This column was written by Jonathan Schell. The reported North Korean nuclear test, occurring in an underground shaft in a place called Kilju, was pretty much on the opposite side of the earth from ...

The Research Association of Vision of North Korea interviewed 21 North Korean defectors who lived in Kilju, a nearby town north of the Punngye-ri nuclear test site where six tests have been conducted, ...

Experts fear radiation could be behind the spate of mysterious symptoms affecting residents A MYSTERIOUS illness dubbed ‘ghost disease’ is spreading near a North Korean nuclear testing site, a ...

SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has been ramping up the opening of new regional factories, including one in the northeastern county of Kilju, where a nuclear test site is located, ahead of next ...

SEOUL, March 23 (Yonhap) -- A quarter of North Korean defectors from regions near the northeastern Punggye-ri nuclear test site have shown chromosome mutations possibly attributable to exposure to ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspects a nuclear weapons programme in a photo released by the DPRK's state new agency (Reuters) For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox ...

A 2.9 magnitude earthquake struck near North Korea's northeastern county of Kilju, where the country's nuclear test site is located, on Wednesday, the South Korean weather agency said, determining it ...

North Korea, under the "20×10 local development policy" being pushed as a priority project to narrow the urban-rural gap, has been holding back-to-back completion ceremonies for local industry ...

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