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North Korea has fired two short range missiles toward its eastern coast hours after the U.S. military concluded military training exercises with South Korea. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement they detected the two missiles launched between 1:48 a.m.

North Korea's elite citizens have had their life of luxury revealed after Google Maps satellite images revealed the locations and homes of Kim Jong-un's close allies.The average wage in North Korea is just £1,200 a year with the super-rich allegedly hoarding fancy Western items in the secretive communist dictatorship.As well as the piles of cash, the mega-rich residents are said to own designer clothes, expensive European cars and top of the range Cognac.Images from Google Maps show large mansions, leafy gated compounds and a beach resort, apparently named 'Hermit Kingdom'.North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un allegedly has a secret compound residence near the North Korean coast in the port city of Wonsan.It was reported that Jong-un had built the secluded villa in 2020 at the southern tip of the Hodo peninsula, where Google Maps showed his £5.2million Princess yacht moored up in 2013.Speaking to The Sun, a US-based expert on North Korea, Michael Madden, said: "This is the same residential compound that Dennis Rodman visited during one of his visits to the country."Some sources claim that the Wonsan compound is Kim Jong-un's primary residence."That is to say, he has an official residence in Pyongyang (North Korea's capital city), but spends much of his time in the Wonsan residence."The non-resident fellow at the Stimson Centre previously compared the Wonsan residence to Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago property in Florida, calling it "one of his favourite houses".Reuters previously reported that the city is dotted with guest villas, with many of the country's wealthiest residents living in the capital Pyongyang.Madden said: "North Korean elites have a few residences in the capital Pyongyang, particularly along Changkwang Street and

North Korea is using toy-like humanoid robots to teach children English, maths and music.The robot, bearing the country's flag on its chest, was demonstrated on state television KRT following a push for education reform and technological innovation by Kim Jong Un.Standing at 80cm-tall, the AI teaching assistant was seen moving around a classroom, waving its arms at a university in Pyongyang, North Korea.Primary school students in the footage wore masks as they repeated phrases after one of the robots as they learned to say, "Hello? Hi. Nice to meet you.

North Korea, Pyongyang's state media reported Saturday.Xi reportedly made the declarations in a letter replying to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's earlier letter to mark the 72nd Chinese National Day, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).Xi stated that he has taken note of the relations between North Korea and China, and expressed his willingness to raise bilateral ties to a "new level.”Xi expressed "intent to steadily propel the relations to a new stage by strengthening strategic communications, deepening the friendship and cooperation and leading them to be conducive to mutual support through joint endeavors with Kim Jong Un," according to the KCNA report.The report said Xi also noted that North Korea and China "are linked

Kim Jong-un has demanded all pet dogs in North Korea's capital Pyongyang be confiscated because they represent Western "decadence", according to reports.

Kim Jong-un has built a new hospital amid reports that scores of North Korean soldiers have contracted the coronavirus despite the leader saying the country has no cases.

Kim Jong-un has decided to suspend planned military action against South Korea over a tit-for-tat argument over balloon-transported propaganda.The de-escalation was reported by North Korea's official KCNA news agency after Kim chaired a meeting of the ruling party's Central Military Commission.In a massive step down the meeting also discussed documents outlining measures for "further bolstering the war deterrent of the country," KCNA reported.Tension has been mounting in the peninsula, with a South Korean group launching hundreds of thousands of leaflets by balloon across the border with North Korea, despite Pyongyang repeatedly warning it that it will forcefully retaliate against such actions.Pyongyang claims violates an agreement between