Yoon Suk Yeol, already serving life for an illegal martial law attempt, has been handed 30 more years for sending military drones over Pyongyang. Prosecutors say he was willing to push two countries to the edge of war.
The centrifuges were still spinning. The Chinese president was on his way. And Kim Jong Un's sister had one message for the world: the bombs are not up for discussion.
Beijing's latest diplomatic outreach to Pyongyang comes as North Korea balances ties with both China and Russia while expanding its nuclear capabilities.
North Korea has raised the mandatory retirement age for office workers by three years to reflect the country's population aging and demographic changes, according to a North Korean academic paper on Wednesday.
Japanese authorities have urged residents, particularly in coastal and northern regions, to remain vigilant and follow official updates. Emergency protocols for aviation and maritime sectors were also activated as a precaution.
North Korea called its failed attempt to launch a purported military reconnaissance satellite the "most serious" shortcoming in the first half of this year and reaffirmed its pledge to put it into orbit soon, Pyongyang's state media said on Monday.
North Korea still appears to be operating facilities at a now-shuttered joint industrial complex in Pyongyang's border city of Kaesong despite Seoul's repeated warnings against the unauthorised move, the South Korean Unification Ministry said on Thursday.
Kim Yo Jong made the remark while slamming the United States for condemning North Korea's satellite launch, Yonhao reported quoting Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
North Korea said on Wednesday a rocket carrying a military spy satellite it launched earlier in the day crashed into the Yellow Sea due to an engine problem and that the country plans to carry out its second launch in the near future.
According to Ri in the English-language statement, North Korea's spy satellite, which will be launched in June,
