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North Korea to boost nuclear, military power

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Pyongyang will unveil a policy to advance both its nuclear arsenal and conventional military power at an upcoming key ruling party meeting, state media said Saturday.

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N Korea’s Kim Ju Ae ‘likely successor’

South Korea’s spy agency said Thursday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s daughter, Ju Ae, who recently accompanied him on a high-profile visit to Beijing, is understood to be his recognised successor.

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Xi projects power at military parade with Putin, Kim

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russia’s Vladimir Putin flanked Xi Jinping at a massive parade of military might in Beijing on Wednesday, capping a week of diplomatic grandstanding by the Chinese president and his allies against the West...

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Kim Jong Un visits new missiles before China trip

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected the country’s new missile production line, state media reported, ahead of his visit to China to attend Beijing’s massive military parade...

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Kim decorates troops who fought for Russia against Ukraine

New images released by North Korean state media on Friday showed leader Kim Jong Un kneeling before portraits of soldiers killed fighting for Russia against Ukraine, as well as hugging an emotional survivor of the conflict.

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Putin, Kim vow stronger ties ahead of US-Russia summit

Russian president Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un have vowed to strengthen cooperation, days ahead of Putin’s summit in Alaska with Donald Trump, Pyongyang’s state media reported Wednesday...

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North Korea removing border speakers

North Korean troops have started removing propaganda loudspeakers used to blare unsettling noises along the border, South Korea’s military said Saturday, days after Seoul’s new administration dismantled ones on its side of the frontier.

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Russia starts direct flights to N Korea

Russia on Sunday began direct commercial flights to North Korea, in a further sign of closer ties with its Asian ally helping its offensive in Ukraine...

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N Korean detained after crossing land border: Seoul

A North Korean civilian voluntarily crossed the heavily mined land border between the two countries, aided by the South’s military in a delicate 20-hour operation, Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said Friday.

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Kim shown honouring troops killed in Russia-Ukraine war

State media images showed leader Kim Jong Un honouring the flag-draped coffins of North Korean soldiers killed helping Russia fight Ukraine, as Seoul’s defence ministry said Tuesday it saw no signs of further troop deployments yet...

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North Korea launches repaired destroyer

A North Korean naval destroyer damaged in a botched launch last month was successfully set afloat on a second attempt, with leader Kim Jong Un presiding, state media said on Friday.

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US slams Russia for ‘cynically’ protecting N Korea

The United States on Wednesday denounced Russia for ‘cynically obstructing’ the monitoring of North Korea’s compliance with UN sanctions, saying Moscow was trying to dodge criticism for using Pyongyang’s weapons in its war with Ukraine.

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North Korea fires flurry of short-range ballistic missiles

North Korea fired what appeared to be multiple short-range ballistic missiles on Thursday, South Korea’s military said, around a week after leader Kim Jong Un tested a new weapons system for his latest warship...

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600 N Korean soldiers killed fighting for Russia

Around 600 North Korean soldiers fighting for Russia against Ukraine have been killed and thousands more wounded, a Seoul lawmaker said on Wednesday, after Pyongyang officially confirmed deploying troops to aid Moscow...

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North Korea confirms soldier deployment to Russia’s Kursk

North Korea confirmed for the first time it had deployed troops to Russia, with state news agency KCNA on Monday reporting that Pyongyang’s soldiers helped Moscow reclaim territory under Ukrainian control in the border region of Kursk...