North Korea has fired artillery near their sea boundary, South Korea says

North Korea has fired artillery near their sea boundary, South Korea says

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea again fired artillery shells near its tense sea boundary with the South on Sunday, as the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un mocked the South’s ability to detect its weapons launches. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff dismissed Kim Yo Jong’s statement as “a comedy-like, … Read more

Kim Jong Un Urges Women to Be Good Comrades—and Give Birth

Kim Jong Un Urges Women to Be Good Comrades—and Give Birth

Updated Dec. 5, 2023 7:17 am ET SEOUL—Kim Jong Un has a new mission for North Korean women: Have more babies. Kim acknowledged the impoverished nation’s plunging birthrate for the first time publicly at a rare National Conference of Mothers. Wiping away tears, the 39-year-old dictator, who is a father of three, described mothers as … Read more