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North Korea-China passenger train resumes service ahead of Trump's visit to Beijing SEOUL, March 13 (AJP) - A passenger train linking North Korea and China arrived in Beijing on Friday, resuming service for the first time in six years shortly after Pyongyang closed its border due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. The train, which departed Pyongyang at around 10:30 a.m. the previous day, arrived at a railway station in Beijing the next morning after its lengthy journey of about 25 hours. Another passenger train from Beijing to Pyongyang also departed at a March 13, 2026

Photos show North Korean leader and daughter firing pistols during on-site inspection SEOUL, March 12 (AJP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspected a munitions factory producing light weapons such as pistols, state media reported on Thursday. According to the state-run Korean Central News Agency, Kim visited the factory the previous day to "learn about the munitions production." He was quoted as urging officials to "expand the factory's production capacity in a far-sighted way and raise the level of modernization of the production li March 12, 2026
North Korea conducts another missile test from new destroyer SEOUL, March 11 (AJP) - North Korea has conducted another test‑firing of strategic cruise missiles from its new destroyer, state media reported on Wednesday. According to the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), leader Kim Jong‑un observed the test through a monitor the previous day, accompanied by his daughter Ju‑ae. The test comes less than a week after a similar test conducted at a shipyard in Nampo and also coincides with the annual joint military exercises be March 11, 2026
North Korea says it 'respects' Iran's choice of new leader SEOUL, March 11 (AJP) - North Korea said on Wednesday it "respects" the election of Iran's new leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who was named to succeed after his father was killed in U.S.-Israeli airstrikes early this month. According to the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), the country's Foreign Ministry said in a question-and-answer session the previous day that it "respects the rights and choice of the Iranian people to elect their supreme leade March 11, 2026
North Korea threatens 'super-offensive' response to US-South Korea military maneuvers SEOUL, March 10 (AJP) - Pyongyang’s second most powerful official, Kim Yo-jong, issued a stern warning on March 10, characterizing the ongoing joint military exercises between the United States and South Korea as a "provocative and aggressive war rehearsal." The statement, released via the state-run Korean Central News Agency, asserted that the maneuvers currently underway on the Korean peninsula are "intensively revealing once again their inveterate repugnancy t March 10, 2026
North Korean leader highlights 'traditional friendship' with China in letter to Xi SEOUL, March 10 (AJP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has expressed his expectations for further cooperation with his country's traditional alley in a letter to Chinese President Xi Jinping, state media reported on Tuesday. According to the state-run Korean Central News Agency, Kim sent the letter to Xi the previous day, expressing his belief that cooperation between the two countries "will become even closer in the future." He was also quoted as saying th March 10, 2026
Kim Jong-un inspects missile tests from new destroyer SEOUL, March 5 (AJP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited a shipyard in Nampo for a new destroyer and oversaw the test-firing of strategic cruise missiles from the vessel, state media reported on Thursday. According to the state-run Korean Central News Agency, Kim, accompanied by key military and party officials, conducted a two-day inspection of the 5,000-ton Choe Hyun on Tuesday and Wednesday to "observe its crew members' combat and political training and March 5, 2026
North Korean leader visits family mausoleum with newly-elected party members SEOUL, February 27 (AJP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited his family's mausoleum as soon as the country's key party congress wrapped up, state media reported on Friday. According to the state-run Korean Central News Agency, Kim paid his respects at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun where the embalmed bodies of the two Kim seniors lie in state, accompanied by key party officials and other members who were newly elected at the country's ninth party gathering February 27, 2026
Pyongyang sidelines Seoul while signaling potential for Washington ties SEOUL, February 26 (AJP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un stated that there is "no reason not to get along" with the United States if Washington abandons its hostile policy, even as he intensified his rhetoric against South Korea by vowing to permanently exclude the country from the category of "compatriots." North Korea's state media Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Thursday that Kim delivered a summary report during the 9th Congress of the Work February 26, 2026
Ju-ae or Ju-hae? Name debate over North Korea's young heiress SEOUL, February 23 (AJP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Sunday was re-elected as general secretary of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, reaffirming the supreme-leader status he has held since 2012. But what has increasingly drawn international attention is not Kim himself, but his brash, omnipresent teenage daughter. The confident, bubbly-looking girl has frequently appeared at her father’s side in recent years, prompting North Korea watchers to speculate that she February 23, 2026