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Pyongyang

Arcs in and about Pyongyang from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.

Place · 171 stories · 458 articles · earliest story we hold Oct 14, 2023

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All arcs2 named arcs in 2026

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The Russia-Ukraine war: the front line and the long-range strikes

36 of 499 stories this September · 2 about Pyongyang

Russia now bombards Kyiv during the day as well as at night · 10 articles, Sep 1Ukraine: Zelenskyy warns airlines to avoid Russian airspace · 24 articles, Sep 1Russian drone and missile strikes on Ukrainian capital kill 2 people, ending pause in attacks · 18 articles, Sep 2Ukraine’s drone attacks caused turmoil for Russians throughout summer · 7 articles, Sep 3Russian general accused of masterminding the attack against Kyiv’s children’s hospital injured in assassination attempt · 11 articles, Sep 3A pregnant soldier mourns her 21-year-old husband at his funeral in Ukraine · 5 articles, Sep 3Ukraine strikes Russian oil refineries after Kushner, Witkoff visit Moscow and Kyiv · 3 articles, Sep 4General Staff: Russia has lost 1,506,900 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022 · 18 articles, Sep 6Russian drones fly toward Kyiv amid temporary attack pause on capitals · 2 articles, Sep 75 killed in Russian strikes on Ukraine as Putin warns Europe against sending troops · 23 articles, Sep 9Ukrainian drones kill 2 in Russia as Moscow hits main port hub in Black Sea · 10 articles, Sep 9Russia hits passenger train on Ukraine’s border with Poland, just misses ‘diplomatic train’ · 63 articles, Sep 9How Ukraine’s deepest attack in Russia, on Arctic gas, signals new reach · 10 articles, Sep 9Zelensky's plane 'almost hit' by drone en route to Oslo, Norway PM says · 31 articles, Sep 9Russia targets Kyiv petrol stations for first time with jet-powered drones · 11 articles, Sep 10Russia's recruitment of foreign nationals amounts to human trafficking, Amnesty International says · 5 articles, Sep 10Trump calls on Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian diesel fuel, citing a global shortage · 60 articles, Sep 10Zelenskyy Says Ukraine Will Pause Strikes on Russia if Kremlin Spares Critical Infrastructure · 34 articles, Sep 14Russians are still fleeing abroad, citing fears of a new mobilization and a loss of freedom · 7 articles, Sep 14Russian drone strike kills 5 and injures at least 7 on passenger bus in Ukraine · 11 articles, Sep 16Russian missile and drone attacks injure at least 19, including children, in Ukraine · 15 articles, Sep 16Russian attack on Sumy kills 2, injures 7 as guided aerial bombs hit apartment building · 2 articles, Sep 18Russian attacks kill 6, injure 45 across Ukraine as Kyiv faces second day of nonstop strikes · 16 articles, Sep 19Ukraine fires over 1,000 drones at Russia, including 'largest ever' attack on Moscow · 39 articles, Sep 20General Staff: Russia has lost 1,528,970 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022 · 7 articles, Sep 20Russian drones slam a southern Ukraine city after Kyiv's 1,000-drone weekend barrage · 7 articles, Sep 21Ukraine Launches 'World First' Airborne Robot Assault Behind Russian Lines · 3 articles, Sep 21Russia and Ukraine trade deadly strikes ahead of Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump · 29 articles, Sep 21Ukraine war latest: Russia's oil refining capacity falls as damage from Moscow strikes sets in · 2 articles, Sep 21Rubio says Ukraine unintentionally hit 'American-linked' oil infrastructure · 5 articles, Sep 22Russia slams Kyiv with ballistic missiles as Ukrainians brace for harsh winter · 3 articles, Sep 23Zelenskyy Says Ukraine Sent 2 North Korean Prisoners of War to South Korea · 7 articles, Sep 24Russian strikes on Ukraine leave at least 7 dead, 80 hurt · 35 articles, Sep 25Russian drones pound civilian areas as Ukraine claims battlefield breakthroughs · 3 articles, Sep 28Russian drones hammer apartments, offices and a cultural landmark in Ukraine, killing 7 · 7 articles, Sep 28Ukraine war latest: Russia strikes downtown Kyiv, kills one, injures 24, damages National Academy of Sciences · 4 articles, Sep 28
North Korea's missile tests and Kim Jong Un's terms for talks with Trump

2 of 25 stories this September · 2 about Pyongyang

N. Korea fires missiles toward sea · 13 articles, Sep 11South Korea says North Korea launched a ballistic missile and another projectile toward the sea · 22 articles, Sep 20

