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Kim Jong Un Prioritises AI In Drone Development For Military

September 19, 2025 7:11 am

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has declared artificial intelligence (AI) development a “top priority” for his country’s military modernisation, particularly in enhancing drone technology, state media reported.

During a visit to the Unmanned Aeronautical Technology Complex in Pyongyang on Thursday, Kim inspected performance tests of multipurpose drones and unmanned surveillance vehicles. The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said he stressed the importance of “rapidly developing newly-introduced AI technology” to boost unmanned weapons systems. He also urged officials to expand drone production capacity.

The visit came shortly after Kim oversaw a test of a new solid-fuel rocket engine designed for …

Kim Joins Xi And Putin At Beijing Parade In Show Of Unity

September 10, 2025 9:47 am

At Beijing’s grand military parade last week, the optics were impossible to ignore. Flanked by Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un stepped onto the global stage not as a pariah, but as a central figure in an alternative order forged by the world’s most powerful autocrats.

For the North Korean leader, it was a rare moment of triumph. Long cast as a junior partner in relations with China and Russia, Kim emerged from the spectacle with tangible gains: a show of solidarity, renewed economic lifelines, and perhaps something more consequential — tacit recognition of North Korea’s nuclear status.…

North And South Korea Exchange Gunfire At Border: Seoul

May 3, 2020 6:22 pm

North Korean troops fired multiple gunshots towards the South in the DMZ dividing the peninsula on Sunday, prompting South Korean forces to fire back, Seoul said.

The rare exchange of gunfire comes a day after North Korean state media reported that leader Kim Jong Un had made his first public appearance in nearly three weeks following an absence that triggered intense speculation about his health and fears about the stability of the isolated nation.

A South Korean guard post was hit by several shots from the North, the joint chiefs of staff (JCS) in Seoul said in a statement, adding …

Kim Jong-Un North Korea's Kim 'Alive And Well' - Seoul

North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un ‘Alive And Well’: Seoul

April 27, 2020 6:55 pm

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un is “alive and well”, a top security adviser to the South’s President Moon Jae-in said, downplaying rumours over Kim’s health following his absence from a key anniversary.

Conjecture over Kim has grown since his conspicuous no-show at April 15 celebrations for the birthday of his grandfather Kim Il Sung, the North’s founder — the most important day in the country’s political calendar.

“Our government position is firm,” said Moon’s special adviser on national security Moon Chung-in, in an interview with CNN on Sunday. “Kim Jong-Un is alive and well.”

The adviser said that Kim had …

Train Likely Belonging To Kim Jong-Un Seen At Resort Town

April 26, 2020 6:23 pm

A train likely belonging to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been spotted at a resort town in the country’s east, satellite photos reviewed by a US-based think tank showed, as speculation persists over his health.

The train was parked at a station reserved for the Kim family in Wonsan on April 21 and April 23, the respected 38North website said in a report published Saturday.

38North cautioned that the train’s presence “does not prove the whereabouts of the North Korean leader or indicate anything about his health”.

“But it does lend weight to reports that Kim is staying …