North Korea Nuclear Programmes

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  North Korean Hackers Steal $3 Billion In Crypto To Fund Nuclear Programme

  North Korean hackers have stolen an estimated $3 billion worth of cryptocurrency since 2017, using the funds to support the regime's nuclear and missile programmes, a Microsoft report showed on Thursday.

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  North Korean Hackers Trying To Steal Military Secrets, Say US, Allies

  North Korean hackers have conducted a global cyber espionage campaign to try to steal classified military secrets to support Pyongyang's banned nuclear weapons programme, the United States, Britain and South Korea said in a joint advisory on Thursday

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  Explained: What Russia's Veto On North Korea's Sanctions Monitoring Mean

  For years, North Korea has been under a sprawling, complex network of UN sanctions over its banned nuclear and ballistic missile weapons programmes, with violations carefully tracked and monitored by experts.

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  After "Nuclear Attack" Warning, N Korea's Kim Wants To Speed Up War Prep

  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un urged his party to "accelerate" war preparations including its nuclear programme, state media said Thursday.

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  Korean Space Race? North And South Chase Spy Satellites

  North Korea claimed Wednesday to have successfully put its first military surveillance satellite into orbit, with the South also preparing to send up its first spy satellite later this month.

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  North Korea Slams UN Nuclear Agency As US Mouthpiece Over Nuclear Programmes

  North Korea on Monday denounced the UN atomic watchdog for joining a US-led pressure campaign and "cooking up" a resolution over its nuclear programmes, calling the agency a "paid trumpeter" for Washington.

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  North Korea's Weapons Programme Defies Covid Outbreak

  North Korea forged ahead with its missile programme in 2022 and took steps toward resuming testing of nuclear bombs, as world events including the COVID pandemic and war fractured the already tenuous international pressure against it.

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  North Korea Spent As Much As $642 Million For Its Nukes In 2021: Report

  North Korea may have spent as much as $642 million on its nuclear programme last year, according to anti-nuclear activists, as the impoverished country appears ready to test a new weapon despite battling a COVID-19 outbreak and economic crisis.

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  Will Give "Swift, Forceful Response": US On Possible N Korea Nuclear Test

  US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said on Tuesday there would be a strong and clear response from the United States, South Korea and the world if North Korea conducts a nuclear test.

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  Biden, South Korean President Discuss North Korea's Evolving Nuclear "Threat"

  The United States and South Korea announced Saturday that they would look to "expand" joint military exercises in response to threats from the North, as President Joe Biden visited Seoul.

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  North Korea Appears To Be Restoring Its Dismantled Nuclear Test Site, Says South Korea

  North Korea has not tested a nuclear bomb since 2017, but it has suggested it could resume such testing

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  Focus On Priorities Of Your People, Not Missiles: US To North Korea

  The United States called on North Korea on Monday to defund its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes and prioritise the needs of its own people, as Russia and China blamed sanctions for worsening the humanitarian situation in the hermit Asian sta

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  North Korea Stole Funds Through Cyberattacks on Crypto Exchanges to Fund Weapons Programme: UN Report

  North Korea has been funding its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes with profits from cyberattacks on crypto exchange claims a media report citing a confidential document sent to the UN Security Council North Korea sanctions committee by independent sanctions monitors.

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  North Korea Moved Ahead With Weapons Programme Despite Sanctions: Report

  North Korea pressed ahead with the development of its nuclear and missile programs last year despite international sanctions, according to a confidential United Nations report seen by AFP on Saturday.

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  UN Rights Report Warns Of North Korea "Starvation Risk"

  North Korea's most vulnerable are "at risk of starvation" with the economy worsening due to a self-imposed coronavirus blockade, and UN sanctions imposed over the country's nuclear programmes should be eased, a UN human rights expert said.