Coverage over timeindependent sources per week, by side, every year we hold

2023357 articles20241566 articles2025471 articles2026594 articles

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Oct 9, 202357327
Oct 16, 2023312848
Oct 30, 202337222
Nov 6, 202306211
Nov 13, 20231205
Nov 20, 2023924575
Nov 27, 202328323
Dec 11, 202317116
Dec 18, 2023813453
Dec 25, 202358545
Jan 1, 2024922778
Jan 8, 2024810357
Jan 15, 202478357
Jan 22, 202427125
Jan 29, 202427333
Feb 5, 202412010
Feb 12, 202425213
Feb 19, 202446218
Mar 4, 20240218
Mar 18, 202417223
Mar 25, 2024414548
Apr 1, 202424212
Apr 8, 202433117
Apr 15, 20241104
May 6, 202424115
May 13, 20241317
May 20, 20242147
May 27, 202410289105
Jun 3, 2024719571
Jun 10, 2024311348
Jun 17, 2024254518302
Jun 24, 2024412130
Jul 1, 202438224
Jul 15, 202426119
Jul 22, 202426320
Jul 29, 20240011
Aug 5, 20241409
Sep 16, 202425113
Oct 7, 202426418
Oct 14, 202479440
Oct 21, 2024912537
Oct 28, 202482510100
Nov 4, 2024312528
Nov 11, 202447429
Nov 18, 202426214
Nov 25, 20241318
Dec 16, 2024210327
Dec 23, 202428435
Jan 6, 2025413750
Jan 13, 202515315
Jan 20, 202512112
Jan 27, 20251309
Feb 10, 20251208
Feb 24, 202537219
Mar 10, 202524317
Mar 24, 202523217
Apr 21, 20251001
Apr 28, 202546221
May 19, 202534311
May 26, 202527317
Jun 9, 20252308
Jul 7, 202525110
Jul 28, 20251339
Aug 4, 202507118
Aug 11, 20250114
Aug 18, 20251102
Aug 25, 202558333
Sep 1, 202537326
Sep 8, 20250306
Sep 22, 20252126
Oct 6, 20252217
Oct 20, 20251439
Oct 27, 202522110
Nov 3, 202526111
Dec 22, 202533318
Dec 29, 202557223
Jan 26, 20261114
Feb 16, 20262005
Mar 9, 20263229
Apr 13, 202612113
May 25, 20261318
Jun 1, 20260202
Jun 8, 202627324
Jul 13, 20260202
Jul 20, 20262218
Jul 27, 20260213
Aug 3, 20263238
Aug 10, 2026217874
Aug 17, 2026214315249
Sep 7, 2026614454
Sep 14, 202669328
Sep 21, 202627218
Sep 28, 202636318

Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

Everything else16 stories in 2026 not part of any arc, newest first

Stories about Pyongyang that are not part of any arc yet

  1. Jun 12Former South Korea president Yoon Suk Yeol sentenced to 30 years in prison for sending drones over Pyongyang7 articles · 7 independent sources
    1 left, 2 center, 2 right

Stories that name Pyongyang

  1. Sep 28– 29South Korea Says Border Blasts That Injured 3 Officers Was Likely Caused by North Korean Mines9 articles · 7 independent sources
    1 left, 4 center, 0 right
  2. Sep 27– 29Seoul seeks apology after Ukraine reveals transfer of North Korean POWs16 articles · 15 independent sources
    3 left, 3 center, 3 right
  3. Sep 22South Korea's Lee tells AP he advocates step-by-step approach to North's nuclear disarmament5 articles · 4 independent sources
    1 left, 1 center, 1 right
  4. Sep 21Explosion Injures 3 South Korean Military Officers Inside DMZ Bordering North Korea11 articles · 10 independent sources
    1 left, 3 center, 1 right
  5. Sep 14– 17South Korean Court Orders North Korea to Pay $32.5 Million for Blowing Up Joint Liaison Office7 articles · 7 independent sources
    0 left, 3 center, 1 right
  6. Sep 7– 8Russia and North Korea open the first road link across shared border21 articles · 14 independent sources
    3 left, 2 center, 4 right
  7. Sep 7– 8North Korea adds second destroyer as US, South Korea and Japan hold military exercise27 articles · 22 independent sources
    1 left, 9 center, 0 right
  8. Aug 19– 20Trump claims North Korea has 57 nuclear weapons5 articles · 4 independent sources
    0 left, 2 center, 1 right
  9. Aug 19– 20Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister says she is ‘completely unaware’ if he contacted Trump16 articles · 13 independent sources
    1 left, 2 center, 2 right
  10. Aug 18– 21Trump plans to meet with North Korea's Kim Jong Un27 articles · 22 independent sources
    1 left, 9 center, 5 right
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