China's Xi may visit North Korea as early as next week: ReportChinese President Xi Jinping might visit North Korea next week. This visit could see him mediating between US President Donald Trump and No...
21 May, 2026, 07.30 AM IST
Largecaps seen as safe harbour amid market volatility: Sanjay MookimPrime Minister Modi's calls for energy conservation highlight India's external vulnerability and fiscal strain due to elevated oil prices. ...
11 May, 2026, 02.05 PM IST
What war? Smallcap stocks defy Middle East tensions with up to 56% gains in 2 months as Nifty slidesDespite Middle East tensions and a sliding Nifty50, India's smallcap stocks have surged up to 56% in two months. While institutional desks ...
29 Apr, 2026, 09.35 AM IST
Why are Chinese flights to North Korea resuming?Air China restarted direct flights between Beijing and Pyongyang on Monday for the first time since the pandemic, although for now North Ko...
30 Mar, 2026, 11.15 AM IST
North Korea and China to resume passenger train service after 6-year gapIn a significant development, the long-suspended train service between Pyongyang and Beijing is about to resume. This week marks the reopen...
10 Mar, 2026, 02.37 PM IST
North Korea and China to resume passenger train service after six-year gapPassenger train services between Pyongyang and Beijing are resuming this week after a six-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The cri...
10 Mar, 2026, 02.15 PM IST
North Korea bans foreign tourists to newly opened beach resortNorth Korea has temporarily banned foreign tourists from its newly opened Wonsan-Kalma beach resort. This decision follows a visit by Russi...
19 Jul, 2025, 01.55 PM IST
North Korea opens to a group of international travelers for the 1st time in yearsA small group of foreign tourists recently visited North Korea for the first time in five years, signaling a potential reopening of its int...
27 Feb, 2025, 11.54 AM IST
North Korea locks down capital over 'respiratory illness'Residents of Pyongyang have been ordered to stay in their homes from Wednesday to Sunday and must submit to multiple temperature checks eac...
25 Jan, 2023, 12.26 PM IST
Kim Jong Un was ‘seriously ill’ during NKorea Covid surgeRepeating dubious claims that the pamphlets caused the recent Covid outbreak in the north, Kim Yo Jong blamed “South Korean puppets” for se...
12 Aug, 2022, 12.34 AM IST
North Korea reports more fevers as Kim Jong Un claims virus progressExperts say North Korea is almost certainly downplaying the true scale of the viral spread, including a strangely small death toll, to soft...
21 May, 2022, 01.47 PM IST
North Korea COVID outbreak is 'worrying' for new variants -WHO"Certainly it's worrying if countries ... are not using the tools that are now available," said WHO emergencies director Mike Ryan in respo...
17 May, 2022, 08.41 PM IST
North Korea confirms 21 new deaths as it battles COVID-19The new deaths and cases, which were from Friday, increased total numbers to 27 deaths and 524,440 illnesses amid a rapid spread of fever s...
14 May, 2022, 09.43 AM IST
Was North Korea's military parade a superspreader event?North Korea on Friday confirmed its first ever coronavirus death, a day after the reclusive regime admitted to Omicron cases, saying tens o...
13 May, 2022, 12.36 PM IST
North Korea reports six deaths after admitting COVID-19 outbreakThe true scale is unclear, but a big COVID-19 outbreak could be devastating in a country with a broken health care system and an unvaccinat...
13 May, 2022, 08.13 AM IST
North Korea reports first COVID-19 cases, Kim orders national lockdownTop officials, including leader Kim Jong Un, held a crisis politburo meeting on Thursday to discuss the outbreak and announced they would i...
12 May, 2022, 09.08 AM IST
Missile tests and meetings: North Korea signals confidence in face of coronavirusSome international experts are sceptical of North Korea's assertion that it has not had a single case of the new coronavirus, which was fir...
23 Mar, 2020, 12.46 PM IST