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North Korea is to reopen its doors to tourists for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic. (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

Country to finally open its borders to tourists after five years

Former footballer Joey Barton is set to appear in court over tweets directed at female football pundit Eni Aluko.

Former footballer Joey Barton charged over 'malicious' tweets

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un Picture: Manan Vatsyayana / Getty Images)

Alert over missile

An Iranian surface to surface Ghasedak missile is driven past portraits of Iran's late founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ali khamenei, during the annual army day military parade in 2008 (Photo: Majid/Getty Images)

Where are the nuclear weapons as fears grow in Middle East

Alan Titchmarsh's jeans have been censored on North Korean TV. Picture: BBC/KCTV

Alan Titchmarsh’s offensive jeans censored

Soldiers during a military exercise on Salisbury Plains in 2020 (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Are we on the brink of WW3? The places a global conflict could start

The former Ushers factory in Wiltshire bought by Korean officials for £1.5m in 2000 after the 175-year-old firm went bust (SWNS)

The £1.5m UK brewery that was dismantled and taken to North Korea

This pool image distributed by Sputnik agency shows Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un shaking hands during their meeting at the Vostochny Cosmodrome on 13 September, 2023, ahead of planned talks that could lead to a weapons deal with Russian President. Credit: Photo by VLADIMIR SMIRNOV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

North Korea backs Russia’s ‘fight’ against the West, Kim tells Putin

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un has rolled through Russia on an armoured train towards a meeting with President Vladimir Putin. Photo by ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Kim Jong Un rides on armoured train to meet Vladimir Putin

Kim Jong Un is reportedly travelling to meet Vladimir Putin. Credit: Getty/Kim Mogg

Kim Jong Un arrives in Russia to discuss Ukraine war with Putin

Donald Trump sat down for an interview with Tucker Carlson

Donald Trump Tucker Carlson interview: ex-president's strangest claims

Private King was allegedly heard laughing before sprinting to the border (Travis King/Facebook)

US soldier held in North Korea after crossing the border

The demilitarised zone between North Korea and South Korea is popular with tourists, but US soldier Travis King made an unauthorised crossing into the PRK after slipping onto a tour group visiting the area. (Credit: Getty Images)

US solider believed to be in custody in North Korea after crossing DMZ

The failed rocket launch was conducted by North Korea on Wednesday - Credit: Getty

Explainer North Korea's spy satellite launch fails but causes alarm nearby

People sit near a television showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test in Seoul (Photo: ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images)

North Korea announce they have flight-tested a solid-fuel ICBM

This picture from North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency, taken on August 29, 2017, shows North Korea’s intermediate-range strategic ballistic rocket Hwasong-12 lifting off from the launching pad at an undisclosed location near Pyongyang. Credit: Getty Images

North Korea missile launch sparks evacuations in Japan

A woman walks past a television showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test. Picture: ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images

North Korea threatens ‘offensive action’ over allies’ drills
The North’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said the US and South Korea’s military exercises have turned the Korean Peninsula into a “huge powder magazine”
Matthew Mohan-Hickson

Unidentified North Korean drones displayed during a military parade past Kim Il-Sung square in Pyongyang (AFP via Getty Images)

South Korea fires warning shots after North Korean drones cross border

People sit near a television showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea. Credit: ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images

North Korea fires missile near Japan which shows ‘nuclear capability’

(Photo: JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images)

North Korea: how will Covid cases affect population and missile tests?

People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on May 7 (Photo: Getty)

North Korea fires ballistic missile into Sea of Japan

North Korea launched a missile into the seat in its first missile launch since October. (Credit: Getty)

Everything you need to know as North Korea fires suspected missiles

TV screens show a news program reporting about North Korea's ballistic missiles. The missiles fell into the Sea of Japan on Thursday, March 25.

Why North Korea fired two missiles into the Sea of Japan