Mail online: MORE rumors claim Kim Jong Un is dead: China-backed journalist claims North Korean dictator has died while Japanese report says dictator is in a vegetative state

New rumors are circulating claiming that Kim Jong Un has died - including a top Hong Kong journalist.Vice director of HKSTV Hong Kong Satellite Television Shijian Xingzou says that a 'very solid source' has told her Kim Jonh Un has died. more...

guardian: US checking reports North Korea executed envoy, says Pompeo

South Korean paper claims Kim Hyok-chol has been killed and a negotiator put in forced labour [more...]

sueddeutsche: Kim lässt offenbar Vertrauten töten

Nach dem gescheiterten Gipfeltreffen mit US-Präsident Donald Trump soll Diktator Kim Jong-un seinen Sondergesandten für die Beziehungen zu den USA hingerichtet haben. [mehr...]

welt.de: Kim fährt 4500 Kilometer im gepanzerten Sonderzug zu Trump

Am Mittwoch treffen Donald Trump und Kim Jong-un in Vietnam aufeinander. Nordkoreas Machthaber ist bereits auf dem Weg. Statt mit dem Flugzeug legt Kim den 4500 Kilometer langen Weg mit einem Zug zurück – der natürlich kein gewöhnlicher ist.  [mehr...]

guardian: North Korea missile test new world threat, says US amid show of force

The US has ramped up pressure on North Korea after Tuesday’s successful intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test, making a show of force off the Korean peninsula and warning that any country harbouring North Korean workers was abetting Kim Jong-un’s regime. [more...]

format.at: Die letzten Verbündeten von Nordkorea

Das stalinistisch geführte Nordkorea hat sich mit seinem Konfrontationskurs international weitgehend isoliert. [mehr...]

the guardian: North Korea increases tensions with South by issuing threat over factories

US plays down prospect of war on the peninsula as Pyongyang follows 'state of war' declaration with more sabre-rattling [more...]

new york times: From North Korea, an Altered Procession - Manipulation von Bildern

In the Kyodo photograph, which appeared in Wednesday’s Pictures of the Day, six men are standing near a camera behind the assembled crowds. In the North Korean photo, the men — as well as the camera and their tracks in the snow — are gone. [more...]