diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/features/kubernetes/KubernetesEventsTable.tsx b/frontend-modern/src/features/kubernetes/KubernetesEventsTable.tsx
index f363e2173..2cef91979 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/features/kubernetes/KubernetesEventsTable.tsx
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/features/kubernetes/KubernetesEventsTable.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { For, Show, type Component, type JSX } from 'solid-js';
+import { For, Show, createMemo, type Component, type JSX } from 'solid-js';
 import { StatusDot } from '@/components/shared/StatusDot';
 import { TableCard } from '@/components/shared/TableCard';
 import { TableCardHeader } from '@/components/shared/TableCardHeader';
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import {
   TableHeader,
   TableRow,
 } from '@/components/shared/Table';
-import { getSimpleStatusIndicator } from '@/utils/status';
 import { asTrimmedString } from '@/utils/stringUtils';
 import {
   PLATFORM_HEALTH_FILTER_OPTIONS,
@@ -26,6 +25,7 @@ import {
   type PlatformResourceStatusFilter,
 } from '@/features/platformPage/sharedPlatformPage';
 import type { Resource } from '@/types/resource';
+import { compareKubernetesEvents, mapKubernetesEventSeverity } from './kubernetesPageModel';
 
 const textValue = (value: string | undefined): string => asTrimmedString(value) || '—';
 
@@ -66,8 +66,9 @@ export const KubernetesEventsTable: Component<{
   title?: string;
   showToolbar?: boolean;
 }> = (props) => {
+  const sortedEvents = createMemo(() => [...props.resources].sort(compareKubernetesEvents));
   const tableState = createPlatformTableFilterState({
-    resources: () => props.resources,
+    resources: sortedEvents,
     initialStatus: 'all' as PlatformResourceStatusFilter,
     filter: filterPlatformResources,
   });
@@ -148,7 +149,8 @@ export const KubernetesEventsTable: Component<{
               <TableBody class={PLATFORM_TABLE_BODY_CLASS}>
                 <For each={tableState.filtered()}>
                   {(resource) => {
-                    const indicator = () => getSimpleStatusIndicator(resource.status);
+                    const indicator = () =>
+                      mapKubernetesEventSeverity(resource.kubernetes?.eventType);
                     const name = () => eventName(resource);
                     const scope = () => eventScope(resource);
                     const observed = () => observedTime(resource);
@@ -164,7 +166,7 @@ export const KubernetesEventsTable: Component<{
                             <StatusDot
                               size="sm"
                               variant={indicator().variant}
-                              title={resource.status || 'unknown'}
+                              title={indicator().label}
                               ariaHidden
                             />
                             <span class="truncate font-semibold text-base-content" title={name()}>
diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/features/kubernetes/__tests__/KubernetesEventsTable.test.tsx b/frontend-modern/src/features/kubernetes/__tests__/KubernetesEventsTable.test.tsx
index 1badc4526..42feb49e7 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/features/kubernetes/__tests__/KubernetesEventsTable.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/features/kubernetes/__tests__/KubernetesEventsTable.test.tsx
@@ -27,13 +27,31 @@ afterEach(() => {
 });
 
 describe('KubernetesEventsTable', () => {
-  it('renders Kubernetes Event fields with object, count, time, and message context', () => {
+  it('renders Kubernetes Event fields with severity, newest-first ordering, and message context', () => {
     render(() => (
       <KubernetesEventsTable
         resources={[
           makeResource({
-            id: 'event-1',
+            id: 'normal-event',
             type: 'k8s-event',
+            status: 'degraded',
+            kubernetes: {
+              clusterName: 'prod',
+              namespace: 'apps',
+              resourceKind: 'Event',
+              eventType: 'Normal',
+              reason: 'Scheduled',
+              involvedKind: 'Pod',
+              involvedName: 'checkout-web-456',
+              count: 1,
+              eventTime: '2026-05-24T12:00:00Z',
+              message: 'Successfully assigned apps/checkout-web-456 to prod-k8s-01',
+            },
+          }),
+          makeResource({
+            id: 'warning-event',
+            type: 'k8s-event',
+            status: 'online',
             kubernetes: {
               clusterName: 'prod',
               namespace: 'apps',
@@ -60,11 +78,19 @@ describe('KubernetesEventsTable', () => {
     expect(screen.getByText('Reason')).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(screen.getByText('Object')).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(screen.getByText('Observed')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByTitle('Warning')).toHaveClass('bg-amber-500');
+    expect(screen.getByTitle('Normal')).toHaveClass('bg-slate-400');
     expect(screen.getByText('Warning')).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(screen.getByText('FailedScheduling')).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(screen.getByText('Pod/checkout-api-123')).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(screen.getByText('3')).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(screen.getByText('2026-05-24T13:00:00Z')).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(screen.getByText('0/3 nodes are available')).toBeInTheDocument();
+
+    expect(
+      Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('[data-kubernetes-event-row]')).map((row) =>
+        row.getAttribute('data-kubernetes-event-row'),
+      ),
+    ).toEqual(['warning-event', 'normal-event']);
   });
 });
diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/features/kubernetes/__tests__/kubernetesPageModel.test.ts b/frontend-modern/src/features/kubernetes/__tests__/kubernetesPageModel.test.ts
index 94399bba9..0d10efa7c 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/features/kubernetes/__tests__/kubernetesPageModel.test.ts
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/features/kubernetes/__tests__/kubernetesPageModel.test.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import type { Resource } from '@/types/resource';
 import {
   KUBERNETES_TAB_SPECS,
   buildKubernetesPageModel,
+  compareKubernetesEvents,
+  mapKubernetesEventSeverity,
   resolveKubernetesPageTabId,
 } from '../kubernetesPageModel';
 
