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Widespread disbelief over N. Korea's tiny COVID death rate

About two weeks after North Korea acknowledged its first domestic COVID-19 outbreak, it says about 3.3 million people have come down with fever but only 69 have died

The Independent UK

North Korea escapes further sanctions as Russia, China wield veto

US expresses ‘disappointment’ after Security Council fails to tighten sanctions after slew of banned missile launches.

Al Jazeera

China, Russia veto U.S. push for more U.N. sanctions on North Korea

China and Russia vetoed on Thursday a U.S.-led push to impose more United Nations sanctions on North Korea over its renewed ballistic missile launches, publicly splitting the U.N. Security Council for the first time since it started punishing Pyongyang in 2006.

Reuters

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US to urge tougher sanctions after North Korea fires likely ICBM

Seoul (AFP) - The United States said Wednesday it would seek new sanctions on North Korea at the United Nations after Kim Jong Un's regime fired a volley of missiles, including possibly its largest intercontinental ballistic missile.

AFP

North Korea launches three missiles into the sea, including suspected ICBM

North Korea launched three ballistic missiles toward the sea on Wednesday, its neighbors said, hours after President Joe Biden wrapped up his trip to Asia.

WEKU

North Korea launches three ballistic missiles toward sea, says South Korea

North Korea launched three ballistic missiles toward the sea on Wednesday, South Korea’s military said, the Norths’ first weapons firings in about two weeks as the country makes a much-disputed claim that its first domestic COVID-19 outbreak is weakening.

France 24

North Korea fires three ballistic missiles, Seoul military says

Seoul (AFP) - North Korea fired three ballistic missiles towards the Sea of Japan early Wednesday, Seoul's military said, just one day after President Joe Biden wrapped up his first Asia visit as US leader.

AFP

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Travel once energized Biden, but Asia trip offers little relief from political woes

TOKYO — On his fifth and final day in Asia, President Joe Biden voiced amazement that Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese joined other leaders in Japan just a day after he was sworn in.

Los Angeles Times

Kim Jong-Un, Who Slammed Army For 'Slackness' In Handling COVID-19 Crisis, Goes Maskless To Large Funeral

The supreme leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un, was seen without a mask at a state funeral on Sunday with a large number of gathering amid a worsening COVID-19 outbreak in the hermit kingdom.

Benzinga

Kim Jong Un carries coffin at N. Korean military officer's funeral

Seoul (AFP) - A maskless Kim Jong Un was one of the pallbearers at the state funeral for a top military officer, North Korean state media reported Monday, days after Pyongyang claimed the country's Covid-19 outbreak was now under control.

AFP

Kim and other N. Koreans attend large funeral amid COVID worry

The isolated East Asian country has only stated how many people have fevers daily, and has only identified a few of the cases as COVID-19 since admitting to an outbreak of the omicron variant.

WEKU

Kim, other N. Koreans attend large funeral amid COVID worry

A large number of North Koreans including leader Kim Jong Un have attended a funeral for a top official despite outside worries about its admitted COVID-19 outbreak

The Independent UK

Biden and South Korea president mull more military exercises

Joint statement lays out unified opposition to North Korean belligerence

The Independent UK

Biden arrives in Japan with no response on outreach to North Korea

Tokyo (AFP) - President Joe Biden arrived Sunday in Japan for the second leg of an Asia trip underlining US commitment to the region but overshadowed by concern that North Korea will test a nuclear weapon after ignoring Washington's attempt at outreach.

AFP

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France 24

Biden in Japan after South Korea visit focused on economic, security concerns

President Joe Biden tended to both business and security interests Sunday as he wrapped up a three-day trip to South Korea, first showcasing Hyundai's pledge to invest at least $10 billion in the United States and later mingling with troops at a nearby military base.

AFP

Biden greets Kim, but says US 'prepared' for North Korea weapons test

Seoul (AFP) - Before President Joe Biden left South Korea for Japan Sunday, he offered a brief message to Kim Jong Un, whose nuclear sabre-rattling has risked overshadowing the US leader's first Asia trip: "Hello.Period."

AFP

Biden says 'hi' to North Korea's Kim, despite weapons test fears

Seoul (AFP) - President Joe Biden had a short message for North Korea's Kim Jong Un: "Hello.Period." he told reporters Sunday in Seoul, before heading to Japan for the second leg of his Asia trip which has been overshadowed by fears of a nuclear test by Pyongyang.

The National (Scotland)

David Pratt: Russia gains little from seizure of Mariupol

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The Independent UK

Biden tendng to business in SKorea visit with Hyundai exec

President Joe Biden is tending to both business and security interests as he wraps up a three-day visit to South Korea on Sunday

Reuters

Biden says 'hello' to N.Korea's Kim amid tensions over weapons tests

U.S. President Joe Biden, in Seoul before heading to Japan as part of his first Asia trip as president, had a simple message for North Korea's Kim Jong Un: "Hello... period," he told reporters on the last day of his visit to South Korea on Sunday.

AFP

Biden heads to Japan after warning on North Korea threat

Seoul (AFP) - President Joe Biden flies Sunday to Japan for the second leg of a trip intended to reinforce US leadership across Asia in the face of a rising China and dangerously unpredictable, nuclear-armed North Korea.

Los Angeles Times

Biden suggests there is little chance of meeting with North Korea's Kim amid rising tensions

SEOUL, South Korea — President Joe Biden said Saturday that any meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un would "depend on whether he was sincere and whether he was serious," a departure from former President Donald Trump's aggressive pursuit of the rogue autocrat.

Evening Standard

US and South Korea ‘to expand military drills to deter North Korean nuclear threat’, vows Biden

Joe Biden said cooperation between the US and South Korea shows “our readiness to take on all threats together”

AFP

Biden, Yoon signal expanded military drills due to N. Korea 'threat'

Seoul (AFP) - US President Joe Biden and South Korea's new President Yoon Suk-yeol signalled Saturday an expanded military presence in response to the "threat" from North Korea, while also offering to help the isolated regime face a Covid-19 outbreak.

Evening Standard

North Korea reports 220k new ‘fever’ cases as it continues to battle Covid

North Korea said 66 people have died since an unidentified fever began before quickly spreading in late April

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