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How North Korea became a mastermind of crypto cyber crime

Cryptocurrency theft has become one of the regime’s main sources of revenue and underlines the lack of regulation of digital assets

Financial Times

Biden huddles with Asian allies on NKorea threat, China

President Joe Biden is set to meet Sunday with the leaders of Japan and South Korea

The Independent UK

Seoul: Recovered N. Korean missile was anti-aircraft weapon

South Korea says the recovered debris of a North Korean missile fired toward the South amid a barrage of sea launches last week was determined to be a Soviet-era anti-aircraft weapon that dates back to the 1960s

The Independent UK

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After record year of arms tests, what’s in North Korea’s arsenal?

N Korea has tested a dizzying array of missiles as it seeks to build a nuclear-tipped rocket capable of hitting the US.

Al Jazeera

North Korea again denies US charges of selling arms to Russia

North Korea denied U.S. allegations it was selling arms to Russia for use in Ukraine, amid worries Pyongyang could be moving closer to Moscow as it faces criticism from Washington over its weapons tests.

Tribune News Service

North Korea has fired a flurry of missiles. Experts warn a nuclear test could be next

The isolated communist country under Kim Jong Un recently passed a law enshrining the right to use pre-emptive nuclear strikes and making its status as a nuclear-armed nation "irreversible".

ABC News

Ex-South Korean Leader Plans to Give up Dogs from North Korea’s Kim

South Korea's former President Moon Jae-in said on Monday he plans to give up a pair of dogs sent by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as a gift following their 2018 summit, citing a lack of support from his successor. Moon has raised the white Pungsan dogs named "Gomi"…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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N. Korea says missile tests meant to ‘thoroughly’ counter S. Korean and US drills

North Korea’s military said Monday its recent barrage of missile tests were practices to “mercilessly” strike key South Korean and U.S. targets such as air bases and operation command systems with a variety of missiles that are likely nuclear-capable.

France 24

Ex-South Korean leader plans to give up dogs from North Korea's Kim

Reuters

North Korea fires 4 short-range ballistic missiles: Seoul

North Korea fired four short-range ballistic missiles toward the Yellow Sea on Saturday, South Korean officials said, adding to a record number of launches this year that have ratcheted up regional tensions.

Tribune News Service

US confronts China, Russia at UN over N Korean missile launches

Beijing and Moscow had ‘bent over backwards’ to justify North Korea’s violations of UN sanctions, US ambassador says.

Al Jazeera

News briefs

Supreme Justice Barrett refuses again to block Biden’s student-debt relief plan

Tribune News Service

Sanctions fail to halt North Korea's accelerating weapons programs

Economic sanctions, the primary means the United States has used for years to try to exert pressure on North Korea, have abjectly failed to halt its nuclear and missile programs or to bring the reclusive northeast Asian state back to the negotiating table.

Reuters

EXPLAINER: How impoverished N. Korea finances testing spree

North Korea’s recent barrage of missile tests, including Wednesday’s record of at least 23 launches, is raising an important question about its weapons program: How does the impoverished country pay for the seemingly endless tests

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Reuters

Explainer-Russia and North Korea forge closer ties amid shared isolation

The United States said this week it has information indicating North Korea is covertly supplying Russia with a "significant" number of artillery shells, in what would be a further sign of deepening ties between the two pariah states.

Al Jazeera

US says China, Russia have leverage to stop N Korea nuclear test

Tensions on the Korean peninsula have risen as Pyongyang has stepped up tests of weapons including a banned ICBM.

Reuters

Exclusive-U.S. says China and Russia have leverage to stop North Korea nuclear test

The United States believes China and Russia have leverage they can use to persuade North Korea not to resume nuclear bomb testing, a senior U.S. administration official said on Thursday.

The Independent UK

US, South Korea warn Pyongyang against nuclear weapons use

The U.S. and South Korea are jointly warning North Korea that use of any kind of nuclear weapon against Seoul or other regional allies would result in the end of Kim Jong Un’s regime

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Bangkok Post

Pyongyang's ICBM was a dud, says Seoul

SEOUL: North Korea unsuccessfully fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) during a new salvo of launches on Thursday, the South Korean military said, as Washington urged all nations to enforce sanctions on Pyongyang.

Reuters

Analysis-Why is North Korea testing so many missiles?

The hundreds of South Korean and American warplanes simulating attacks during drills are most likely what led North Korea to test a record number of missiles this week, experts say, but Pyongyang may also be turning up the heat before a nuclear test.

Tribune News Service

North Korea threatens US with ‘powerful measures’ over drills

North Korea threatened to unleash a powerful action if the U.S. does not halt joint military drills with partners including South Korea, in what might be an effort by Kim Jong Un to lay the ground for his first nuclear test in five years.

Reuters

Analysis-U.S. and allies turn to deterring war with North Korea as options for preventing nuclear tests dwindle

The prospect of a new North Korean nuclear test underscores the limited options for Washington and its allies, who have embraced "deterring" Pyongyang through major military drills that some current and former officials say may exacerbate tensions.

Reuters

U.S. says North Korea policy unchanged after nuclear remark raises eyebrows

The United States said on Friday its policy towards North Korea had not changed after a senior U.S. official responsible for nuclear policy raised some eyebrows by saying Washington would be willing to engage in arms-control talks with Pyongyang.

Asharq Al-Awsat

North Korea Fires Two Ballistic Missiles

North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles on Friday, the South's military said, the latest in a blitz of launches that Washington and Seoul have warned could culminate in Kim Jong Un conducting another nuclear test. The launch comes as South Korea and the US conclude 12 days of amphibious…

Al Jazeera

World ‘holding breath’ over possible N Korea nuclear test: IAEA

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief says indications are that North Korea is preparing for a nuclear test.

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