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The top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) vowed on Saturday to bolster war response posture to cope with any security situation during his visit to the Ministry of National Defence marking Day of Army Founding, state media said on Sunday. In his speech commemorating the 77th founding anniversary of the Korean…
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North Korea fired several short-range ballistic missiles into the sea on Tuesday (Jan 14), according to Seoul’s military, in what experts said could be a message to US President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration. The launch came as Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya visited South Korea for a series of meetings with top officials, with the Asian…
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I predict the war in Ukraine will end in 2025. Or perhaps more accurately: the fighting will stop and the conflict will be frozen. Both sides have recently indicated a willingness to make concessions in order to achieve a peace agreement. Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Sky News he’d be willing to cede territory, while Vladimir Putin said…
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Russia’s point man for arms control cautioned Donald Trump’s incoming administration on Friday against resuming nuclear testing, saying Moscow would keep its own options open amid what he said was Washington’s “extremely hostile” stance. The resumption of testing by the world’s two biggest nuclear powers would usher in a new and precarious era nearly 80…
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The number of killed and injured North Korean soldiers fighting alongside Russian forces in Russia’s Kursk Oblast has surpassed 3,000, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a statement shared on Telegram on Dec. 23. Russia has reportedly deployed about 12,000 North Korean troops to help oust Ukrainian troops fighting in Kursk Oblast since early August. Zelensky warned of the global…
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It is clear what Russia stands to gain from an influx of some 10,000 North Korean troops to aid its war in Ukraine. Less apparent is what might be in it for Kim Jong Un. “North Korea might be getting combat experience with drones and some real combat experience in a 21st century war,” Alexander…
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Russia’s ties with North Korea, Iran and China “threaten peace” around the world, NATO chief Mark Rutte has said. In a news conference with French President Emmanuel Macron, the secretary-general said Russia was continuing its “onslaught against Ukraine”, all the while “drawing ever closer to its allies – China, Iran and North Korea”. “After delivering…
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The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) conducted a “crucial” test of its latest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Hwasongpho-19 on Thursday, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Friday. The missile flew a distance of 1,001.2 km for 5,156 seconds before landing on a preset area in the open waters off the country’s…
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North Korea says it will support Russia in its war with Ukraine “until the day of victory” – after the US warned thousands of Pyongyang’s troops are set to enter combat in the coming days. North Korea’s foreign minister Choe Son Hui hailed Vladimir Putin’s “wise leadership” ahead of talks in Moscow on Friday, and insisted that…
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Western leaders say North Korea has sent around 10,000 soldiers to help Russia’s military campaign. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that the deployment of thousands of North Korean soldiers to Russia is pushing the war beyond its borders. “There is only one conclusion — this war is internationalised,” the Ukrainian leader said on Telegram on…
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North Korea will sever road and railway access to South Korea from Wednesday in a bid to “completely separate” the two countries. Its military said the North would “permanently shut off and block the southern border” and fortify areas on its side. The Korean People’s Army (KPA) described the move as “a self-defensive measure for…
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The top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) said the country would use all offensive forces, including nuclear weapons, if enemies attempt to use armed forces encroaching upon the DPRK sovereignty, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Friday. Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered condolences to North Korean counterpart Kim Jong Un over devastating floods that caused untold casualties and damaged thousands of homes, the Kremlin said on Saturday. The North, in turn, said Sunday that Putin had also offered “immediate humanitarian support” to aid its recovery efforts, to which Kim responded that he “could…
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Behind the smiles, the balloons and the red-carpet pageantry of President Vladimir Putin’s visit to North Korea last week, a strong signal came through: In the spiraling confrontation with the U.S. and its allies over Ukraine, the Russian leader is willing to challenge Western interests like never before. The pact that he signed with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un envisions mutual…
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A key U.S. ally fired warning shots Friday — live ones to repel North Korean soldiers and a diplomatic volley to counter Russian President Vladimir Putin, as tensions rise after his new mutual defense pact with Kim Jong Un. South Korea, which has so far only provided non-lethal aid to Ukraine, said it was considering arming Kyiv in response to a newly…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his intent to enhance bilateral relations with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) in an article ahead of his planned visit to the DPRK, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Tuesday. In the article published by the Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of the DPRK, Putin…
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