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A viral video purporting to show North Korean rocket launchers disguised as box trucks in Russia is fake, NK News shows, suggesting that the DPRK has not sent that particular asset to aid Moscow’s aggression against Ukraine. Ukrainian and Russian (…)
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24 January 2025
North Korea had continued loudspeaker broadcasts and GPS signal jamming in border areas this year, South Korea’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) confirmed on Friday, warning that the DPRK’s military activity could pick up speed after winter. (…)
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24 January 2025
1st LD Writethru: DPRK legislature holds key session
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- The top legislature of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) adopted a Cabinet work report and swore in the country's new premier in a key session in capital Pyongyang, state media said Friday. The 12th (…)
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24 January 2025
The U.S. has indicted two North Korean nationals and three co-conspirators for helping generate over $866,000 in support of Pyongyang’s nuclear program, by allegedly deceiving U.S. companies into hiring remote information technology (IT) workers. (…)
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24 January 2025
North Korea is set to ship 150 more ballistic missiles to Russia for use in its war against Ukraine, according to the chief of Kyiv’s spy agency, on top of the hundreds of artillery systems and thousands of troops it already sent last year. The (…)
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24 January 2025
North Korea’s Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA) met for a full session on Wednesday and Thursday to discuss the state budget and pass minor laws, according to state media, but leader Kim Jong Un did not attend and announce new policies toward the (…)
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24 January 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump has said he will reach out to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un again in his second term, some five years after the breakdown of nuclear talks. Asked by Fox News interviewer Sean Hannity if he will reach out to Kim (…)
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24 January 2025
One of the soldiers clung to a grenade as Ukrainian forces closed in, apparently acting on orders to take out as many enemies as possible in his final moments. Another flung his head into a concrete pole when paratroops attempted to take him (…)
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24 January 2025
Urgent: DPRK legislature holds key session
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- The 12th session of the 14th Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) was held in Pyongyang on Jan. 22 and 23, the official Korean Central News Agency said Friday.
North Korea Times -
23 January 2025
FLASH: DPRK SUPREME PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY HOLDS SESSION IN PYONGYANG -- KCNA
North Korea Times -
23 January 2025
FLASH: DPRK PREMIER TAKES OATH AT SUPREME PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY SESSION -- KCNA
North Korea Times -
23 January 2025
North Korea has unveiled the new look of Pyongyang’s TV Tower after a five-year renovation, upgrading a long-time landmark of the capital’s skyline ahead of a possible return of tourists. Korean Central Television (KCTV) aired a close-up drone (…)
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23 January 2025
A family photo reportedly found on the body of a North Korean soldier killed fighting for Russia against Ukraine features a popular South Korean meme of a laughing dog, a sign of the extent to which foreign culture has spread in the DPRK despite (…)
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23 January 2025
New U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio held talks with his South Korean and Japanese counterparts for the first time on Wednesday, agreeing to maintain close cooperation on North Korean nuclear threats following Donald Trump’s inauguration. (…)
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23 January 2025
The former deputy chief of South Korea’s spy agency likened President Yoon Suk-yeol’s alleged order to arrest opposition politicians to the tactics of North Korean secret police on Wednesday, telling lawmakers that such arrests would make Seoul (…)
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23 January 2025
Ukraine Live Briefing: Trump Threatens Russia Sanctions
RFE/RL's Live Briefing gives you all of the latest developments on Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Western military aid to Kyiv, worldwide reaction, and the plight of civilians and refugees. For all of RFE/RL's coverage of the war, click (…)
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22 January 2025
Trump's Second Act: What it means for Russia and the global order
Will we see a new era of hegemony or the same old playbook? The idea of inflicting strategic defeats on Russia has been a cornerstone of US policy for a long time. It transcends party lines and is implemented regardless of which administration (…)
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22 January 2025
North Korea has accused the U.S. of raising the risk of “thermonuclear war” through its military activities on the Korean Peninsula, reiterating Pyongyang’s refusal to abandon its nuclear weapons at a U.N. forum on Tuesday. The DPRK’s statement (…)
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22 January 2025
North Korea’s Wonsan Kalma mega beach resort is set to welcome Russian travelers for the first time in July, a month after the scheduled grand opening of the long-delayed tourism zone, according to a Russian travel agency. The Vladivostok-based (…)
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22 January 2025
North Korean state media reported on U.S. President Donald Trump’s election win and inauguration for the first time on Wednesday morning, after Trump broke precedent to call the DPRK a nuclear power just hours after taking office. The Rodong (…)
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21 January 2025
Ukraine Live Briefing: Russia Presses Attacks Near Pokrovsk And Lyman
RFE/RL's Live Briefing gives you all of the latest developments on Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Western military aid to Kyiv, worldwide reaction, and the plight of civilians and refugees. For all of RFE/RL's coverage of the war, click (…)
North Korea Times -
21 January 2025
The U.S. Senate has unanimously confirmed Marco Rubio as President Donald Trump’s secretary of state, potentially paving the way for a shift in North Korea policy. Rubio’s confirmation came in a 99-0 vote shortly after Trump’s inauguration, (…)
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21 January 2025
South Korea’s unification and defense ministries have scaled back language targeting North Korea in their 2025 work plans, downplaying President Yoon Suk-yeol’s hallmark policies like “freedom-based unification” amid his ongoing impeachment (…)
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21 January 2025
