North Korean Ship Damaged on Launch in Blow to Kim’s Navy Ambitions
By Shane Croucher is a Breaking News Editor based in London, UK. He has previously overseen the My Turn, Fact Check and News teams, and was a Senior Reporter before that, mostly covering U.S. news and politics. Shane joined Newsweek in February 2018 from IBT UK where he held various editorial roles covering different beats, […]
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US Satellites Capture New North Korean Destroyer Under Construction
New satellite imagery shows North Korea is building another destroyer for its navy. Newsweek reached out to the North Korean embassy in China with an emailed request for comment. Why It Matters North Korea is moving to modernize its armed forces, including its navy—a modest fleet largely made up of aging warships and smaller fast […]
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Photo Shows North Korean Artillery Arriving in Russia
A photo circulating on social media shows North Korean artillery pieces that have been shipped to Russia as Pyongyang continues to support Moscow’s war against Ukraine. A Russian Telegram channel published the photo on Thursday, showing two guns being transported by rail. They have been identified as North Korean M1989 Koksan 170 mm self-propelled howitzers. […]
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Kursk War Map Shows Ukraine’s Advances Amid North Korean Troop Deployment
Ukrainian troops are fighting back in the Kursk oblast where North Korean troops are assisting Moscow’s forces, it has been reported, as a map shows the latest state of play in the Russian border region. Ukraine made swift gains when it staged its surprise incursion into the region on August 6 overrunning weakly defended Russian […]
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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s biggest problem isn’t North Korea
✓ Link copied to clipboard! Jean Chung for Newsweek North Korea’s rhetoric was reaching fever pitch again. Unused roads and rail links to the South had just been blown up in a spectacular display of belligerence. The North had labeled the South “a hostile state” and its leaders as “gangsters” and “scum.” It was not […]
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