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Reclusive country’s entire internet infrastructure wasn’t showing up on monitoring systems for several hours before it started coming back slowly around midday

The UK-based researcher said the cause of the outage in the secretive state seems to be internal rather than an attack.

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The incident drew fierce criticism from the North Korean dictator, who called the mishap a “criminal act,” resulting in the arrest of several officials.

Full restoration of the North Korean navy destroyer is expected before a major communist party meeting later this month.

North Korea says ‘perfect restoration of destroyer will be completed without fail’ before end of month

The funds were initially frozen in connection with a 2023 indictment of an alleged North Korean agent.

The new South Korean president, Lee Jae-myung, calls himself a foreign policy “pragmatist”. He says he is driven by South Korea’s national interest, rather than ideology, and has spoken of his desire to improve relations with China and North Korea.

Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's meeting on Wednesday is the latest sign of expanding cooperation between their two nations.