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SEOUL: Sharing drinks, watching missile parades and dining with senior army commanders, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s daughter was centre stage with her father and mother at major military events this week.

Bangkok Post

Daughter of North Korean leader Kim shares spotlight with nuclear missiles

Sharing drinks, watching missile parades and dining with senior army commanders, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's daughter was centre stage with her father and mother at major military events this week.

Reuters

North Korea shows off largest-ever number of nuclear missiles at anniversary parade

Nuclear-armed North Korea showcases its missile production muscle during a night-time parade, displaying more ICBMs than before and hinting at a new solid-fuel weapon.

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North Korea Unveils 'Record' Number of ICBMs

North Korea's Kim Jong Un oversaw a major military parade showcasing a record number of nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missiles, state media reported Thursday, including what analysts said was possibly a new solid-fueled ICBM. The parade to mark the 75th founding anniversary of the country's armed forces featured fireworks, military…

Asharq Al-Awsat

North Korea unveils 'record' number of ICBMs at military parade

Seoul (AFP) - North Korea's Kim Jong Un oversaw a major military parade showcasing a record number of nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missiles, state media reported Thursday, including what analysts said was possibly a new solid-fuelled ICBM.

AFP

North Korea shows off possible new ICBM at huge military parade

The parade in Pyongyang appeared to feature a new, solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile, analysts have said.

Al Jazeera

North Korea's Kim oversees major military parade

Seoul (AFP) - North Korea's Kim Jong Un oversaw a major military parade showcasing his most advanced weaponry to mark the 75th founding anniversary of the country's armed forces, state media said Thursday.

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North Korea’s Kim lauds army before expected military parade

Kim visited military officials with his daughter to mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of North Korea’s army.

Al Jazeera

North Korea stages nighttime military parade to mark army anniversary -Yonhap

North Korea held a widely anticipated nighttime military parade on Wednesday, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported, an event expected to showcase the country's latest weapons to mark the founding anniversary of its army.

Reuters

North Korea promises ‘expanded, intensified’ military drills

Military top brass meets as armed forces continue preparations for parade expected as early as Wednesday.

Al Jazeera

North Korea calls for strengthened war readiness posture, expanded drills

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged to expand military drills and beef up the country's war readiness posture, state media reported on Tuesday, as Pyongyang prepares to mark a military anniversary.

Reuters

North Korea ruling party to hold key meeting on agriculture

Seoul (AFP) - North Korea's ruling party will hold a key meeting this month to discuss agricultural development, citing the need for "radical change", state media reported Monday.

AFP

US, S. Korea Hold Air Drills as N. Korea Warns of 'All-out Showdown'

South Korea said Thursday it had staged joint air drills with the United States featuring strategic bombers and stealth fighters, prompting Pyongyang to warn that such exercises could "ignite an all-out showdown". The exercises, the first by the security allies this year, came a day after US Defense Secretary Lloyd…

Asharq Al-Awsat

US, S. Korea hold air drills as N. Korea warns of 'all-out showdown'

Seoul (AFP) - South Korea said Thursday it had staged joint air drills with the United States featuring strategic bombers and stealth fighters, prompting Pyongyang to warn that such exercises could "ignite an all-out showdown".

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Reuters

White House: U.S. has no hostile intent toward North Korea

The White House on Wednesday rejected North Korean accusations that joint military exercises in the region are a provocation and said the United States has no hostile intent toward Pyongyang.

Reuters

North Korea says U.S. drills threaten to turn region into 'critical war zone'

North Korea said on Thursday that drills by the United States and its allies have reached an "extreme red-line" and threaten to turn the peninsula into a "huge war arsenal and a more critical war zone."

Reuters

North Korea calls U.S. pledge of tanks to Ukraine 'unethical crime'

North Korea on Sunday criticized for a second day a U.S. decision to send tanks to Ukraine, calling it an "unethical crime" aimed at perpetuating an unstable international situation.

Reuters

North Korea slams United States for pledging tanks to Ukraine

North Korea on Saturday denounced U.S. pledges of battle tanks to Ukraine, claiming Washington was "further crossing the red line" to win hegemony by proxy war, state media KCNA reported.

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The Independent UK

North Korea sustains high defense spending with new budget

North Korea’s rubber-stamp parliament has passed a budget that sustains a high level of defense spending despite the country’s economic troubles

Al Jazeera

North Korea pledges to revitalise economy after COVID ‘victory’

The secretive state claims ‘remarkable successes’ after upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Reuters

North Korea calls for normalising factories, economy after COVID 'upheaval'

North Korea's parliament has outlined plans to normalise industrial production and meet its economic goals this year, despite the "worst-ever upheaval" amid the coronavirus pandemic in 2022, state media said on Thursday.

Al Jazeera

N Korea’s Kim reveals daughter in hint at extending family rule

Kim Jong Un, who turns 39 on Sunday, is the third generation of his family to successively rule North Korea since 1948.

Reuters

U.S. and South Korea coordinating potential responses to North Korea provocation -White House

The U.S. and South Korea are planning for a coordinated response to a range of scenarios, including nuclear use by North Korea, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said on Tuesday.

Reuters

North Korea's Kim sacks No. 2 military official

North Korea has sacked Pak Jong Chon, the second most powerful military official after leader Kim Jong Un, state media reported.

WEKU

North Korea's Kim orders 'exponential' expansion of nuclear arsenal

Some experts say Kim Jong Un's push to make more nukes and new weapons systems reflects his hopes to solidify future negotiating power as he heads into prolonged tensions with the U.S. and its allies.

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