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Russia offers security talks with North Korea and China to deal with rising 'US-led regional military threats'
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in North Korea's capital for a two-day trip expected to focus on how to boost the two countries' defense ties following a September summit between Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
World
North Korea's weapons program being funded by remote IT workers, say FBI
IT workers dispatched and contracted by North Korea to work remotely with companies in the United States used false identities to get the jobs.
World
Hamas likely armed with North Korean weapons during Israel assault
Hamas fighters likely fired North Korean weapons during their October 7 assault on Israel, a militant video and weapons seized by Israel show.
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US soldier set free from North Korea filmed in Texas
After sprinting across the border two months ago, Travis King's troubles are likely far from over.
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North Korea hands back US soldier in shock move
The official Korean Central News Agency said that authorities have finished their questioning of Private Travis King.
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Inside the transformation of Kim Jong Un's sister
One author's insight on the heir to North Korea's royal throne.
World
A rolling fortress: Inside Kim Jong-un's armoured private train
The secretive North Korean travels in style when he makes his rare overseas trips.
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The gifts Kim Jong-un received from Russia after trip that alarmed the West
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un received a bulletproof vest and drones as parting gifts as he wrapped up a trip to Russia.
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'Deeply impressed' Kim beams, claps as Russia shows off war tech
The North Korean leader has visited Russia for the first time since 2019.
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Kim pledges 'full and unconditional support' for Putin
Putin is believed to be seeking one of the few things impoverished North Korea has in abundance — stockpiles of aging ammunition and rockets for Soviet-era weapons.
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Russia and North Korea confirm Putin and Kim set to meet
A giant train similar to the one previously used by Kim on international trips has been spotted on the border.
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'World's most repressive country' turns 75
North Koreans live under some of the harshest government controls. Here are 10 facts about the secretive country.
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North Korean leader expected to meet Putin for arms talks
Both countries are 'actively advancing' weapons negotiations, the US government said.
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North Korea says it simulated nuclear 'scorched earth' attacks on rival
The daunting display came amid South Korean-US military exercises that North Korea views as a security threat.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un calls for readiness to smash 'US-led invasion plot'
The US and South Korean militaries have been training together since last week. North Korea sees this as an invasion rehearsal.
World
North Korea says its second attempt to launch a spy satellite has failed
North Korea said on Thursday that its second attempt to launch a spy satellite failed again but vowed to make another attempt in October, demonstrating willingness to endure flops to acquire a key military asset coveted by leader Kim Jong Un.
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North Korea's Kim watches cruise missile launches as troops begin drills
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed the test-firing of strategic cruise missiles, state media reported on Monday, as the US and South Korean militaries kicked off major annual drills that the North views as an invasion rehearsal.
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US, Japan and South Korea agree to expand security ties
Their meeting comes at a time that the countries are on an increasingly tense ledge in their relations with China and North Korea.
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North Korea increasing repression as its people starve, UN reports
North Korea is increasing its repression of human rights and people are becoming more desperate and reportedly starving in parts of the country as the economic situation worsens, the U.N. rights chief said Thursday.
World
North Korea confirms US soldier Travis King is in the country
State media claims he was seeking refuge inside the secretive country after crossing the demilitarised zone.
USA
New photos show Kim Jong Un touring arms factories, and taking aim
The photographs appear to offer a rare glimpse into the secretive state's weapons facilities.
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Inside North Korea's 'Hotel of Doom', the abandoned 330m oddity
Englishman Simon Cockerell snapped a series of remarkable photos inside the tallest hotel in the world, which has never welcomed a single guest.
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North Korea silent about fate of US soldier who ran across border
The White House expressed deep concern about the well-being of a U.S. soldier who bolted across the heavily armed North Korea border earlier this week.
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'No contact' after US soldier runs across border to North Korea
Travis King, a junior enlisted soldier assigned to US Forces Korea, had faced assault charges in South Korea.
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US soldier facing disciplinary action flees to North Korea
The soldier in his 20s is the first first American detained in the North in nearly five years.
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What North Korea's latest missile launches tell us
Here's what we know about the ICBMs in North Korea's arsenal.
