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N.Korean leader convenes latest party meeting amid pandemic, heavy rains

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un presided over another meeting of the ruling party to tighten discipline, state media said on Tuesday, as Pyongyang continues to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and gears up for potential flood damage from heavy rains.

Reuters

Seoul urges China, Russia to prevent North Korean nuke test

A top South Korean official says North Korea is increasingly targeting the South with its nuclear arms program, and urged China and Russia to persuade the North not to conduct a widely expected nuclear test

The Independent UK

North Korea denounces U.S. 'aggression' as it marks war anniversary

North Korea on Saturday condemned "aggression moves" by Washington and Seoul, vowing to take revenge as it marked the 72nd anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War at a time of rising tension on the Korean Peninsula.

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EXPLAINER: Is North Korea moving nukes to its border?

North Korea’s possible decision to deploy tactical nuclear weapons along its border with South Korea that could reach Seoul and U.S. forces stationed in the country in minutes could be a game changer in the standoff between Kim Jong Un and the United States

The Independent UK

Kim, N Korea military approve plans to strengthen ‘war deterrent’

Analysts say North Korean announcements could indicate plans to deploy tactical nuclear weapons to front lines.

Al Jazeera

N.Korea vows to boost frontline military units' action plan, strengthen war deterrent

North Korea decided to boost the action plan of its military's frontline units as its leader Kim Jong Un ordered to strengthen the country's defence capabilities to overwhelm hostile forces, state media reported on Friday.

Reuters

N. Korea's talks of new army duties suggest nuke deployment

North Korea's military leaders have discussed assigning additional operational duties to front-line army units

The Independent UK

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N.Korea's Kim oversees military meeting amid potential nuclear test

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un continued to preside over the second day of the nation's major party meeting on its military and defence policies on Wednesday, the state media reported on Thursday, amid concerns over a potential imminent nuclear test.

Reuters

Kim Jong Un holds rare military meeting as nuclear test looms

Kim Jong Un for the first time in a year convened a top-level meeting of North Korea’s military that could set the stage for his first nuclear test since 2017, as international attention is diverted to the war in Ukraine.

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‘It Always Wins’: North Korea May Declare COVID-19 Victory

It's only been a month since North Korea acknowledged having a COVID-19 outbreak, after steadfastly denying any cases for more than two years. But already it may be preparing to declare victory. According to state media, North Korea has avoided the mass deaths many expected in a nation with one…

Asharq Al-Awsat

'It always wins': North Korea may declare COVID-19 victory

Only a month after North Korea acknowledged a COVID-19 outbreak was sickening its people, the country may be preparing to declare victory

The Independent UK

North Korea mystery as hundreds infected with 'stomach disease' forced to quarantine

Leader Kim Jong-un has reportedly ordered quarantines be imposed to try and contain the new illness, which some health experts think could be cholera or typhoid.

Daily Mirror

North Korea: Up to 800 families affected after latest outbreak strikes

Experts in South Korea say the disease could be typhoid, dysentery or cholera

Evening Standard

‘The Lazarus Heist’ Is the Gripping Story of North Korean Cybercrime

Worryingly, Washington’s concern does not rise to the level of the danger.

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Intestinal disease new worry for North Korea

North Korea says that hundreds of families have fallen ill with an unidentified intestinal disease, heaping pressure on a crumbling healthcare system already strained by Covid-19.

Reuters

N.Korea sends aid to 800 families suffering from intestinal epidemic

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and other senior officials prepared aid to send to 800 families suffering from an unidentified intestinal epidemic, state media reported on Friday, as the country also battles its first COVID-19 outbreak.

Evening Standard

Mystery disease reported in North Korea amid its Covid battle

North Korea’s leader has offered his family’s reserve medicines to victims of the disease, local media report

Al Jazeera

N Korea says fighting unnamed gastrointestinal disease outbreak

Outbreak in an agricultural area comes as impoverished country battles COVID-19 and food shortages.

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The Independent UK

N. Korea reports another disease outbreak amid COVID-19 wave

North Korea has reported the outbreak of another infectious disease in addition to its ongoing wave of COVID-19

Asharq Al-Awsat

NKorea Faces Infectious Disease Outbreak Amid COVID Battle

North Korea reported an outbreak of an unidentified intestinal epidemic in a farming region on Thursday, putting further strain on the isolated country as it battles chronic food shortages and an unprecedented wave of COVID-19 infections. Leader Kim Jong Un sent medicines to the western port city of Haeju on…

Al Jazeera

Biden adviser raises concerns with Chinese diplomat over N Korea

Jake Sullivan told Yang Jiechi that Washington and Beijing can cooperate on North Korea issue, senior US official says.

ABC News

North Korea launches artillery shells towards the sea as Kim Jong Un appeals for unity at home

Kim Jong Un calls for greater internal unity as North Korea deals with economic issues and a COVID-19 outbreak, a day after South Korea's military says the North test-fired artillery shells.

The Independent UK

North Korea plans crackdown as Kim pushes for internal unity

North Korea's state media say leader Kim Jong Un and his top deputies are pushing for a crackdown on officials who abuse their power and commit other “unsound and non-revolutionary acts."

Asharq Al-Awsat

Seoul: North Korea Fires Suspected Artillery Pieces into Sea

North Korea test-fired suspected artillery pieces into the sea on Sunday, South Korea’s military said, days after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for greater defense capability to cope with outside threats. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that it detected several flight trajectories believed…

Asharq Al-Awsat

NKorea Leader Reaffirms Arms Buildup in Party Meeting

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un doubled down on his arms buildup in the face of what he described as an aggravating security environment while outside governments monitor signs of a possibly imminent North Korean nuclear test explosion. Kim’s comments during a major three-day political conference that wrapped up Friday…

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