https://www.scmp.com/rss/522247/feed The latest news and top stories on Korean Central News Agency. A prominent Pyongyang, North Korea-based state-run news agency, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) is dedicated to disseminating official news and information, portraying the views of the North Korean government for both domestic and foreign consumption. Established in 1946, its main areas of focus include providing the sole source of information for all North Korean media and promoting the Workers’ Party of Korea’s ideology. The... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Agencies Agencies President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and updated him on planned talks the Russian leader will hold with US President Donald Trump in Alaska this week, the Kremlin said on Tuesday. North Korea’s state news agency later reported the two leaders’ call, without mentioning the meeting scheduled for Friday between Putin and Trump. Putin and Kim spoke by phone in a “warm comradely atmosphere” and confirmed “their will to strengthen cooperation in the future”,... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3321643/putin-holds-call-north-koreas-kim-discusses-coming-talks-trump?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3321643/putin-holds-call-north-koreas-kim-discusses-coming-talks-trump?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 12 Aug 2025 23:52:11 +0000 Park Chan-kyong Park Chan-kyong In a rare display of rapid-fire messaging, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has issued back-to-back warnings to the United States and South Korea, rejecting any attempt to question its nuclear status. Analysts interpret the diplomatic offensive, being led by Kim Yo-jong, as Pyongyang’s bid to seize control of the diplomatic agenda on the Korean peninsula following the recent change of power in Seoul. On Tuesday, Kim cautioned the US against pursuing denuclearisation,... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3319927/why-north-korea-issued-twin-nuclear-warnings-us-seoul?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3319927/why-north-korea-issued-twin-nuclear-warnings-us-seoul?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 29 Jul 2025 03:32:56 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse A new Japanese defence policy white paper showed the country was seeking to be a major military power, North Korean state media reported a foreign ministry official as saying on Friday, who justified Pyongyang’s nuclear programme on that basis. The policy section chief of the Institute for Japan Studies under the foreign ministry described the Japanese defence white paper, approved this week, as “a war scenario for realising its ambition for reinvasion from A to Z,” the Korean Central News... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3318658/north-korea-slams-japans-reckless-ambition-become-major-military-power?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3318658/north-korea-slams-japans-reckless-ambition-become-major-military-power?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 18 Jul 2025 00:55:35 +0000 Maria Siow Maria Siow China and North Korea often hail their friendships with each other and with Russia as being “forged in blood”. But while these statements help generate fraternal sentiments, such ties often fall prey to domestic politics, geopolitics and evolving national interests. This week, North Korea’s state media showed its leader Kim Jong-un draping coffins with the national flag in what appeared to be the repatriation of soldiers killed fighting in Russia’s war against Ukraine. In a series of... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3316764/north-korea-china-and-russias-blood-forged-ties-real-or-rhetoric?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3316764/north-korea-china-and-russias-blood-forged-ties-real-or-rhetoric?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 04 Jul 2025 02:30:09 +0000