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North Korea launches rocket likely connected to satellite
South Korea's military says North Korea has launched a purported space-launch vehicle after announcing a plan to put its first military spy satellite into orbit.
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Japan issues warning as North Korean signals 'satellite' launch
Pyongyang notified the country of plans to launch a "satellite" between May 31 and June 11.
World
North Korea tells Japan it plans to launch satellite in coming days
Japan's coast guard said North Korea has notified it that it plans to launch a satellite in coming days, which may be an attempt to put a military reconnaissance satellite into orbit.
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Tobacco giant fined $958m for secret North Korea operation
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is known to be a heavy smoker, and the US is keen to ban all tobacco imports to the hermit state.
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North Korea says it has tested new solid-fuel long-range missile
North Koreas aid its latest ballistic test was of a new long-range missile intended to target the United States and its allies in Asia.
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Alarms sound in Japan after North Korea launches missile
North Korea launched a ballistic missile toward the sea on Thursday, prompting emergency warnings on one of Japan's islands.
South KoreaNorth Korean leader vows 'offensive' nuclear expansion
The meeting of the ruling Workers' Party's Central Military Commission on Monday came amid heightened tensions
World
Inside the international sting operation to catch North Korean crypto hackers
When the moment came, the spies and sleuths had only minutes to help seize the money before it could be laundered to safety.
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'Better to be dead': Survivors detail atrocities of North Korean prison
Extrajudicial executions, rape, forced abortions, jail without trial, torture, starvation rations that leave prisoners so hungry some turn to eating insects.
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North Korea claims 'radioactive tsunami' weapon test at sea
North Korea claimed to have tested a nuclear-capable underwater drone designed to generate a gigantic "radioactive tsunami" that would destroy naval strike groups and ports.
World
North Korea fires suspected ballistic missile, Japan says
The latest launch comes amid rising tensions over North Korea's nuclear ambitions.
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North Korea 'test-fired missile from submarine'
The launch is the first North Korean missile test from beneath the waves and comes amid rising tensions over its illegal nuclear programme.
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Kim Jong-un brings daughter to live-fire artillery drill, missile launch
Kim Jong-un supervised a live-fire artillery drill simulating an attack on a South Korean airfield, alongside his young daughter.
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Photographs reveal wildlife oasis growing in the Korean DMZ
It looks like a peaceful paradise at first glance. But this lush forest is hidden away within the most heavily guarded border in the world.
World
Fears grow over North Korea's growing nuclear arsenal
North Korea claims its nuclear forces are capable of destroying its rivals, and often follows its provocative weapons tests with launch details.
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North Korea launches two missiles in tests condemned by neighbours
The launches continue a tit-for-tat exchange that follow a year in which North Korea launched more than 70 missiles, the most ever.
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US bombers fly after North Korea says it tested ICBM in surprise drill
The state-run Korean Central News Agency on Sunday said a Hwasong-15 ICBM was fired on Saturday in a "surprise ICBM launching drill" under the written orders of leader Kim Jong-un.
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Which countries have nuclear weapons, and how many do they have?
Nuclear weapons have only been used twice in the history of warfare, but the nine countries that now have warheads of their own have a combined stockpile in the thousands.
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Prominence of Kim Jong-un's daughter 'part of succession plan'
Experts believe the young girl is being groomed to one day lead the secretive nation.
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Kim Jong-un shows off 'unprecedented' missile strength
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his young daughter took centre stage at a huge military parade, fueling speculation that she is being primed as a future leader of the isolated country as her father showed off his latest, largest nuclear missiles.
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North Korean troops encouraged by Kim Jong-un, his daughter
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un lauded the "irresistible might" of his nuclear-armed military as he visited troops with his daughter to mark the 75th founding anniversary of his army, state media said on Wednesday.
World
North Korea slams US over decision to send tanks to Ukraine
Condemns decision by US to supply Ukraine with advanced battle tanks to help fight off Russia's invasion, saying Washington is escalating a sinister "proxy war" aimed at destroying Moscow.
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US shares classified pics of North Korean weapons travelling to Russia
The US Treasury Department will designate the Russian mercenary organisation Wagner Group as a "transnational criminal organisation".
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