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North Korea test-fired two new air defence missiles on Sunday morning in response to ongoing US-South Korea military drills near the borders of the two countries. Kim Jong Un has accused South Korea of fermenting tensions between the two neighbouring nations by conducting the military drills that Pyongyang views as …

North Korea has announced plans to build a third 5,000-tonne destroyer for its navy by October 2026, officials said. The announcement was made on Tuesday after North Korea commissioned its 5,000-tonne destroyer-class naval ship, the Choe Hyon, in April. A second naval destroyer capsized at its launch ceremony in May. …

TRAVIS King, the US soldier who fled from South to North Korea last year before being returned home, has been sentenced to one year of confinement and dishonourably discharged from the military. He faced charges, including desertion in July 2023 and assault of a non-commissioned officer. But with time already …

THE State Department says he belongs to a group operating under North Korea’s intelligence agency. A grand jury in Kansas City has indicted Rim Jong Hyok, a North Korean intelligence operative who allegedly used ransomware to attack health providers’ systems in the US, according to AP News. The State Department …

NORTH Korea and Russia have pledged to use all available means to provide immediate military assistance in the event the other is attacked, according to the text of a new landmark defence pact agreed by the two autocratic nations. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un …

This question wasn’t even directed toward President Joe Biden, but his determination to get in an answer created a revealing moment about the war in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s and deepening US tensions with China. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was asked at a press conference in Italy last week …

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in North Korea early on Wednesday, after saying the two countries want to cooperate closely to overcome U.S.-led sanctions in the face of intensifying confrontations with Washington. Putin was met at Pyongyang’s airport by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. They shook hands and embraced, …

  Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit North Korea for talks with leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday, furthering concerns about the growing military cooperation between the two states at a time when Moscow is hungry for munitions to use in its war against Ukraine.   The pair will likely …

NORTH Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un, ended the year by issuing new threats of a nuclear attack on Seoul and ordering a military arsenal build-up. He emphasized the readiness for a potential war that could “break out any time” on the Korean peninsula, according to reports from state media on Sunday. …

North Korea confirmed its first-ever Covid cases on Thursday and declared a “serious emergency”, with leader Kim Jong Un ordering lockdowns across the country. The nuclear-armed country had never admitted to a case of Covid-19 and the government had imposed a rigid coronavirus blockade of its borders since the start …