Entity

North Korea

The isolated, nuclear-armed state on the Korean Peninsula, ruled by the Kim family.

As of 26 Oct 2026Last evidence 26 Oct 2026

What is happening now

  • North Korea's Kim Jong Un returns from China after war memorial visit, state media says

    Reported event · first reported 22 Oct 2026 to 24 Oct 2026 · 3 claims · best-carried claim: 6 separate publishers

  • Seoul ‘fabricated’ landmine blast, North Korea tells UN in letter

    Reported claim · first reported 26 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

  • Kim Jong Un Crosses New Yalu River Bridge, Vows to Uphold Blood-Forged Ties With China

    Reported claim · first reported 24 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

  • N. Korea's Kim calls for 'strongest army' in speech for military meeting in Pyongyang

    Reported claim · first reported 24 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

  • Seoul Proposes Military Talks With North Korea on Border Line, Hotlines

    Reported claim · first reported 23 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 5 separate publishers

All 10 events and claims involving North Korea

What changed

  • Attention Fading: 76 mentions on 26 Oct 2026, against 85 on 5 Oct 2026 (-11%).
  • State No change in coverage state or wire tier recorded since 15 Oct 2026.
  • Claims 1 claim first reported since 25 Oct 2026.

How well we know this

2,317 documents · 142 publishers · 7% contain a typed assertion · last evidence 26 Oct 2026

  • Gap: assertion coverage 0.069: about 93% of mentions carry no typed assertion

In this snapshot’s daily coverage:

Reported alongside North Korea

Names most often reported alongside it; bigger circles and heavier lines mean more shared documents. A dashed circle has no page of its own yet.

South KoreaSeoulChinaUnited StatesImmigrationRussiaJapan
  • South Korea · 1,538 shared documents
  • Seoul · 1,099 shared documents
  • China · 727 shared documents
  • United States · 654 shared documents
  • Immigration · 620 shared documents
  • Nuclear · 581 shared documents · no page of its own yet
  • Russia · 549 shared documents
  • Japan · 512 shared documents
  • Kim Jong-Un · 505 shared documents · no page of its own yet
  • Myung · 430 shared documents · no page of its own yet

Story momentum

Fading

The word compares 76 mentions on 26 Oct 2026 with 85 on 5 Oct 2026 (-11%); a change of less than 8% either way reads Steady.

Daily mentions +81% from 11 Sept 2026 to 26 Oct 2026, between 42 and 100 a day

How often tracked coverage mentions North Korea, day by day.

Market price, cited

Not priced yet

No open prediction market prices a question materially about North Korea yet. Ask about North Korea

No market price on file: no prediction market prices a question about this name yet

Coverage volume and market price are separate measures.

For developers

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Events involving North Korea

Most-reported first, then newest. Registered events come from the event record; reported events are groups of claims about one occurrence. Claims are grouped when they were first reported within 2 days of each other and either name at least 2 of the same people, places or things besides this one, or share at least 25% of their wording. Each claim keeps its own record.

  • North Korea's Kim Jong Un returns from China after war memorial visit, state media says

    Reported event · first reported 22 Oct 2026 to 24 Oct 2026 · 3 claims · best-carried claim: 6 separate publishers

    Show the 3 individual claims
    • North Korea's Kim Jong Un returns from China after war memorial visit, state media says · corroborated · first reported 24 Oct 2026 · 6 separate publishers
    • There’s little chance of Trump-Kim Jong Un meeting this year, US and South Korean officials say · corroborated · first reported 22 Oct 2026 · 5 separate publishers
    • North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits China, South Korean news agency reports · single source · first reported 24 Oct 2026 · 2 separate publishers

  • Seoul ‘fabricated’ landmine blast, North Korea tells UN in letter

    Reported claim · first reported 26 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Kim Jong Un Crosses New Yalu River Bridge, Vows to Uphold Blood-Forged Ties With China

    Reported claim · first reported 24 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • N. Korea's Kim calls for 'strongest army' in speech for military meeting in Pyongyang

    Reported claim · first reported 24 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Seoul Proposes Military Talks With North Korea on Border Line, Hotlines

    Reported claim · first reported 23 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 5 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • China's Wang Huning Vows Stronger Strategic Ties With North Korea

    Reported claim · first reported 23 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 1 separate publisher

    single source

  • (LEAD) S. Korea urges N. Korea to stop border escalation acts amid Pyongyang's loudspeaker threat

    Reported claim · first reported 22 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong warns South Korea, says border loudspeakers to be ready within days

    Reported claim · first reported 21 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 5 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • North Korea-Linked SquidSquad Drains $2.84 Million From BNB Smart Chain Holder

    Reported claim · first reported 21 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Seoul vows 'resolute punishment' after North Korea threatens new border measures

    Reported claim · first reported 20 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 4 separate publishers

    corroborated

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North Korea

Entity.

Evidence
2,317 documents · 142 separate publishers · a mention shows the name is in use, not that any claim about it is true
Standing
A name from our starting list; its record is kept up to date automatically from coverage
Time
first seen 3 Sept 2026, last seen 26 Oct 2026
Measured
7% of mentions say something specific about it; the rest only name it
As of
26 Oct 2026
22 links from here

Who it moves with: the 10 names are in the map above.

What is claimed about it (12)

  • Corroborated: Reported by three or more sources that did not copy each other.
  • Reported by two: Reported by two sources that did not copy each other.
  • Single source: Reported by one source so far.

Situations it is named in (0)

none on file at this cutoff

For machines: this record as JSON

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What the coverage says

Recent reporting that names North Korea, newest first. Open any row to follow it to the original article.

Evidence tiers: primary source = an official public record · attributed = a named outlet, receipt linked · lead = observed, not yet receipted.

Markets materially about North Korea

Markets whose question is about North Korea or names it as a party. Each row says how the market relates to North Korea and why. Prices are the market’s own, cited with the venue.

1 more open market joined to North Korea but not about it
  • 13.5% Yes

    “Will Trump meet with Kim Jong Un in 2026?”

    Polymarket · priced 26 Oct 2026

    Relation: mentioned only in passing · the name does not appear as a word in the question; the record joined it another way · closes 31 Dec 2026

What it connects to

Related records.

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Recorded history

No change in coverage state or wire tier recorded since 15 Oct 2026.

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Story momentum counts mentions in tracked coverage. Prices are the market’s own, cited with the venue. Informational only, not advice. As of 26 Oct 2026.