Satellite imagery shows North Korea's Wonsan-Kalma coastal resort nearing completion ahead of its planned June opening, nearly a decade after construction began. Despite past delays due to sanctions and the pandemic, the regime is now promoting the site as a key tourism project targeting foreign visitors, especially Russians.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sent $2 million in educational aid to Chongryon, a pro-Pyongyang group in Japan, to support Korean schools and students in honor of Kim Il Sung’s birthday. The donation continues a decades-long tradition of scholarships and appears aimed at reinforcing loyalty among young Koreans in Japan.
North Korea has fully restored operations at Uiju Airfield in Sinuiju, redeploying 34 Il-28/H-5 bombers nearly four years after converting the site into a pandemic-era freight terminal. The reversal follows the normalization of cross-border trade and flood damage to the rail infrastructure in 2023.
Kim Yo-jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, condemned recent denuclearization efforts by South Korea, the U.S., and Japan, calling them a "hostile act" and an attack on North Korea's sovereignty. She reaffirmed North Korea’s nuclear status as irreversible and warned that continued pressure would only strengthen the country's pursuit of self-defense capabilities.
Ten North Korean soldiers briefly crossed the Military Demarcation Line but retreated after South Korea fired warning shots, according to the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Over 5,000 North Korean soldiers are likely to have been killed or injured in Russia's war against Ukraine, according to a new assessment by the British Ministry of Defense.
North Korea has launched its first nationwide seminar for school youth instructors in an effort to strengthen children’s allegiance to leader Kim Jong-un. The training, which took place in Pyongyang from March 26 to 29, is part of a broader push to reinforce ideological control over younger generations.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been pictured aboard what appears to be an airborne early warning and control aircraft, marking the first time the country has publicly disclosed such a capability.
