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North Korea: fears of a new famine after three years of COVID isolation and harsh repression

Three years after COVID-19 hit, people around the world have regained their freedom to move between countries. All except in one country: North Korea, or the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).

The Conversation

US, Japan, Philippines agree to strengthen security ties amid tensions over China, North Korea

The national security advisers of the United States, Japan and the Philippines have held their first joint talks and agreed to strengthen their defense cooperation

The Independent UK

If the UK is really moved by starvation in North Korea, demand an end to cruel sanctions

UN bans aimed at transgressive regimes always hurt the poor and innocent, leaving rulers such as Kim Jong-un unscathed, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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US guided-missile submarine arrives in South Korea, a day after North Korea resumes missile tests

The United States has deployed a nuclear-powered submarine capable of carrying about 150 Tomahawk missiles to South Korea

The Independent UK

Seoul salvages part of rocket from North Korea’s failed launch

Pyongyang attempted to send its first military spy satellite into orbit last month, but the rocket crashed into the sea.

Al Jazeera

US sanctions North Korean couple accused of helping to procure equipment for ballistic missiles

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on a North Korean husband and wife living in China for their alleged involvement in procuring equipment for ballistic missiles that ended up in the hands of North Korean and Iranian customers

The Independent UK

North Korea fires ballistic missiles, warns the US on drills

North Korea test-fired two short-range ballistic missiles Thursday in its first such launch in about two months, which came after it failed in late May to put a spy satellite into orbit.

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North Korea fires two missiles after South Korea-US drills

Launches carried out after Pyongyang warns of ‘inevitable’ response to rivals’ military exercises.

Al Jazeera

'We were scared of dying of Covid and now we are frightened we will starve to death'

Civilians trapped inside North Korea say they have watched mothers, unable to work due to sickness, die of starvation and watched whole families perish from hunger

Daily Mirror

Mum and son starve to death after she's sentenced for breaking Covid laws in North Korea

Three North Korean nationals communicated in secret to reveal the post-Covid disaster inside what has become the most secretive and closed-off state in the world

Daily Mirror

South Korea says North Korea has launched ballistic missile toward sea

South Korea says North Korea has fired a ballistic missile off its east coast

The Independent UK

North Korea launches ballistic missile as tensions soar after Japan issues major warning

South Korea’s military says the North Korean launch happened on Thursday and maybe fell inside Japan's Exclusive Economic Zone

Daily Mirror

South Korea sues rival North Korea for blowing up joint liaison office in 2020

South Korea has filed a $35 million damage suit against North Korea for blowing up a joint liaison office just north of their border in 2020, which highlighted a revival of tensions between the rivals following the collapse of larger nuclear talks between the U.S. and North Korea

The Independent UK

Pyongyang faked popular S.Korean website to steal data

SEOUL: North Korea created a fake version of Naver, South Korea's largest internet portal, as part of a sophisticated phishing attack designed to harvest personal information, Seoul's spy agency said Wednesday.

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The Guardian - AU

Kim Jong-un ‘holds hands’ with Vladimir Putin as Russia-North Korea ties deepen

In a message to mark Russia’s national day, Kim pledged his regime’s ‘full support’ to Moscow

Daily Mirror

North Korean hackers 'steal £2.4billion in crypto to fund ballistic missile programme'

North Korea and hackers linked to the regime are said to have robbed $3billion over recent years in an attempt to help fund their ballistic missile programme

The Guardian - UK

The Sister by Sung-Yoon Lee review – North Korea’s propaganda queen

A biography of Kim Yo-jong goes beyond personalities to examine the Kim dynasty’s roots and its possible future

The Guardian - AU

Five Great Reads: shifting ground in North Korea, heartbreak advice from a centenarian and is Nick Cave conservative?

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Imogen Dewey

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A former North Korean operative gives his first interview since defecting

Kim Hyun-woo used to work for North Korea's top intelligence agency. He defected to South Korea in 2014 and is now on his first-ever visit to the United States.

The Independent UK

'Dollarization' of North Korean economy, once vital, now potential threat to Kim's rule

North Korea has tolerated the widespread use of more stable foreign currencies like U.S. dollars and the Chinese yuan since a bungled revaluation of the won in 2009 triggered runway inflation and public unrest

Daily Mirror

Dictator Kim Jong-un bans suicide in North Korea calling it 'treason against socialism'

Kim Jong-un called suicide "treason against socialism" and has reportedly ordered local governments to take preventative measures, following a rise in cases across the country

Reuters

North Korean youth group donates rocket launchers to military - media

A North Korean youth group has donated rocket launchers to the military in a show of "fervent patriotism", state media KCNA reported on Wednesday, as the isolated state confronts what it sees as growing foreign threats.

Reuters

South Korea's Yoon says alliance with U.S. 'nuclear-based'

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Tuesday he has upgraded the country's alliance with the United States to one that is "nuclear-based" in the face of North Korea's growing military threat.

The Guardian - US

Republican 2024 candidates criticize Trump for praising Kim Jong-un

Rivals condemn ex-president for posting a message of support on Truth Social after North Korea added to WHO board

The Guardian - UK

Kim Jong-un’s new border wall could be a sign that his grip on North Korea is slipping

The route I used to escape is now closed – but new technology makes it harder to control the population, says Timothy Cho of the charity Open Door

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