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The Latest Breaking News from North Korea

North Korea’s Kim personally oversaw ICBM launch, state media says

Launch of solid-fuel Hwasong-18 sends ‘clear signal to the hostile forces’, Korean Central News Agency says.

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North Korea Test Launches Potential US-reaching Ballistic Missile

North Korea reportedly tests a ballistic missile with potential to reach all of the US. The missile's range and development raises concern for the U.S. and...

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N Korea Test-fires Most Advanced ICBM With US In Range

South Korea said the North fired an ICBM that used solid fuel, which makes missiles easier to transport and faster to fire than liquid-fuelled versions.

Latin Times

N. Korea Fires 'Long-range Ballistic Missile': Seoul

North Korea fired another internationally banned "long-range ballistic missile" on Monday, the South's military said, after Pyongyang voiced outrage over deeper nuclear cooperation between Seoul and Washington.

International Business Times

North Korea fires another missile into sea in resumption of weapons testing, South Korea says

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

The Independent UK

North Korea resumes missile launches in ‘threat to peace and stability’

Pyongyang launched ‘ICBM-class’ missile on Monday, hours after a short-range weapon amid record year of testing.

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South Korea Military Says North Fires Ballistic Missile

North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile on Sunday, Seoul's military said, as the United States and South Korea warned any nuclear attack would lead to the end of Pyongyang's regime.

International Business Times

N. Korea test-fires ballistic missile, blasts US for provoking 'preview of nuclear war'

North Korea fired an unidentified ballistic missile on Sunday, Japan's Coast Guard and the South Korean military said, as Pyongyang condemned U.S.-led military shows of force as tantamount to "a preview of a nuclear war".

France 24

South Korea's military says North Korea has fired a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters

South Korea’s military says it has detected that North Korea has fired at least one ballistic missile toward its eastern waters

The Independent UK

Religious freedom watchdog ‘implores’ Biden administration to designate India ‘country of particular concern’

As of November last year, the category has China, Russia, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Cuba, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan

The Independent UK

North Korea–linked Lazarus Group responsible for nearly 20% of crypto losses—more than $300 million worth—in 2023

The blockchain security platform Immunefi found that Lazarus was behind over $300 million in losses in 2023.

Fortune

Japan, UK and Italy formally establish a joint body to develop a new advanced fighter jet

The defense ministers of Japan, Britain and Italy have signed an agreement to establish a joint organization to develop a new advanced jet fighter, as the countries push to bolster their cooperation in the face of growing threats from China, Russia and North Korea

The Independent UK

From sexual liberation to fashionable heels, new research shows how women are changing North Korea

Kang* was 20 years old when she left her official job as a potato researcher in North Korea. She wanted to join the women who had taken up illicit market activities, first to survive the “Arduous March” (as the famine years of the mid-1990s were known), then to build better…

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North Korea confronts a modern-day challenge: a declining population

In a rare admission, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says his country's birth rate is too low. Experts see no working solution for a looming population crisis.

The Guardian - US

‘North Korea can own a club’: How fans grew to defend sportswashing

As nation-state ownership within football becomes normalized, growing numbers of fans are willing to make excuses for autocrats

The Independent UK

North Korean and Russian officials discuss economic ties as Seoul raises labor export concerns

State media say senior North Korean economic officials have met with the governor of a Russian region along the Pacific coast for discussions on boosting economic cooperation between the countries

TechRadar

North Korean Lazarus hackers drop new malware developed on Log4j bug

North Korean hackers are using a years-old Log4j vulnerability to target companies that haven’t updated.

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US, Japan, South Korea step up efforts to counter North Korea cyber-threats

The three allies are concerned about ‘malicious’ cyber-activities in support of Pyongyang’s banned weapons programmes.

The Independent UK

US, South Korean and Japanese national security advisers meet to discuss North Korean threat

U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan is meeting with his South Korean and Japanese counterparts Saturday in their latest three-way talks on the North Korean nuclear threat and other regional challenges

The Independent UK

French actor Gerard Depardieu is under scrutiny over sexual remarks and gestures in new documentary

French actor Gerard Depardieu’s behavior toward women has come under scrutiny in France after a documentary showed him repeatedly making obscene remarks and gestures during a 2018 trip to North Korea

The Independent UK

South Korea's defense chief vows retaliatory strikes on 'heart and head' of North Korea if provoked

South Korea’s defense minister has vowed massive retaliatory missile strikes on “the heart and head” of North Korea in the event of provocation, as the rivals escalate their rhetoric over their respective spy satellite launches in recent days

The Conversation

North Korea: electoral reform prompts speculation that Kim Jong-un is grooming his daughter to succeed him

This year, unusually, North Korea allowed more than one candidate on the ballot for the recent local elections. Under new laws introduced in August this year, voters are now asked to choose between two candidates for North Korea’s local and regional assemblies. Then in a second vote, they either approve…

WEKU

What North Korea's shift toward Russia means for its global strategy

Since the collapse of nuclear talks between Pyongyang and Washington in 2019, analysts see a major shift in North Korea's foreign relations. It has turned increasingly to Moscow.

International Business Times UK

Kim Jong Un Breaks Down On Camera As He Asks North Korean Women To Have More Children

This comes as North Korea tries to come up with solutions to its declining birth rate.

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