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North Korea to welcome Russian tourists, the country's first since the pandemic, report says

Russian tourists going on a ski trip will be the first international travelers to visit North Korea since the country’s borders closed in 2020 amid the global pandemic lockdown

The Independent UK

North Korea Launches Intense Shelling in Yellow Sea; Seoul Answers with Live Fire Drills

Pyongyang launched more than 200 artillery rounds in the maritime buffer zone as bordering areas in the south were evacuated

Latin Times

Kyiv 'Can't Confirm Yet' If Russia Used N.Korean Missiles

Ukraine said Friday it was so far unable to confirm that Russia had used North Korean missiles to attack it after Washington accused Moscow of using weapons provided by Pyongyang.

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N. Korea Fires Artillery Shells Near S. Korean Islands: Seoul

North Korea fired more than 200 artillery shells near two South Korean islands on Friday, Seoul's defence ministry said, warning the actions threatened peace and it would respond.

International Business Times

Fears Russia using North Korea-supplied ballistic missiles to attack Ukraine

Washington and Kyiv claim Moscow turning to other states under sanctions to sustain its war effort

The Guardian - UK

Kim Jong Un tells army to ‘annihilate’ South Korea, US if provoked

North Korean leader echoes earlier bellicose rhetoric after promising to launch new satellites and expand arsenal.

Al Jazeera

N. Korea's Kim Orders Military To Prepare For Possible 'War'

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wrapped the year with fresh threats of a nuclear attack on Seoul and orders for a military arsenal build-up to prepare for a war that can "break out at any time" on the peninsula, state media reported Sunday.

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North Korea to launch 3 new satellites in 2024, as Kim warns war inevitable

Kim promises further military modernisation after conducting a record number of weapons tests in 2023.

Al Jazeera

North Korea’s Kim calls on military to ‘accelerate’ war preparations

Party speech suggests record year of weapons testing will continue into 2024 in defiance of international sanctions.

Al Jazeera

N. Korea's Kim Calls For 'Accelerated' War Preparations

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un urged his party to "accelerate" war preparations including its nuclear programme, state media said Thursday.

International Business Times

South Korea sanctions North Korean spy chief over illicit cyber activities

Pyongyang is thought to use the money stolen in cyber-heists to fund its illegal weapons programmes.

Al Jazeera

North Korea Kicks Off Key Party Meeting Ahead Of New Year

North Korea has opened a year-end ruling party meeting attended by leader Kim Jong Un, state media said Wednesday, with key policy decisions for 2024 expected to be unveiled.

International Business Times

N. Korea's Kim Warns Of 'Nuclear Attack' If 'Provoked' With Nukes

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned Pyongyang will not hesitate to launch a nuclear attack if "provoked with nukes", state media said Thursday, while Seoul and its allies called for "dialogue without preconditions".

International Business Times

North Korea and Russia clash with US, South Korea and allies over Pyongyang's latest missile launch

North Korea and Russia have clashed with the United States, South Korea and their allies at an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting on Pyongyang’s latest intercontinental ballistic missile launch, which it called “a warning counter-measure” to threats from the U.S. and other hostile forces

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International Business Times

North Korea's Kim Warns Washington As Biggest ICBM Launched

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to accelerate his country's nuclear build-up and warned Washington against making a "wrong decision" after overseeing the launch of the country's most powerful ballistic missile, state media said Tuesday.

Latin Times

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.

International Business 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.

Al Jazeera

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.

France 24

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".

The Conversation

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…

Al Jazeera

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.

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

North Korean Smugglers Disguised Under Pacific Island Flags

North Korean "smuggling networks" are registering ships in Pacific nations to disguise themselves while trafficking oil, according to former United Nations sanctions experts and documents obtained by AFP. With strict sanctions limiting Pyongyang's ability to import fuel, North Korean smugglers have adopted increasingly creative methods to deceive authorities and dodge…

International Business Times

S. Korea Launches First Spy Satellite With SpaceX

A SpaceX rocket on Friday launched South Korea's first military spy satellite, intensifying a space race on the peninsula after Pyongyang launched its own first military eye in the sky last week.

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