NK News media bias and reliability
Media Bias/Fact Check places NK News in the centre. We have seen it on 26 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is NK News biased?
Media Bias/Fact Check places NK News in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is NK News left or right?
Media Bias/Fact Check places NK News in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is NK News reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for NK News are Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What NK News has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with NK News’s own report linked underneath.
Gold prices surpassed $4,000 per ounce and silver neared $52 as the US dollar index dropped to a five-week low. Markets reacted to potential Democratic control of Congress and geopolitical tensions.
NK News reported it asWhat the Democratic landslide in the US midterms means for Kim Jong Un (opens NK News in a new tab)
Democrats are projected to win a majority in the House of Representatives and have taken control of the Senate following the US midterm elections. The results mark a significant setback for Donald Trump and the Republican Party.
NK News reported it asWhat the Democratic landslide in the US midterms means for Kim Jong Un (opens NK News in a new tab)
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff reported that North Korea launched an unidentified projectile off its east coast on Thursday. Japan's Coast Guard suggested it could be a ballistic missile, a detail not widely reported.
NK News reported it asNorth Korea fires ‘several missiles’ east into the sea: South Korean military (opens NK News in a new tab)
North Korea has condemned the recent South Korea-U.S. joint military exercise "Iron Mace," calling it a nuclear war rehearsal. Pyongyang stated it will continue to bolster its nuclear deterrence in response to perceived threats from the drills.
NK News reported it asNorth Korea slams US-ROK drills, accusing allies of rehearsing nuclear use (opens NK News in a new tab)
North Korea's defense research institutes have tested a cluster bomb warhead intended for tactical ballistic missiles. State media reported the weapon can destroy an area of up to 13 hectares, and Pyongyang plans to equip military units with various types by the end of 2026.
NK News reported it asNorth Korea tests cluster warhead, plans military use by end of 2026 (opens NK News in a new tab)
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is investigating a potential security issue on its platform. Stablecoin issuers Tether and Circle have frozen billions of dollars in assets connected to the incident, while Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao stated user funds remain safe.
NK News reported it asNorth Korean actors steal $6.36B from Binance in largest crypto theft in history (opens NK News in a new tab)
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff reported that North Korea launched an unidentified projectile off its east coast on Thursday. Japan's Coast Guard suggested it could be a ballistic missile, a detail not widely reported.
NK News reported it asNorth Korea fires ‘unidentified projectile’ toward sea: ROK military (opens NK News in a new tab)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has visited China, arriving in the border city of Dandong via a newly opened bridge. This marks his first visit to the country in more than a year, according to South Korean news agency Yonhap.
NK News reported it asNorth Korea’s Kim Jong Un visits Chinese border city: Seoul (opens NK News in a new tab)
South Korea's military has warned of a firm response to any further provocations from North Korea, stating that Pyongyang's accusations of Seoul escalating tensions are unacceptable. The warning comes amid ongoing border incidents and North Korea's threats to resume loudspeaker broadcasts.
NK News reported it asSeoul vows to ‘punish’ North Korean ‘provocations’ after loudspeaker threat (opens NK News in a new tab)
North Korean state media released undated images of leader Kim Jong Un inspecting shoes and women's clothing. The photos emerged after unverified claims circulated online alleging he had suffered a brain haemorrhage and died.
NK News reported it asKim Jong Un appears at clothing expo after latest internet rumors on death (opens NK News in a new tab)
The US Justice Department has agreed to forgo prosecution of former CIA analyst Sue Mi Terry. She was accused of working as an unregistered agent for South Korea and accepting gifts. A deferred prosecution deal means charges will be suspended for 12 months if she abides by conditions.
NK News reported it asUS to drop charges against Sue Mi Terry, expert accused of aiding Seoul spies (opens NK News in a new tab)
President Donald Trump has suggested he may meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during his upcoming Asia trip. Trump described a potential meeting as 'exciting' and said he 'gets along' with Kim.
NK News reported it asKim Jong Un opens new weapons museum as North Korea claims missile test success (opens NK News in a new tab)
An investigation by the Joint Chiefs of Staff has concluded that a soldier's injury in the Demilitarized Zone was caused by a landmine planted by the North Korean military south of the Military Demarcation Line. The findings were confirmed by military authorities.
NK News reported it asNorth Korean mines ‘deliberately buried’ south of border caused blasts, ROK says (opens NK News in a new tab)
North Korea announced it conducted a firing drill involving an intermediate-range strategic missile on Saturday. Kim Yo-jong, sister of leader Kim Jong-un, stated the missile used artificial intelligence and had a special flight mode, capable of changing its orbit at low altitude.
NK News reported it asNorth Korea mocks Seoul, Tokyo over alleged failure to track missile (opens NK News in a new tab)
North Korea announced it conducted a firing drill involving an intermediate-range strategic missile on Saturday. Kim Yo-jong, sister of leader Kim Jong-un, stated the missile used artificial intelligence and had a special flight mode, capable of changing its orbit at low altitude.
NK News reported it asNorth Korea fires ballistic missile toward East Sea (opens NK News in a new tab)
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung stated that U.S. President Donald Trump clearly wants dialogue with North Korea. Lee also confirmed that South Korea will not deploy troops to intervene militarily in the Iran war.
NK News reported it asSouth Korea will continue to help ‘create an opening’ for Trump-Kim summit: Lee (opens NK News in a new tab)
North Korea's Ministry of Defense has stated that nuclear weapons could be used in response to actions by the US and South Korea. This statement follows defense talks between the two nations aimed at strengthening cooperation against potential weapons of mass destruction attacks from Pyongyang.
NK News reported it asNorth Korea ordered to pay $32 million for destroying inter-Korean office (opens NK News in a new tab)
Kim Jong Un has pledged to expand and deepen cooperation with Russia in a message to Vladimir Putin. The North Korean leader expressed confidence in Russia's victory in Ukraine and promised unwavering support.
NK News reported it asKim Jong Un vows firm support for Russia’s ‘sacred’ Ukraine war before election (opens NK News in a new tab)
Cambodia's army announced it will resume joint military exercises with the United States in February next year. The drills, named 'Exercise Angkor Sentinel 2027,' were suspended in 2017. The resumption follows recent high-level meetings aimed at improving relations, though US concerns about Cambodia's ties to China remain.
NK News reported it asNorth Korean defense chief warns of ‘powerful’ response to US-ROK-Japan drills (opens NK News in a new tab)
North Korea has dismissed its defense minister, No Kwang Chol, and appointed Kim Song Gi in his place. The changes were decided during a meeting led by Kim Jong Un, which also saw Pak Jong Chon appointed to a key military commission role.
NK News reported it asNorth Korea reshuffles top military leadership, replaces defense minister (opens NK News in a new tab)
Who says so
One organisation has published a rating for this outlet. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
- Media Bias/Fact CheckcenterCheck it
How reliably it reports fact
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High factuality
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Who owns it
- NK Consulting, Inc.Independentdirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, United States
- Official site
- nknews.org
- Seen publishing on
- nknews.org
- Access
- Free to read
- Wikipedia
- Entry
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 26
- Reports listed
- 28
- We could read
- 1
- First seen
- 12 August 2026
27 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 1 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. NK News is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 26 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of NK News: its report arrived a median of 20 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 11 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 10 November 2026. Ratings pulled 12 October 2026.
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