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The United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution condemning Russia's "attempted illegal annexation" of Ukrainian territory. Only Belarus, Nicaragua, North Korea, Russia and Syria voted against the resolution.
2022-10-12

North Korea announces zero "fever cases" for the first time since mid-May when the country first announced an outbreak of COVID-19. Authorities stated that 4.8 million people were infected and that 74 people died from the virus.
2022-07-30

North Korea and South Korea begin removing landmines and other explosives from the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
2018-10-1

North Korea will change its time zone to UTC+08:30 on August 15, returning to the time used by the Korean Empire until Japanese occupation in 1910.
2015-08-7

Kenneth Bae, an American prisoner in North Korea, releases a message to the United States for help.
2014-01-20

North Korea sentences American Kenneth Bae to 15 years of prison labor for "hostile acts" against the regime. The United States calls for amnesty.
2013-05-2

North Korea renews war threats against South Korea and the United States, saying conditions "for a simmering nuclear war" have been created on the Korean peninsula. The country also says it is cutting a military hotline, which facilitates the travel of South Korean workers to a joint industrial complex in Kaesong.
2013-03-27

Soldiers who attempted a mutiny last week in Papua New Guinea hand their weapons over to the Deputy Prime Minister Belden Namah in return for a general amnesty.
2012-01-30

United States investigators associated with INTERPOL track 200 bank accounts associated with alleged North Korean drug smuggling, counterfeiting, money laundering and arms trafficking.
2010-07-26

North Korea denies it sank a South Korean naval patrol boat in disputed waters between the two Koreas.
2010-04-19