South Korea’s constitutional court on Tuesday (Sep 26) ruled that the ban on sending propaganda leaflets to North Korea was unconstitutional. It struck down the law passed in 2020 by the then-president Moon Jae-in, who had sought better ties with Pyongyang.

South Korea court: Banning anti-North Korea propaganda leaflets ‘unconstitutional’

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s sister, Kim Yo Jong denounced the United Nations Security Council meeting on the country’s recent satellite launch upon “robbery demands” from the United States, reported the state media KCNA, on Sunday (June 4).

‘Very offended’: North Korean leader’s sister slams UN meeting on spy satellite launch

Chinese President Xi Jinping told North Korean leader Kim Jong-un that the two countries need to ramp up communications as international and regional “situations” are “changing seriously and in a complicated way,” reported Pyongyang’s state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), on Tuesday (April 18).

China’s Xi urges North Korea’s Kim to boost communications amid ‘complex’, ‘serious’ changes

The US and South Korea are planning an "effective coordinated" response if North Korea led by Kim Jong-un uses nuclear weapons, the White House said on Tuesday. South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and US President Joe Biden have "tasked their teams to plan for an effective coordinated response to a range of scenarios, including nuclear use by North Korea," a spokesperson for the National Security Council at the White House said in a media briefing on Tuesday.

US, South Korea plan 'coordinated response' against North Korea's nuclear threat

North Korea celebrated the 110th anniversary of the birth of late founder Kim Il Sung on Friday with fireworks, a procession, and an evening gala in Pyongyang's main square, with thousands of people in colourful traditional dress singing and dancing.

North Korea celebrates founder's birthday with dance, music but no military parade