@@ -132,4 +134,54 @@ describe('kubernetesPageModel', () => {
 
     expect(model.nodes.map((r) => r.id)).toEqual(['merged-node-1']);
   });
+
+  it('maps Kubernetes Event severity from the event type instead of generic resource status', () => {
+    expect(mapKubernetesEventSeverity('Warning')).toEqual({
+      variant: 'warning',
+      label: 'Warning',
+    });
+    expect(mapKubernetesEventSeverity('Normal')).toEqual({
+      variant: 'muted',
+      label: 'Normal',
+    });
+    expect(mapKubernetesEventSeverity(undefined)).toEqual({
+      variant: 'muted',
+      label: 'Unknown',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('orders Kubernetes Events by observed time from newest to oldest', () => {
+    const older = makeResource({
+      id: 'older',
+      type: 'k8s-event',
+      kubernetes: {
+        eventTime: '2026-05-24T11:00:00Z',
+      },
+    });
+    const newerFromFirstSeen = makeResource({
+      id: 'newer-first-seen',
+      type: 'k8s-event',
+      kubernetes: {
+        firstSeen: '2026-05-24T13:00:00Z',
+      },
+    });
+    const newestFromCreatedAt = makeResource({
+      id: 'newest-created',
+      type: 'k8s-event',
+      kubernetes: {
+        createdAt: '2026-05-24T14:00:00Z',
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect([older, newestFromCreatedAt, newerFromFirstSeen].sort(compareKubernetesEvents)).toEqual([
+      newestFromCreatedAt,
+      newerFromFirstSeen,
+      older,
+    ]);
+    expect(
+      buildKubernetesPageModel([older, newestFromCreatedAt, newerFromFirstSeen]).events.map(
+        (event) => event.id,
+      ),
+    ).toEqual(['newest-created', 'newer-first-seen', 'older']);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/features/kubernetes/kubernetesPageModel.ts b/frontend-modern/src/features/kubernetes/kubernetesPageModel.ts
index febf307bf..251c97970 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/features/kubernetes/kubernetesPageModel.ts
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/features/kubernetes/kubernetesPageModel.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type { Resource, ResourceType } from '@/types/resource';
+import type { StatusIndicator } from '@/utils/status';
 import { resolveResourcePlatformType } from '@/utils/sourcePlatforms';
 
 export type KubernetesPageTabId =
@@ -32,6 +33,38 @@ export const KUBERNETES_TAB_SPECS: readonly KubernetesTabSpec[] = [
 
 const asTrimmedString = (value: unknown): string => (typeof value === 'string' ? value.trim() : '');
 
+const eventTypeLabel = (value: string, fallback: string): string => {
+  const trimmed = asTrimmedString(value);
+  if (!trimmed) return fallback;
+  return trimmed.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + trimmed.slice(1);
+};
+
+export function mapKubernetesEventSeverity(eventType: string | undefined): StatusIndicator {
+  const normalized = asTrimmedString(eventType).toLowerCase();
+  if (normalized === 'warning') return { variant: 'warning', label: 'Warning' };
+  if (normalized === 'normal') return { variant: 'muted', label: 'Normal' };
+  return {
+    variant: 'muted',
+    label: eventTypeLabel(eventType ?? '', 'Unknown'),
+  };
+}
+
+const parseKubernetesEventObservedTime = (resource: Resource): number => {
+  const observed =
+    asTrimmedString(resource.kubernetes?.eventTime) ||
+    asTrimmedString(resource.kubernetes?.firstSeen) ||
+    asTrimmedString(resource.kubernetes?.createdAt);
+  if (!observed) return 0;
+  const timestamp = Date.parse(observed);
+  return Number.isFinite(timestamp) ? timestamp : 0;
+};
+
+export const compareKubernetesEvents = (left: Resource, right: Resource): number => {
+  const timeDelta = parseKubernetesEventObservedTime(right) - parseKubernetesEventObservedTime(left);
+  if (timeDelta !== 0) return timeDelta;
+  return left.id.localeCompare(right.id);
+};
+
 const KUBERNETES_ROUTE_TAB_ALIASES: Record<string, KubernetesPageTabId> = {
   autoscaling: 'workloads',
   config: 'configuration',
@@ -162,7 +195,9 @@ export function buildKubernetesPageModel(resources: Resource[]): KubernetesPageM
   const horizontalPodAutoscalers = k8sResources.filter(
     (resource) => resource.type === 'k8s-horizontal-pod-autoscaler',
   );
-  const events = k8sResources.filter((resource) => resource.type === 'k8s-event');
+  const events = k8sResources
+    .filter((resource) => resource.type === 'k8s-event')
+    .sort(compareKubernetesEvents);
   const workloads = [
     ...deployments,
     ...replicaSets,