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Kim Jong-un's ban on foreign media defied as USBs in bottles sent into North Korea

According to the Human Rights Foundation (HRF), a US nonprofit loaded scores of USB memory sticks and SD cards to the Asian country over the course of the year

Daily Mirror

First Thing: Trump did not disclose $19.8m loan while president

Loan from Daewoo, a company with ties to North Korea, should have been reported in disclosures. Plus, mass strikes in Iran

The Guardian - UK

N Korea orders new artillery fire over US-S Korea drills

Order comes a day after North Korea said it fired more than 130 shells into the sea off its east and west coasts.

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N. Korea orders new artillery firings over South's drills

North Korea’s military says it has ordered frontline units to conduct artillery firings into the sea for the second consecutive day in a tit-for-tat response to South Korean live-fire drills in an inland border region

The Independent UK

North Korea fires more artillery shells into sea in response to South Korea drills

North Korea said on Tuesday it had ordered military units to fire more artillery shells into the sea, the North's official KCNA news agency reported, in response to South Korea's ongoing drills across the border.

Reuters

Trump did not disclose $19.8m loan while president, documents show

The loan from Daewoo, a company with ties to North Korea, and should have been on public financial disclosure reports

The Guardian - US

North Korea executes two teenagers after they watched films from South Korea

Eyewitnesses said they were told people watching South Korean movies will be "sentenced to the maximum penalty - death" as they watched the two teens being killed

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How North Korea Is Trying To Keep Citizens From Defecting

Pyongyang claims extensive new fortifications on its border with China and a “shoot-to-kill” policy for anyone suspected of attempting to flee are measures to keep Covid-19 s at bay.

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S. Korea says N. Korea fired artillery rounds near border

South Korea’s military says North Korea fired about 130 suspected artillery rounds into the water near their western and eastern sea borders, the latest military action contributing to worsening relations between the neighbors

The Independent UK

North Korea fires over 130 artillery rounds as warning after South Korea-U.S. drills

North Korea said it fired more than 130 artillery shells into the sea off its east and west coasts on Monday after detecting military drills across the border in the South.

Reuters

Trump's curious debts while in office

Trump failed to disclose $19.8MM in debt to Daewoo, a South Korean company with ties to North Korea

Salon

Seoul arrests ex-top security official over border killing

South Korean prosecutors arrested the country’s former national security director over suspicions he engaged in a cover-up to hide details and distort the circumstances surrounding North Korea’s killing of a South Korean fisheries official near the rivals’ sea boundary in 2020

The Independent UK

Daily Dose Ep 1215: Moose Wala murder suspect held, Pak army gets new media head

Saeeduzzaman brings you the news from Delhi, Punjab, Kerala, Pakistan, and North Korea.

Newslaundry

US, South Korea and Japan Impose Fresh Sanctions on North Korea

The United States, Japan and South Korea have imposed fresh sanctions on North Korean individuals and entities in response to Pyongyang's recent slew of missile tests. Washington's action, announced Thursday, blocks any assets of three North Korean officials in the United States, a largely symbolic step against an isolated country…

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Daily Mirror

North Korea tells parents to give kids patriotic name like 'bomb', 'gun' and 'satellite'

The government wants North Korean children to have patriotic and militaristic names in order to differentiate from South Korean culture, as tensions continue to grow between the two

Tribune News Service

US announces new North Korea-related sanctions

WASHINGTON — The U.S., Japan and South Korea revealed new sanctions to punish North Korea for an unprecedented series of missile tests, as they struggle to pressure Pyongyang to return to the negotiating table.

The Independent UK

Seoul places new sanctions on North Korea over arms buildup

South Korea is sanctioning eight North Korean individuals and seven organizations suspected of engaging in illicit activities to finance the North’s growing nuclear weapons and missile programs

The Conversation

Kim Jong Un wants North Korea to be a nuclear superpower – the real risk is a regional arms race

The recent claim by Kim Jong Un that North Korea plans to develop the world’s most powerful nuclear force may well have been more bravado than credible threat. But that doesn’t mean it can be ignored.

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The Independent UK

New US sanctions against North Koreans over missile program

The Biden administration has imposed sanctions on three members of North Korea's ruling party central committee for their involvement in the country's ballistic missile program

Reuters

U.S. and Asian allies impose new sanctions on North Korea after ICBM test

The United States, South Korea, and Japan have imposed sanctions on North Korean officials connected to the country's weapons programs after Pyongyang's latest and largest intercontinental ballistic missile test last month.

The Independent UK

North Korea's Kim calls for meeting to review state affairs

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for a major political conference before the end of the year to talk about key state affairs, where he’s expected to address his increasingly tense relations with Washington and Seoul over the expansion of his nuclear and missile programs

Reuters

North Korea to hold key ruling party meeting in late December

North Korea will hold a plenary meeting of its ruling party's central committee in late December to set major policy directions, state media KCNA said on Thursday.

The Conversation

North Korea's nuclear program is funded by stolen cryptocurrency. Could it collapse now that FTX has?

Since the world’s second-largest crypto exchange, FTX, declared bankruptcy earlier this month, the flow-on effects have been felt far and wide.

Bangkok Post

Indonesia takes 2023 Asean chair

Indonesia's 2023 chairmanship for Asean officially started earlier this month as Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen symbolically handed over the hammer to Indonesian President Joko Widodo in Phnom Penh.

Daily Mirror

Kim Jong-un’s ‘second daughter’ wiped out of North Korean propaganda in shocking change

Experts believe the girl is Kim Jong-un's second daughter after she appeared in footage from North Korea's National Day celebrations but her face has since disappeared

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