Pyongyang boasts of crushing underground churches, but defectors and rights groups say secret worship persists despite harsh crackdowns and severe punishments.
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Understanding Kim Jong-un’s Strategic Masterstroke for North Korea
By making North Korea an indispensable partner with Russia, Kim Jong-un has placed North Korea in its best geopolitical position in history.
Kim Yong Nam, a quintessential North Korean bureaucrat whose lifelong loyalty to the ruling Kim dynasty allowed him to serve as the country’s ceremonial head of state for two decades, has died, state ...
North Korea reported that its long-time ceremonial Head of State Kim Yong Nam died at age 97. Kim Yong Nam, former president of the Presidium of North Korea’s rubber-stamp Supreme People’s Assembly, ...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Kim Yong Nam, a longtime North Korean ceremonial head of state best known for his trademark propaganda-filled speeches with a deep, booming voice in support of the ruling Kim ...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says its longtime ceremonial head of state Kim Yong Nam has died. The Korean Central News Agency said Tuesday Kim Yong Nam, former president of the Presidium of ...
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. FILE - Kim Yong Nam, head of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea, speaks with the ...
The assessment, citing ‘subtle changes’ in North Korean rhetoric, appears in a letter from the agency to leaders of South Korea’s national assembly. Defector Ri Il-gyu recalled the execution of a top ...
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