North Korea Times media bias and reliability
Media Bias/Fact Check places North Korea Times in the centre. We have seen it on 14 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is North Korea Times biased?
Media Bias/Fact Check places North Korea Times in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is North Korea Times left or right?
Media Bias/Fact Check places North Korea Times in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is North Korea Times reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for North Korea Times are Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What North Korea Times has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with North Korea Times’s own report linked underneath.
On 18 September 2026 President Lee Jae‑myung announced South Korea will not deploy troops or military assets to a US‑led war against Iran. He added that naval operations would only protect South Korean ships. The remark came after pressure from US President Donald Trump.
North Korea Times reported it as"No troop dispatch": South Korea's President Lee stresses need to protect national interests in Hormuz (opens North Korea Times 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.
North Korea Times reported it asS. Korean court orders DPRK to pay 32.5 mln USD over 2020 liaison office demolition (opens North Korea Times 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.
North Korea Times reported it asUS, South Korea, Japan kick off 3-way military exercise (opens North Korea Times in a new tab)
North Korea stated the United States' hostile policy remains unchanged and vowed to strengthen its nuclear force. The country denounced upcoming joint military exercises as a threat, calling its nuclear weapons an 'absolute guarantee for defending its sovereignty'. This comes despite a previous scaling back of drills by the Trump administration.
North Korea Times reported it asU.S. hostile policy toward DPRK never changes: DPRK foreign ministry (opens North Korea Times in a new tab)
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in South Korea on 19 August 2026 for a two-day visit, meeting President Lee Jae Myung and senior officials. The trip follows US President Donald Trump’s decision to reduce joint military exercises with South Korea, prompting regional reactions.
North Korea Times reported it asExplainer: What abrupt cut to joint drills means for U.S.-S. Korea alliance (opens North Korea Times in a new tab)
North Korea fired around 10 short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea on 20 August 2026, hours after US President Donald Trump said he would meet Kim Jong Un. The launch coincided with joint US-South Korea military drills, which Pyongyang called a provocation despite their reduced scale.
North Korea Times reported it asAs US scales back military exercises with S Korea, Japan says N Korea launches suspected ballistic missile (opens North Korea Times in a new tab)
North Korea fired around 10 short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea on 20 August 2026, hours after US President Donald Trump said he would meet Kim Jong Un. The launch coincided with joint US-South Korea military drills, which Pyongyang called a provocation despite their reduced scale.
North Korea Times reported it asDPRK fires barrage of ballistic missiles amid US-ROK drills: Seoul (opens North Korea Times in a new tab)
North Korea’s Kim Yo-jong stated that the US decision to scale down the Ulchi Freedom Shield military exercise forced South Korea into a 'poor plight' of cancelling war games. She called South Korean President Lee Jae-myung’s response 'double-dealing' and described the reduced drills as an 'evident disaster' for Seoul.
North Korea Times reported it asSouth Korean president stresses US alliance after Trump order (opens North Korea Times in a new tab)
US President Donald Trump is pressing aides to arrange a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as early as this autumn, according to the Wall Street Journal. The discussions are linked to Trump’s planned November trip to China for the APEC summit, though no date or location has been confirmed.
North Korea Times reported it asTrump eyes meeting with top DPRK leader: WSJ (opens North Korea Times in a new tab)
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in South Korea on 19 August 2026 for a two-day visit, meeting President Lee Jae Myung and senior officials. The trip follows US President Donald Trump’s decision to reduce joint military exercises with South Korea, prompting regional reactions.
North Korea Times reported it asWhy Trump is mad at South Korea (opens North Korea Times in a new tab)
Donald Trump posted a 2019 photo of himself with Kim Jong Un on 15 August 2026, accompanied by a message describing their relationship as 'great'. The post followed recent comments from a former Trump administration official and South Korea's president about a possible future meeting, though no concrete plans have been announced.
North Korea Times reported it as"Kim Jong Un has always treated me with great respect": Trump says he "gets along well" with North Korean leader (opens North Korea Times in a new tab)
North Korean soldiers cross DMZ line for first time in 2026, prompting South Korean warning shots
Trust 76South Korean forces fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed the Military Demarcation Line in the eastern DMZ, marking the first such violation in 2026. The soldiers returned to their side after the shots. Reports confirm 17 similar crossings occurred last year.
North Korea Times reported it asS. Korean military fires warning shots after DPRK troops cross military demarcation line (opens North Korea Times in a new tab)
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung proposed formal peace talks to end the Korean War, replacing the 1953 armistice. North Korea ignored the offer and state media focused on internal celebrations. South Korean forces fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed the border, the first such incident this year.
North Korea Times reported it asPyongyang snubs Seoul's peace proposal as inter-Korean tensions flare ahead of US-South Korea drills (opens North Korea Times in a new tab)
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung proposed formal peace talks to end the Korean War, replacing the 1953 armistice. North Korea ignored the offer and state media focused on internal celebrations. South Korean forces fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed the border, the first such incident this year.
North Korea Times reported it asSouth Korea proposes dialogue to end war with North Korea (opens North Korea Times in a new tab)
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the disputed Kuril Islands on 13 August 2026, prompting Japan to summon Russia’s ambassador. The US ambassador to Tokyo reaffirmed support for Japan’s sovereignty over the islands, while Russia insisted the visit was not open to foreign discussion.
North Korea Times reported it asPutin visits disputed Kuril islands, sparking protest from Japan (opens North Korea Times in a new tab)
Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia fired North Korean ballistic missiles at Zaporizhia on 11 August 2026, killing six civilians and wounding 19. Ukrainian military sources identified the weapons as KN-23 and KN-24 types. The attack damaged civilian infrastructure and coincided with drone strikes across Ukraine.
North Korea Times reported it asUkraine Says Russia Fired North Korean Missiles In Deadly Strike (opens North Korea Times in a new tab)
A Russian attack on Ukraine’s southeastern Zaporizhzhia killed five people and wounded 20, while ballistic missiles struck Kyiv, injuring at least one. Regional officials confirmed damage to industrial sites and residential buildings, as Ukraine warns of increased North Korean military support for Russia.
North Korea Times reported it asDeadly Russian Missiles Strike Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia (opens North Korea Times in a new tab)
Who says so
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Who owns it
- Midwest Radio Network Pty LtdCorporationdirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Official site
- northkoreatimes.com
- Seen publishing on
- northkoreatimes.com
- Access
- Free to read
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
- 14
- Reports listed
- 17
- We could read
- 1
- First seen
- 11 August 2026
16 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. North Korea Times is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 14 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of North Korea Times: its report arrived a median of 23 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 26 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 24 September 2026. Ratings pulled 11 September 2026.
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