'Agricultural sector failed to fulfill its grain production plan,' reclusive leader says before a committee.
North Korean leader's weight has long been tracked by spy agencies for clues about the stability of his regime.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has presided over a meeting of his ruling party in his first public appearance in about a month
Kim Jong Un has a new second-in-command, according to excerpts of a government document seen by CNN
Suga said that he is ready to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un without preconditions to establish a fruitful relationship between the two countries
North Korea snapped back at Biden's criticism of its ballistic missile tests, calling his comments a provocation and encroachment on the North's right to self-defense
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The leaders of China and North Korea are reaffirming their alliance following contentious talks between top diplomats and economic problems in the North that left it ever-more dependent on the Chinese
Kim also called for intensified education and control to ensure that the commanding officers of the "new generation have the proper political consciousness and moral point of view"
Some analysts say the current challenges may set up conditions for an economic perfect storm in the North that destabilizes markets and triggers public panic and unrest
In the report, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said that leader Kim Jong-un attended the second plenary meeting of the eighth Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) on Monday
The change of government could see North Korea revert to its old behavior
North Korea has once again demonstrated a submarine-launched ballistic missile during a military parade that commemorated the 8th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea
Kim Jong Un vowed all-out efforts to bolster his country's nuclear deterrent during a major ruling party meeting where he earlier laid out plans to work toward salvaging the broken economy
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has opened its first ruling party congress in five years with an admission of policy failures and a vow to lay out new developmental goals
Trump lost ground, UK exited the EU and the global backlash against China reached new heights for its handling of the pandemic
Seven council members - Germany, Belgium, Dominican Republic, Estonia, France, UK and United States - joined by Japan said in the statement that North Korea was putting nuclear power over people
North Korea has not confirmed any coronavirus infections, South Korea has said an outbreak there cannot be ruled out.
Kim Jong Un is one of the few world leaders who has yet to congratulate -- or even acknowledge -- the president-elect
North Korea called the UN's nuclear watchdog a marionette dancing to the tune of hostile Western countries, rejecting its information about the country's nuclear programme as grossly distorted