North Korea boosting ability to manufacture nuclear arms, IAEA chief warns
The nuclear watchdog’s chief says there is a rapid increase in operations at North Korea’s Yongbyon reactor.

The nuclear watchdog’s chief says there is a rapid increase in operations at North Korea’s Yongbyon reactor.


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North Korea face Australia in the Women’s Asian Cup quarterfinals, and promise no repeat of protests in China game.

Cruise missiles were seen launching into the sky as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw naval tests.
North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesperson condemns the US and Israel’s ‘unlawful military attack against Iran’.
North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong said the annual ‘Freedom Shield’ exercises could lead to ‘unimaginably terrible consequences’.
Kim Jong Un supervised the launch of sea-to-surface ‘strategic cruise missiles’ from country’s new naval destroyer.
Several nations, global bodies and prominent groups respond to killing of Iran’s supreme leader, urging de-escalation.
Increasingly prominent appearances stoke speculation Kim is grooming his daughter as a future leader.

Kim Jong Un oversaw a massive military parade in Pyongyang to wrap up the once every-five-years Workers’ Party congress.
Kim emphasised that Pyongyang intends to cement its position on the global stage through its nuclear capabilities.
The ruling Workers’ Party Central Committee names Kim Yo Jong as the full department director at the key party congress.