In this Feb. 19, 2017, photo provided by Paektu Cultural Exchange, Japanese sushi chef Kenji Fujimoto works behind the counter of his new restaurant in Pyongyang, North Korea. Fujimoto, a Japanese chef famous for working for North Korea’s late leader Kim Jong Il, has returned to Pyongyang and opened the sushi restaurant.
Category: Pyongyang, North Korea
Timeline of investigation into Kim Jong Nam’s apparent assassination
A North Korean diplomat on Thursday rejected an autopsy finding that a banned nerve agent killed Kim Jong Nam , the estranged half-brother of the country’s current leader, and suggested he died of heart failure instead. Ri Tong Il, the former North Korean deputy ambassador to the United Nations, is leading a delegation to Malaysia’s capital, where the body of Kim Jong Nam is reportedly being held at a morgue while Malaysian authorities investigate the death.
Kim Jong-nam attack reveals true nature of North Korea
In an episode that evokes memories of Cold War era spy sagas, Kim Jong Nam – the half-brother of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un – appears to have been assassinated on February 13 at Kuala Lumpur’s airport in Malaysia. Reports indicate that two female agents , with probable connections to North Korea’s security services, poisoned the estranged sibling with lethal toxins.
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N. Korea resumes encrypted numbers broadcast with same content as 2 weeks ago
North Korea’s state radio station resumed broadcasting mysterious numbers Friday in what could be some kind of coded message to its agents operating in South Korea. Radio Pyongyang, the North’s state-run radio station, started broadcasting messages at 1:15 a.m. , calling out a series of pages and numbers, such as No.
Statue export ban hits at Pyongyang’s soft power, hard cash
In this July 27, 2015, file photo, North Koreans bow in front of bronze statues of the late leaders Kim Il Sung, left, and Kim Jong Il at Munsu Hill in Pyongyang, North Korea. These two bronze statues were created by artists from Mansudae Art Studio.