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US: Russia to Buy Rockets, Artillery Shells from North Korea

The Russian Ministry of Defense is in the process of purchasing millions of rockets and artillery shells from North Korea for its ongoing fight in Ukraine, according to a newly downgraded US intelligence finding.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 6, 2022

Putin's party seeks votes on annexation of occupied Ukrainian territories

President Vladimir Putin's ruling United Russia party on Wednesday proposed holding referendums on November 4 to annex territories taken by Moscow's forces in Ukraine. The move came as the IAEA called for the immediate establishment of a security zone around Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant amid continued shelling around Europe’s largest…

France 24 · Sep 6, 2022

Russia to buy North Korean artillery shells, rockets: Report

Declassified intelligence from the US says that Moscow is turning to isolated state to secure weapons as sanctions bite.

Al Jazeera · Sep 6, 2022

Sakie Yokota: 'I want to see Megumi at least once'

Sept. 17 marks 20 years since the first Japan-North Korea summit meeting, during which Pyongyang admitted to abducting Japanese citizens.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Sep 3, 2022

U.S, Japan, S.Korea officials to meet on Sept. 7 to discuss N.Korea

Senior officials from Japan, the United States and South Korea will meet next week to discuss North Korean issues, the Japanese government said on Friday, amid signs the North has completed preparations to conduct its first nuclear test since 2017.

Reuters · Sep 2, 2022

North Korea Says UN Human Rights Expert is 'US Puppet'

Pyongyang on Friday accused the newly appointed UN special rapporteur on North Korean human rights of being a "puppet of the US" and making "unpardonable reckless remarks" against the regime. The accusations came as the new rapporteur, Elizabeth Salmon, visited Seoul on her first trip since being appointed to the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 2, 2022

UN chief says North Korea has increased repression of rights

The U.N. chief says in a new report that North Korea has increased its repression of the rights and freedoms of its people and the U.N. Security Council should consider referring the country to the International Criminal Court for possible crimes against humanity

The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2022

N. Korea calls UN monitor on its rights issue 'puppet' of US

North Korea has called the U.N.’s top expert on the country’s human rights situation “a puppet” of the United States

The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2022

N.Korea denounces new U.N. human rights expert as 'biased'

North Korea's foreign ministry criticised a new United Nations human rights expert as "biased", saying the country will not tolerate what it called U.S.-led efforts to topple the isolated regime, state media KCNA reported on Friday.

Reuters · Sep 2, 2022

S.Korea official: no soft response in case of N.Korea nuclear test

South Korea's national security adviser has said he and his counterparts from the United States and Japan have agreed there will be no soft response if North Korea conducts a nuclear test, Yonhap news agency reported on Friday.

Reuters · Sep 1, 2022