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After COVID, This New Infectious Disease Outbreak Threatens North Korea; Kim Jong-Un Chips In With Family Reserve Medicines

North Korea, which for a large time remained insulated from the global COVID-19 outbreak, began reporting cases this year.

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Kim Jong-Un Could Be Readying For Another Nuclear Test Soon, Satellite Images Show

Kim Jong-un-led North Korea appears to be preparing for another nuclear test soon as the country expands work at its nuclear test site to include a second tunnel.

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Kim Jong-Un Uses Medicine 'Prepared By His Family' To Tackle Mysterious Outbreak In North Korea

Adding to the woes of the isolated nation, Kim Jong-un-led North Korea has reported an outbreak of an unidentified intestinal epidemic in the western port city of Haeju.

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Fears Kim Jong-un will launch nuclear weapon as he vows to bolster deadly arsenal

Kim Jong-un's pariah state of North Korea has finished preparations for its first nuclear test launch since 2017, according to South Korea's Foreign Minister Park Jin

Daily Mirror

China Says Doesn't Want To See Kim Jong-Un Carrying Out Nuclear Tests: This Is Why It Vetoed UN Sanctions

China's United Nations envoy justified the country's act of vetoing the Security Council's new sanctions on Kim Jong-Un-led North Korea after the secretive nation fired ballistic missiles.

Benzinga

New leadership in Seoul brings fresh ideas

South Korea has a new administration under President Yoon Suk Yeol, who took office early last month. Many have speculated that the conservative leader would stray from his predecessor's approach to foreign policy, especially on North Korea.

Bangkok Post

Kim Jong-Un's Nuclear Tests Being Monitored 'Very Closely' By US

The Biden Administration is "very closely" monitoring the continued possibility of a nuclear test by Kim Jong-Un's North Korea.

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US Issues Stern Warning To Kim Jong-Un Over Nuclear Threat

The Biden administration has warned North Korea of stronger action if it continues to conduct nuclear tests.

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US fires missiles in threatening response to North Korea's chilling rocket tests

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said on Monday North Korea's missile and nuclear weapons programmes have reached a level where they pose a threat to regional and world peace

Daily Mirror

Kim Jong-Un Sends Surprising Message To Queen Elizabeth

North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-Un has sent out his first-ever public message to Queen Elizabeth II, the 96-year-old monarch of Great Britain on her platinum jubilee.

Benzinga

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un sends congratulations letter to the Queen

Kim, who like the British monarch inherited his position from his father, has written her a letter, the North Korean foreign ministry confirmed today

Daily Mirror

North Korea: how the COVID outbreak is putting pressure on the regime

For most of the COVID pandemic, North Korea has taken a different approach to the rest of the world. While other countries locked down and restricted international travel, the North Korean government took its own measures to protect itself, including denying the existence of the virus, refusing donations of vaccines…

The Conversation

Kim Jong-Un's Ties With South Korea Run Deeper Than Known, Graveyard Reveals

North Korea's supreme leader Kim Jong-Un is known for often issuing fiery threats to South Korea, but his connection to the neighboring country reportedly goes much deeper.

Benzinga

The Donald and the Kremlin Don: how Trump’s toxic legacy helps Putin

From Afghanistan to North Korea, Joe Biden is running short of time to repair the damage done by his predecessor in the White House

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North Korea testing rivers, lakes and waste to find source of Covid outbreak

North Korean officials are testing rivers, lakes and waste in order to detect the source of the country’s Covid outbreak.

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North Korea Began Importing COVID-19 Medical Supplies From China Long Before It Reported First Case

Although North Korea admitted its first-ever case of COVID-19 only two weeks ago, it has reportedly been importing virus-related medical supplies from China for a long time now.

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CNBC Two Major Tech Deals Come Under UK Government Scrutiny

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North Korea Forcing Pregnant Women To Give Birth In Warehouses And Hotels Amid COVID-19: Report

As COVID-19 cases in North Korea cross the three million mark, reports say the Kim Jong-Un-led government is forcing pregnant mothers to give birth in hotels and warehouses that lack proper treatment.

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North Korea Says Its COVID Situation Is 'Clearly Stable' — Numbers Tell A Different Story

While North Korean state media called the COVID-19 situation in the country "clearly stable," – the numbers being communicated by the country do not appear to be telling the whole truth.

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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.

Daily Mirror

What’s Kim Jong-un hiding? Bizarre way North Korea appears on Google Maps

North Korea is one of the world’s most secretive states and Google Maps users will not be able to see much of the country on the website, sparking concern over what Kim Jong-un may be hiding

The Guardian - UK

Biden and South Korean president mull expanding joint military exercises

US president willing to meet Kim Jong-un, while Seoul says deployment of US ‘strategic assets’ was discussed

The Guardian - AU

North Korea’s Covid caseload passes 2 million amid global concern about regime’s pandemic plan

Experts believe North Korean authorities are underreporting deaths to prove that their response has been effective

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Lies, Damn Lies, and North Korea’s COVID Statistics

Why has Pyongyang suddenly fessed up to an outbreak after years of insisting the virus has been held completely at bay?

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on low Covid vaccination rates: not just North Korea

Editorial: Pyongyang has left its people highly vulnerable to this outbreak. But rich countries have a responsibility for the lack of protection in other places

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