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Biden appoints special envoy on North Korean human rights

Veteran Korean-speaking diplomat Julie Turner will take on a position that has been vacant since 2017.

Al Jazeera

FBI says North Korea-backed groups hacked $100 million in crypto

Two hacking groups linked to North Korea were responsible for the theft of $100 million in an attack on a crypto service last year, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Monday.

Tribune News Service

North Korea behind $100m crypto theft, FBI says

California-based Harmony said in June it had been the target of a cyberattack that stole $100m worth of digital assets.

Al Jazeera

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Biden nominates North Korea human rights envoy, first since 2017

The White House on Tuesday nominated a special envoy for human rights in North Korea, moving to fill a post that has been empty since 2017 amid debate over how rights issues fit with efforts to counter Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programme.

Reuters

'I went through hell to escape communism. I pinch myself at how blessed this country is'

Timothy Cho, 34, fled from North Korea as a teenager and made a new life for himself in Denton

Manchester Evening News

Russian Wagner Group using ‘North Korea for munitions supplies,’ White House says

North Korea has repeatedly denied assisting Russia

Evening Standard

US to designate Wagner a transnational criminal organisation

The U.S. Treasury Department will impose additional sanctions on the Russian private military company, the Wagner Group, that has been aiding Russia's military in its ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

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US to designate Wagner mercenary force a crime organisation

The Wagner Group has an estimated 50,000 fighters in Ukraine, 80 percent of them drawn from Russian prisons.

Al Jazeera

Bill to ban Chinese citizens and government from buying Texas land gains steam among Republicans

Sen. Lois Kolkhorst filed a bill that would ban citizens, governments and entities from China, Iran, North Korea and Russia from purchasing land in the state, part of what she and other Republicans have said will help stem foreign influence in Texas.

The Texas Tribune

U.S. to designate Russia's Wagner Group as a transnational criminal organization

It comes in part in response to North Korean weapon shipments to the mercenary group, the White House said.

Axios

U.S. to impose new sanctions against Russia's Wagner private military group

The United States will impose additional sanctions next week against Russian private military company the Wagner Group, which U.S. officials say has been helping Russia's military in the Ukraine war, the White House said on Friday.

Reuters

The New North Korean Threat

Why the United States needs to address Pyongyang’s nuclear advances now.

Foreign Affairs

North Korea uranium mine COLLAPSES as Kim Jong-un plans to build more nuclear weapons

The Pyongsan mine is North Korea's main source of uranium ore, which can be refined into yellowcake and ultimately weapons-grade uranium. It has been hit by a series of cave-ins

Daily Mirror

Iran, South Korea summon each other’s envoys amid row over Yoon’s comments

‘The enemy of the UAE, its most-threatening nation, is Iran, and our enemy is North Korea’

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North Korea sustains high defense spending with new budget

North Korea’s rubber-stamp parliament has passed a budget that sustains a high level of defense spending despite the country’s economic troubles

Al Jazeera

North Korea pledges to revitalise economy after COVID ‘victory’

The secretive state claims ‘remarkable successes’ after upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Reuters

North Korea calls for normalising factories, economy after COVID 'upheaval'

North Korea's parliament has outlined plans to normalise industrial production and meet its economic goals this year, despite the "worst-ever upheaval" amid the coronavirus pandemic in 2022, state media said on Thursday.

Al Jazeera

S Korean spy agency raids unions over suspected North Korea link

The National Intelligence Service and police raided the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions and an affiliate in Seoul.

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Axios

Trump in new Michael Schmidt afterword: "What the f---?"

"Why did we go to war in North Korea?" Trump would ask Kelly. "Why the f--- are we in NATO?"

The News Lens

Why South Korea’s President Is Talking About Nuclear Weapons

Yoon could be using the issue to send a tough message to North Korea, but it could be counterproductive, analysts say.

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: What could bring the Korean Peninsula to the brink of war

Since conservative Yoon Suk Yeol became president of South Korea eight months ago, North Korea has drastically increased military provocations. In an incident last month, at least five North Korean drones freely crossed into South Korea’s airspace. One drone infiltrated the northern end of a no-fly zone surrounding the president’s…

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: Let’s avoid another nuclear arms race

In an annual exercise since 1947, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists sets its Doomsday Clock to provide an educated guess of how close humanity is to the apocalypse. The organization will announce its 2023 clock this month, and I expect the outlook is bleaker.

Daily Mirror

Inside dictator Kim Jong-un's midlife crisis - heavy drinking, crying and feeling lonely

North Korea dictator Kim Jong-un is undergoing somewhat of a midlife crisis with lots of heavy drinking and eating, crying and feeling lonely, experts have claimed

The Guardian - UK

The Half Known Life by Pico Iyer review – peace and quiet in political hotspots

The travel writer’s quest for spiritual transcendence takes him from Iran to North Korea in a book that rarely illuminates the people he encounters

Radio France Internationale

Western allies and Japan unite to face threat posed by China, Russia

The United States and Japan have unveiled plans to strengthen their military alliance to help counter threats from North Korea and China, which they believe pose the greatest security challenges in the Asia-Pacific region.

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