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North Korea Is the Culprit of the Largest Car Theft in History

North Korea is the culprit of the largest car theft in history when it ordered 1,000 Volvo vehicles from Sweden in the 1970's and never paid. At the time and as a response to its emerging economy, the hermit nation...

American Soldier Flees to North Korea

Travis King, the American soldier who fled to North Korea, had been detained after getting into fights in South Korea prior to crossing the border. US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin expressed concern about the soldier, who the US military in...

North Korea Unveils New Tactical Nuclear Weapons

North Korea has claimed that it has tactical nuclear weapons with the capability to hit targets in neighboring South Korea. The North Korean government has maintained for years that the country is armed with tactical nuclear weapons. However, this is...

North Korea Fires Long-Range Missile That Can Reach the US

On November 18th, North Korea test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that landed roughly 200 kilometers (130 miles) off the coast of Japan. Japanese officials have claimed the missile had sufficient range to hit targets on the US mainland. A...

The Countries With Nuclear Weapons and Why Others Can’t Have Them

Why are some countries allowed to have nuclear weapons while others cannot? The Russia-Ukraine crisis has the world on edge, as countries with nuclear bombs like Russia threaten to unleash their destruction. But who are the so-called nuclear powers? Nuclear...

North Korea Declares Itself a Nuclear Weapons State

According to the official news agency KCNA, North Korea has approved a law declaring itself to be a nuclear weapons state. Kim Jong-un, the country's leader, described the choice as "irreversible" and rejected the idea of any denuclearization negotiations, the...

Greek Journalist who Lived in North Korea Tells Her Story in New Book (video)

Journalist Fragkiska Megaloudi, the only Greek citizen known to have resided in Pyongyang,  North Korea, tells her story in her new book entitled “In the land of Kim: Two years in North Korea,” published this week in English in...

Trump Meets Kim in Extraordinary Nuclear Summit

European markets remained flat on Tuesday after a landmark meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un. The pair held a critical nuclear summit in Singapore, with Trump having left a G7 meeting in Canada early...

North Korea-USA : End in Sight for the Last Cold War Front?

By Fragkiska Megaloudi* UPDATE: On May 24, President Trump cancelled his planned summit with the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, blaming his decision on a threatening statement from Pyongyang.The statement in question is the reaction of North Korea to Jonh...

Trump Calls Off North Korea Summit

News emerged on Thursday that U.S. President Donald Trump had pulled out of a planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. In a letter addressed to Kim, Trump wrote that it would not be appropriate to meet in Singapore...