandon its nuclear program and return to talks. Kim’s...

Kim Jong Un: Food Situation Is Getting 'Tense'

But COVID lockdown will likely continue, North Korean leader says

(Newser) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned about possible food shortages and called for his people to brace for extended COVID-19 restrictions as he opened a major political conference to discuss national efforts to salvage a broken economy, the AP reports. The North’s official Korean Central News Agency also...

Kim Jong Un Has a Problem With K-Pop

'New York Times' reports the North Korean leader has called it a 'vicious cancer'

(Newser) - Kim Jong Un is apparently no fan of BTS or Blackpink. But some in his country apparently are, and that has had the North Korean leader on a verbal tirade against the pop culture invasion that's apparently seeped in from the South. Following reports on Kim's crackdown on...

New Pictures of Kim Jong Un Show One Big Difference

Concerns over North Korean leader's health emerge after he appears noticeably thinner

(Newser) - Kim Jong Un recently banned skinny jeans , but he may want to reconsider. Plenty of people lost weight during the pandemic, and the 37-year-old appears to be one of them, at least according to new pictures of him published in NK News , which notes it looks like he dropped "...

Kim Jong Un Outlaws Tight Jeans, Slang

South Korean culture is creeping across the border

(Newser) - As the pandemic grinds on and North Korea’s borders remain essentially closed, Kim Jong Un is cracking down harder on youth culture. A law passed this winter, called the "Law on the Elimination of Reactionary Thought and Culture," carries penalties from 5 years in prison to death,...

North Korea: Orphaned Kids 'Volunteer' for Dangerous Jobs

Reports come as Kim Jong Un cracks down on youth

(Newser) - North Korea’s state-run—and only—news agency, KCNA, says patriotic orphaned children have volunteered to work in coal mines and farms. Pictures included with the article show kids who look to be young teens. The kids, apparently raised by the state, are said to be doing difficult and...

Report: Kim Bans 'Decadent' Skinny Jeans, Mullets

North Korean leader is said to have outlawed these 'decadent' symbols of Western culture

(Newser) - What could help bring about the downfall of North Korea if they're not reined in, according to state media? Mullets and skinny jeans, among other things—which is why Kim Jong Un has apparently banned them, reports Yahoo News . The outlet cites a recent editorial in the state-run Rodong ...

North Korea Says Biden Made 'Big Blunder' With Speech

Says we're headed for 'grave situation'

(Newser) - North Korea on Sunday warned the United States will face “a very grave situation” because President Joe Biden “made a big blunder” in his recent speech by calling the North a security threat and revealing his intent to maintain a hostile policy toward it, per the AP . Last...

Kim Calls North Korea Crisis 'Worst Ever'

He compares nation's current economic woes to catastrophic '90s famine

(Newser) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for waging another "arduous march" to fight severe economic difficulties, for the first time comparing them to a 1990s famine that killed hundreds of thousands. Kim had previously said his country faces the "worst-ever" situation due to several factors, including...

Kim Jong Un's Sister Issues a Warning to Biden

In North Korea's first comments directed toward the new US president

(Newser) - For the first time, a high-level regime official in North Korea has addressed remarks directly to President Biden. The warning message took issue with the US and South Korea's joint military drills, which began March 8, the Japan Times reports. "We take this opportunity to warn the new...

US Overture to North Korea Draws No Response
US Awaits Reply
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US Awaits Reply From North Korea

Nations appear to have had no contact in more than a year, administration official says

(Newser) - After four years of US diplomatic efforts with North Korea going nowhere, the new administration has tried to establish a dialogue with the government of Kim Jong Un. Several attempts were made last month, USA Today reports, including one through North Korea's UN mission in New York. A Biden...

Kim Jong Un May No Longer Be 'Chairman'

State media now referring to North Korean leader as 'president'

(Newser) - Kim Jong Un's wife has appeared in public for the first time in more than a year. Ri Sol Ju, who has a habit of disappearing from the public eye and last appeared in public for the Lunar New Year holiday in January 2020, accompanied her husband to a...

UN Report: North Korea, Iran Have Teamed Up

Iran denies cooperative missile development

(Newser) - North Korea is funneling millions of dollars stolen by hackers into nuclear weapons, according to a new and confidential UN report, which also points the finger at Iran. The document accuses Kim Jong Un's regime of coordinating "operations against financial institutions and virtual currency exchange houses" to pay...

North Korea Rolls Out 'World's Most Powerful Weapon'

New missiles were on display at military parade

(Newser) - North Korea displayed new submarine-launched ballistic missiles under development and other military hardware in a parade that underlined leader Kim Jong Un’s defiant calls to expand the country's nuclear weapons program. State media said Kim took center stage in Thursday night’s parade celebrating a major ruling party...

Kim Jong Un's Sister Gets in the Smack-Talk Game

Calls South Korea 'a truly weird group' as North Korea's political meeting ends

(Newser) - North Korea's rare party congress meeting ended Tuesday , but not before leader Kim Jong Un's sister had some things to say about South Korea. Kim Yo Jong, who was apparently demoted during the meeting, spoke out after Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said Monday that signs of...

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