North Korea

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited a uranium enrichment facility and declared that the country’s ability to produce nuclear material has more than doubled over the past five years. He also ordered an increase in output.

CNN says the "Great Bear," a Russian cargo ship that went down in the Mediterranean on December 23, 2024, was moving components for two nuclear reactors bound for North Korea. Fourteen crew members were rescued; investigators say a "Western power" may have fired a torpedo. The ship's operator denies it, calling the incident a "terrorist attack."

Meir Alfasi recounts his chilling journey into Kim Jong-un’s North Korea and why he will never return