South Korea, US brace for North Korea’s ‘grave provocations’ around US election
High-level officials hold first scenario-based discussion simulating North Korean nuclear threats.
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Defectors’ rise to high posts in Seoul could shake North Korea’s elite, says former senior NK diplomat
Tae Yong-ho has become the first North Korean defector who once served in the North Korean regime to ascend to a high-ranking South Korean official position, appointed by…
Kim Jong Un executes several officials after deadly floods, media says
Around 20 to 30 regional government officials in the flood-stricken northern region were shot in August, TV Chosun said, citing an unidentified South Korean government official.
Cambodia will maintain its cooperation with North Korea in areas of society, security, peace, analysts say
Last week, North Korean ambassador to Cambodia Jang Yun Gon met with PM Manet in Phnom Penh. Mr Jang highlighted the countries' long-standing relationship, fostered by former…
N. Korea sent over 13,000 containers suspected of carrying arms to Russia: lawmaker
The military has been tracking signs of the North transferring arms to Russia since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine in February 2022.
N. Korea’s new missile launchers can reach central S. Korea: National Intelligence Service
According to North Korean state media, leader Kim Jong-un deemed the display of the missile launchers on the front lines was the first stage of the expanding missile force program…
South Korean lawmakers brace for US election as Harris, Trump diverge on North Korea
Ruling People Power Party lawmakers gushed over US Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris putting down the North Korean leader in her nomination…
High number of North Korean elite defections to the South could mark second exodus: Analysts
While no specific figures for previous elite defections to the South were given, an unnamed official told local media that the rise in such escapes was likely triggered by the…
Sheer clothes, ‘rooster hairdo’ banned in North Korea… unless you’re Kim Jong Un’s daughter
Those found to fall foul of the rules could face up to six months of hard labour or ideological re-education in prison. The offending hairstyle will also be cut.
Flood damage in North Korea visible from across border; UN agency warns of more rain
Referring to the latest forecasts of above-average precipitation between August and October, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation released an analysis on Aug. 12 saying that…