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North Korea has executed a 22-year-old man from the rural South Hwanghae province for listening to 70 South Korean songs - including K-pop - and watching three films in 2022

For months, watchers of the Hermit Kingdom have known that the pair had been planning to meet since Kim offered Putin an invitation following his visit to Russia's Far East on his bulletproof train last year

In September, Kim Jong-un rode a green bulletproof train into Russia's Far East in a historic diplomatic visit to meet Vladimir Putin. He extended an invitation for the Russian despot to visit North Korea, which is expected to happen over the coming days

North Korean defector Yeonmi Park has told how the dictator has a 'pleasure squad' of young women who exist only to 'entertain' him - and how she was scouted for it

North Korea imported an entire UK brewery brick-by-brick under the orders of late Supreme Leader Kim Jong-il - and it appears to have proved a hit in the rogue nation

Kim Jong-un is set to meet Russian tyrant Vladimir Putin in Vladivostok, which has been criticised by the US and its western allies who fear the pair may be meeting to discuss an arms deal

Otto Wambier died after being in custody of Pyongyang and his parents cite North Korea's treatment of him as the reason for his demise with evidence of torture

State media images showed the North Korean tyrant Kim Jong-un with a mysterious white stain on the arm of his coat, sparking fears his unlucky staff could be punished for failing to protect his dignity

Kim Jong-un is thought to be grooming his daughter Kim Ju-ae to become his successor after he brought the 10-year-old to several public events, including a missile launch site

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un was tipped to be his father's successor at just eight years old, so it wouldn't be premature for him to be eyeing his young daughter Kim Ju-Ae, who is said to be aged around 10, to take over after he dies

Kim Ju-ae, who is thought to be around 9 and 11, made her fifth public appearance as Kim Jong-un held a 75th anniversary dinner of the North Korean People’s Army before an enormous parade of the Hermit Kingdom's nuclear arsenal

The missile launcher was awarded the Hero of the Republic medal, usually reserved for those who "perform tremendous feats during battle, or for the party and state"