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Josh Smith

ARTICLES BY JOSH SMITH

Vladimir Putin will visit North Korea for the first time in 24 years.

Putin to visit North Korea for first time in 24 years

4 min read . 18 Jun 2024

North Korea also tests and demonstrates its weapons for other reasons, including technical progress, propaganda value (AP)

Why the regime of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un testing so many missiles?

3 min read . 03 Nov 2022

People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on November 2, 2022. - South Korea on November 2 told residents on the island of Ulleungdo off its east coast to evacuate to bunkers after North Korea fired three short range ballistic missiles. (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE / AFP) (AFP)

‘For first time’ one of N. Korea's 23 ballistic missiles lands off South's coast

3 min read . 02 Nov 2022

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (REUTERS)

N.Korea's Kim calls for more 'military muscle' after watching hypersonic missile

3 min read . 12 Jan 2022

A view of what state news agency KCNA reports is the test firing of a hypersonic missile at an undisclosed location in North Korea, January 5, 2022, in this photo released January 6, 2022 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). KCNA via REUTERS (via REUTERS)

North Korea launches 'more advanced' missile after hypersonic test

3 min read . 11 Jan 2022

US and North Korean national flags (REUTERS)

North Korea says Biden policy shows US intent on being hostile, vows response

2 min read . 02 May 2021

A file photo of Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (Photo: AFP)

North Korea tells US to stop war games if wants to 'sleep in peace'

3 min read . 16 Mar 2021

FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators hold placards with the image of Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest against the military coup, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, February 15, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer/File photo (REUTERS)

S.Korea to suspend defence exchanges with Myanmar over crackdown on protesters

1 min read . 12 Mar 2021

South Korea began vaccinating residents and workers at nursing homes and other at-risk individuals at the end of February, with 316,865 people having received their first shots as of Sunday. (REUTERS)

South Korea finds no link found between coronavirus vaccine and deaths

2 min read . 08 Mar 2021

Health experts have said the country's hackers may be more interested in selling the stolen vaccine data than using it to develop a homegrown vaccine. (AP)

South Korea agency says North Korea hackers tried to get Pfizer vaccine know-how

1 min read . 16 Feb 2021

A nurse takes part in the coronavirus disease vaccination mock drill in Seoul (REUTERS)

S.Korea to buy more Covid vaccines for 23 million people from Novovax, Pfizer

1 min read . 16 Feb 2021

South Korean marine boats patrol near Yeonpyeong island, South Korea. (AP)

North Korea warns of escalation of tensions during search for slain South Korean

1 min read . 27 Sep 2020

Swedish Ambassador Joachim Bergstrom practices yoga near the Arch of Triumph in Pyongyang, North Korea. (REUTERS)

Swedish ambassador takes yoga to streets amid coronavirus

1 min read . 23 Jul 2020

A confirmed coronavirus patient is wheeled to a hospital at Chuncheon, South Korea (Photo: Reuters)

Coronavirus update: Thousands wait for hospital beds as virus cases surge

2 min read . 04 Mar 2020

The meeting between Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in produced a day of dramatic images and a sweeping declaration of goodwill.Photo: AP

Korean leaders set ‘denuclearisation’ goal, Donald Trump says will maintain pressure

7 min read . 28 Apr 2018

Kim Jong Un (left) and Moon Jae-in after signing a joint declaration at the border village in the Demilitarized Zone. The focus now shifts to North Korean leader Kim’s expected meeting in May or June with Donald Trump. Photo: AP

From nuclear weapons to peace: Inside the Korean summit declaration

4 min read . 27 Apr 2018

Kim Jong Un (left) became the first North Korean leader since the 1950-53 Korean War to set foot in South Korea, stepping over a concrete curb marking the border at the truce village of Panmunjom to shake hands with his counterpart. Photo: AP

North Korean Kim Jong Un meets South Korea’s Moon in historic summit

4 min read . 27 Apr 2018

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un claps while watching a performance of a Chinese art troupe with his wife Ri Sol Ju (L) and Song Tao (R), head of Communist Party’s International Department, at East Pyongyang Grand Theater on 16 April, 2018. Photo: AP

No missiles but ballet as North Korea’s Kim puts on a show

2 min read . 17 Apr 2018

Kim Jong Un’s declared commitment to denuclearisation is neither new nor likely in line with Washington’s expectations. Photo: AP

Explainer: Differing views of ‘denuclearisation’ complicate North Korea talks

3 min read . 28 Mar 2018

South Korea’s national security director Chung Eui-yong. Photo: AP

South Korea sending envoys to North Korea as Donald Trump suggests US willing to talk

3 min read . 04 Mar 2018