Edward Howell

Kim Yo-jong is fast becoming North Korea’s propaganda puppeteer

7 June 2023 1:22 am

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Such is the axiom underpinning North Korea’s (DPRK) approach towards its…

Is North Korea about to test another nuke?

2 April 2023 12:14 am

North Korea’s spring has started with a bang. The United States and South Korea have staged their largest joint military exercises in five years,…

Is Kim Jong Un’s daughter being lined up to lead?

12 February 2023 8:30 pm

The photograph shows a happy family. After a 35-day public absence, the corpulent Kim Jong Un has been pictured this…

North Korea’s nuclear ambitions are growing faster than ever

5 November 2022 3:38 am

While some people start the day with a bowl of cereal, North Korea chose to greet Thursday with the launch…

Why did North Korea fire a missile over Japan?

5 October 2022 1:09 am

It was a new dawn, a new day, and a new North Korean missile test. The land of the morning…

Kim Jong-un declares victory over Covid

13 August 2022 1:27 am

Kim Jong-un’s notorious sister is back in the limelight. Not only is Kim Yo Jong reiterating her hostile words against…

North Korea is in the midst of a Covid catastrophe

17 May 2022 12:28 am

As Covid spread throughout the world in 2020, North Korea slammed shut its borders. It was an approach that has…

How North Korea's crypto hackers are funding Kim's missile habit

26 April 2022 10:04 pm

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un vowed last night to ramp up his country’s nuclear arsenal. Such weapons don’t come cheap,…

Can Kim Jong-un survive for another ten years?

19 December 2021 7:00 pm

Ten years ago today, at noon on 19 December 2011, the veteran newsreader and ‘Pink Lady’ Ri Chun-hee, donned an…

North Korea's cryptic crisis

11 July 2021 1:30 am

For years, the West has tried to cajole the North Korean regime using sanctions, much to the frustration of Kim…

The increasing cruelty of the North Korean regime

12 June 2021 4:15 pm

On a humid summer’s day in Singapore three years ago today, Donald Trump became the first incumbent US president to…

Biden must learn from Trump's mistakes on North Korea

4 March 2021 5:30 pm

Anniversaries are usually celebratory occasions, but not this one. It’s now been two years since the infamous Hanoi summit between Donald…

What will Joe Biden do about North Korea?

19 January 2021 6:30 pm

Kim Jong-un marked the new year by treating North Koreans to several days of lengthy speeches followed by a display…

Does Kim Jong-un want the 'dotard' or the 'snob' to win?

31 October 2020 6:00 pm

Donald Trump has made plenty of enemies in his time as president, but as the US president himself has claimed, he…

Kim Yo Jong's growing role is bad news for peace in Korea

23 June 2020 6:14 pm

The halcyon days of 2018 seem very distant. Two years ago, North Korea sent a delegation to the Pyeongchang winter…

What's the truth about coronavirus and North Korea?

4 June 2020 7:25 pm

South Korea is one of the world’s success stories for tackling coronavirus and president Moon Jae-in’s approval ratings have soared…