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North Korea test underwater drone with nuclear capabilities

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A man watches a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on December 31, 2022

North Korea finish 2022 with three more ballistic missile launches

A woman walks past a public television screen in Tokyo, displaying file footage of North Korean missile launches during a broadcast about an early morning North Korean missile launch which prompted an evacuation alert when it flew over northeastern Japan.

How the Japanese learned of a missile fired by North Korea

A United Nations Command soldier and South Korean soldiers walk in the Joint Security Area of the Demilitarized Zone in the truce village of Panmunjom. North Korea fired a mid-range ballistic missile on October 4, which flew over Japan, Seoul and Tokyo said, a significant escalation as Pyongyang ramps up its record-breaking weapons-testing blitz.

Japan takes shelter as North Korea fires ballistic missile

A TV screen showing a news program reporting about North Korea's missile launch is seen at the Seoul Railway Station in South Korea. Picture: AP Photo/Lee Jin-man

North Korea criticised after fourth round of missile testing in a week

Kim Jong Un is shown on a television screen at a train station in Seoul after passing a law allowing it to carry out a preventive nuclear strike
(Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE/ Getty Images)

North Korea rules on when it would use nuclear weapons

Russian Uragan self-propelled 220mm multiple rocket launchers fire projectiles during the 'Vostok-2022' military exercises. Picture: Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images

Russia reportedly buying millions of rockets from North Korea for invasion

People at a train station watch news reports on a big screen featuring North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as Covid spreads in the country (Picture: Lee Jin-man/AP)

Covid has reached North Korea, threatening a humanitarian emergency

An employee sprays disinfectant as part of preventative measures against the Covid-19 coronavirus at the Pyongyang Children's Department Store in Pyongyang last month.

Deaths announced as North Korea admits 'fever' spreading across county

The phrase 'one-party state', which usually brings to mind North Korean totalitarianism, has been used to criticise the SNP (Picture: Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images)

'One-party state' Scotland needs to find a resolution to its perennial problem

People watch a TV news program reporting on North Korea test-firing a newly developed tactical guided weapon, at Seoul train station on April 17, 2022 in Seoul, South Korea. North Korea has test-fired a new weapons system which it claims will boost the efficiency of its tactical nuclear weapons, state media has reported. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

North Korea claims to have tested new tactical guided weapon

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TV screens show a news program reporting about North Korea's ballistic missiles. The missiles fell into the Sea of Japan on Thursday, March 25.

Why North Korea fired two missiles into the Sea of Japan

Japan has had 1,520 deaths from Covid out of a population of 127 million. Picture: Philip Fong/AFP via Getty Images

Covid test-and-trace system could have been better – Dr Gwenetta Curry

A military parade is held during a ceremony to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the ruling party in Pyongyang. Picture: AP

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Children of North Korea are ‘stunted and malnourished’

Analysis: US faces limited options on North Korea

North Korea moves to reunite families separated by war

South Korean naval drills threaten war, says North

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North Korea 'to carry out three or four more N-tests'

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Japan claims Chinese a military threat to Asia

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US warns of atom bomb test

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