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North Korea fires a missile as U.S. and South Korea get ready for military exercises

South Korea called an emergency National Security Council meeting where members denounced the launch as a clear violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.

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Northern Ireland pensioner walks 12,000 miles to spread Lifeline details

"During the many walks strangers would stop me and share their own accounts, the demons they’ve faced and their personal battles with mental health"

Belfast Live

North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile, Seoul Says

North Korea fired a ballistic missile Sunday, Seoul's military said, just days after a US aircraft carrier arrived for joint drills with the South in a show of force against Pyongyang. With talks long-stalled, nuclear-armed North Korea has doubled down on its banned weapons programs, even revamping its laws earlier…

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North Korea fires ballistic missile, Seoul says

North Korea fired a ballistic missile Sunday, Seoul's military said, just days after a US aircraft carrier arrived for joint drills with the South in a show of force against Pyongyang.

Bangkok Post

South Korea says North Korea test-fired missile toward sea

North Korea on Sunday fired a short-range ballistic missile toward its eastern seas, extending a provocative streak in weapons testing as a U.S. aircraft carrier visits South Korea for joint military exercises in response to the North’s growing nuclear threat

The Independent UK

North Korea 'readying' sub launch of ballistic missile

South Korea has detected signs that North Korea is preparing to launch a ballistic missile from a submarine, the South Korean presidential office said Saturday.

Bangkok Post

US aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan arrives for South Korea drills

Arrival marks most significant deployment yet amid push for more US nuclear-capable ‘assets’ to deter North Korea.

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US aircraft carrier arrives in South Korea for joint drills

The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan has arrived in the South Korean port of Busan ahead of the two countries’ joint military exercise that aims to show their strength against growing North Korean threats

The Independent UK

US aircraft carrier to visit S. Korea amid N. Korean threats

A U.S. aircraft carrier is to visit South Korea this week for its first joint training with South Korean warships in five years in an apparent show of force against increasing North Korean nuclear threats

The Independent UK

Duleep Trophy: Ricky Bhui slams ton, South Zone pile up 630

SALEM (TN): Ricky Bhui made an unbeaten 103 while Baba Aparajith hit a half-century as South Zone posted a massive first innings total of 630 for eight before declaring on the second day of their Duleep Trophy semi-final against North Zone here on Friday.

The Times of India

Lawmakers, activists seek answers over fate of fishermen forced back to N.Korea

Activists and South Korean lawmakers are pressing North Korea to confirm the fate of two fishermen who were forcibly sent back from the South in 2019 after being accused of murder.

Reuters

Seoul says N. Korea will self-destruct if it uses nukes

South Korea warned North Korea's government that using its nuclear weapons would put it on a “path of self-destruction,” saying its recent legislation allowing the preemptive use of its bombs would only prompt Seoul and Washington to bolster their joint military capability

The Independent UK

North Korea declares itself a nuclear weapons state

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country will never abandon the nuclear weapons it needs to counter the United States, which he accused of pushing to weaken the North's defenses.

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N. Korea says it will never give up nukes to counter US

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is stressing his country will never abandon the nuclear weapons and missiles it needs to counter hostilities from the United States

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Analysis-Kim Jong Un's 'decapitation' fears shine through in new N.Korea nuclear law

A new North Korean law calls for "automatic" nuclear launches if the country's leadership or command and control systems are threatened, underscoring leader Kim Jong Un's fears of a so-called "decapitation" strike, experts said.

The Independent UK

South Korea proposes meeting with North on family reunions

South Korea has proposed a meeting with North Korea to resume reunions of families separated by war, despite long-strained ties between the rivals over the North’s nuclear weapons program

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North Korean ammo will stretch Russia's supply, but with clear limits and drawbacks

The north's stockpile of bullets and artillery rounds are compatible with Russia's weapons, but may be lower-quality. Transferring anything more powerful would get much more complicated.

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: What help are North Korean weapons to Russia?

North Korea is apparently moving to sell millions of rockets and artillery shells _ many of them likely from old stock _ to its Cold War ally Russia

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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.

The Independent UK

Activist floats balloons again despite North Korea's warning

An activist said he has again flown huge balloons carrying COVID-19 relief items and an anti-North Korea placard across the tense inter-Korean border, despite the North’s recent warning of a deadly attack over his activities

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: levelling up fund allocated south-east England twice as much as north-east

New figures raise further questions about failure of government fund to reach the poorest areas of UK

Reuters

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.

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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…

The Independent UK

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

Reuters

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.

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