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N. Korea Denies Exporting Weapons to Russia

North Korea on Wednesday denied it was providing arms to Russia, state media said, weeks after the United States said Moscow was turning to Pyongyang to replenish its stocks depleted by invading Ukraine. "We have never exported weapons or ammunition to Russia before and we will not plan to export…

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Imagery shows N.Korea may soon launch new missile submarine - think tank

North Korea may be preparing to launch a new submarine believed to be capable of firing ballistic missiles, a U.S.-based think tank reported on Thursday, citing commercial satellite imagery.

Reuters

N.Korea says it has never supplied weapons or ammunition to Russia - KCNA

North Korea on Thursday said it has never supplied weapons or ammunition to Russia and has no plans to do so, while warning the United States to "keep its mouth shut" and stop circulating rumours aimed at "tarnishing" the country's image.

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New N.Korea propaganda posters highlight nuclear-tipped missiles

North Korea has released new propaganda posters featuring its nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles, state media reported on Tuesday, doing so for the first time in years and after the country codified its nuclear policy in law last week.

Reuters

North Korea Law Makes Nuclear Program 'Irreversible'

North Korea has passed a law declaring its readiness to launch preventive nuclear strikes, including in the face of conventional attacks, state media said Friday. The move effectively eliminates the possibility of denuclearization talks, with leader Kim Jong Un saying the country's status as a nuclear state was now "irreversible".…

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Kim Jong-un in chilling nuclear vow as North Korea passes law allowing PREEMPTIVE strikes

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un vows his new law makes his country's nuclear status 'irreversible' and claims it will stop any talk of de-nuclearisation

Daily Mirror

North Korea to 'nuke any enemy that attacks as irreversible' law passes'

Kim Jong-un's North Korea has brought in a new law that makes its nuclear weapons policy "irreversible". The country has already declared itself a nuclear state in its constitution, but the new law sets out when Kim can use the weapons

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North Korea makes nuclear policy ‘irreversible’ with new law

Legislation allows it to carry out a nuclear first strike, amid concern country is on verge of resuming nuclear tests.

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N.Korea's parliament meets in effort to build 'socialist fairyland'

North Korea's rubber-stamp parliament convened this week to pass legislation aimed at turning the country into a "beautiful and civilized socialist fairyland," state media reported on Thursday.

Reuters

N.Korea denounces new U.N. human rights expert as 'biased'

North Korea's foreign ministry criticised a new United Nations human rights expert as "biased", saying the country will not tolerate what it called U.S.-led efforts to topple the isolated regime, state media KCNA reported on Friday.

Reuters

North Korea says fever cases in locked-down province were flu

North Korea said on Friday it had confirmed that cases of unknown fever reported near its border with China were patients with the flu, state media reported.

Reuters

Four ‘fever cases’ announced by North Korea weeks after declaring victory from Covid

North Korean leader had declared victory against Covid-19 on 10 August

The Independent UK

N.Korea reports unknown fever cases near China border, denies COVID

North Korea's state media said on Thursday that a fever outbreak of unknown origin has emerged in a region bordering China, but it was not the novel coronavirus over which the country declared victory this month.

Reuters

N.Korea's Kim praises military medics for frontline COVID fight in capital

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held a ceremony to thank and praise military medics for spearheading the country's fight against the coronavirus in the capital Pyongyang, state media said on Friday.

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N Korea tells S Korea’s Yoon to ‘shut his mouth’ after aid offer

Kim Jo Yong, the powerful sister of the North Korean leader, says the country will not ‘barter’ away its ‘honour’.

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Donetsk self-proclaimed leader pledges ‘bilateral cooperation’ with North Korea

Russian-backed self-appointed leader writes Kim Jong-un a letter, shortly after Vladimir Putin said Moscow and Pyongyang would expand relations

The Independent UK

Donetsk leader calls for 'beneficial' ties with North Korea

The head of Russian proxy forces in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region has sent a message to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un calling for cooperation amid signs the North may send laborers to Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine

Reuters

Donbas separatist leader urges cooperation with North Korea - KCNA

North Korea and the Russian-backed separatist Donetsk region of Ukraine will develop "equally beneficial bilateral cooperation", Donetsk leader Denis Pushilin said in a letter to Kim Jong Un, North Korean state media reported on Wednesday.

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Irish Mirror

Russia and North Korea expand ties in worrying development

The letters were exchanged on North Korea’s Liberation day

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin in chilling threat over arming Russia's allies with deadly weapons

Earlier Vladimir Putin told North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un the two countries will "expand the comprehensive and constructive bilateral relations with common efforts", according to Pyongyang's state media

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: at least three people die in Donetsk shelling; Kyiv mayor warns of cold winter due to gas shortages – as it happened

Russian attack in eastern region also leaves 13 injured, Ukrainian officials say; Vitali Klitschko talks about ‘harsh realities’ facing residents

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Putin says Russia and N Korea will expand bilateral relations

Russian president tells Kim closer ties will strengthen regional security, reports North Korean state media.

Reuters

Putin says Russia and North Korea will expand bilateral relations - KCNA

Russian President Vladimir Putin told North Korean leader Kim Jong Un the two countries will "expand the comprehensive and constructive bilateral relations with common efforts," Pyongyang's state media reported on Monday.

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North Korea Lifts Mask Mandate after Covid 'Victory'

North Korea has lifted a mask mandate and eased other virus restrictions, state media said Saturday, days after leader Kim Jong Un declared "victory" over Covid-19. The announcement comes after Pyongyang earlier this week blamed Seoul for causing the Covid-19 outbreak in the North and threatened to "wipe out" the…

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N.Korea lifts mask mandate, distancing rules after declaring COVID victory

North Korea has dropped a face mask mandate and other social distancing rules as leader Kim Jong Un declared victory over COVID-19 this week, state media said on Saturday, three months after its first acknowledgement of the virus outbreak in the isolated country.

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