Entity

North Korea

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

As of 28 Oct 2026Last evidence 28 Oct 2026

What is happening now

  • There’s little chance of Trump-Kim Jong Un meeting this year, US and South Korean officials say

    Reported event · first reported 23 Oct 2026 to 24 Oct 2026 · 4 claims · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

  • Tensions high as North Korea howitzer spotted near South Korean border

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

  • Swiss foreign minister to visit North Korea this week to open political office

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

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

    Reported claim · first reported 24 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 5 separate publishers

All 9 events and claims involving North Korea

What changed

  • Attention Fading: 66 mentions on 28 Oct 2026, against 99 on 7 Oct 2026 (-33%).
  • State No change in coverage state or wire tier recorded since 16 Oct 2026.
  • Claims No claim first reported since 27 Oct 2026.

How well we know this

2,405 documents · 143 publishers · 7% contain a typed assertion · last evidence 28 Oct 2026

  • Gap: assertion coverage 0.069: about 93% of mentions carry no typed assertion
  • Gap: 1 receipt withheld: no source link (the same rule the topic record applies)

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 StatesImmigrationNuclearRussiaJapan
  • South Korea · 1,593 shared documents
  • Seoul · 1,142 shared documents
  • China · 763 shared documents
  • United States · 683 shared documents
  • Immigration · 653 shared documents
  • Nuclear · 596 shared documents
  • Russia · 578 shared documents
  • Japan · 526 shared documents
  • Kim Jong-Un · 518 shared documents · no page of its own yet
  • Myung · 447 shared documents · no page of its own yet

Story momentum

Fading

The word compares 66 mentions on 28 Oct 2026 with 99 on 7 Oct 2026 (-33%); a change of less than 8% either way reads Steady.

Daily mentions +57% from 13 Sept 2026 to 28 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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The figures on this page, as data. The tool returns the full entity record.

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.

  • There’s little chance of Trump-Kim Jong Un meeting this year, US and South Korean officials say

    Reported event · first reported 23 Oct 2026 to 24 Oct 2026 · 4 claims · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    Show the 4 individual claims
    • There’s little chance of Trump-Kim Jong Un meeting this year, US and South Korean officials say · reported by two · first reported 23 Oct 2026 · 3 separate publishers
    • North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits China to inaugurate new cross-border bridge · reported by two · first reported 24 Oct 2026 · 3 separate publishers
    • Kim Jong Un Crosses New Yalu River Bridge, Vows to Uphold Blood-Forged Ties With China · reported by two · first reported 24 Oct 2026 · 2 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

  • Tensions high as North Korea howitzer spotted near South Korean border

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

    reported by two

  • Swiss foreign minister to visit North Korea this week to open political office

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

    single source

  • 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

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

    Reported claim · first reported 24 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 5 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • 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

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North Korea

Entity.

Evidence
2,405 documents · 143 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 28 Oct 2026
Measured
7% of mentions say something specific about it; the rest only name it
As of
28 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.

What it connects to

Related records.

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Recorded history

No change in coverage state or wire tier recorded since 16 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 28 Oct 2026.