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North Korea's Kim Jong Un inspects "nuclear-powered submarine" project
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was reported to be inspecting a project to build a nuclear-powered submarine, state media ...
From public executions to ‘traitor’ notices: North Korea escapees describe horrors of Covid-era repression
Rights groups say Pyongyang imposed excessive and unnecessary measures during pandemic that made ‘already isolated country ...
Govt halts tours to border city near China
The country has halted international trips to a city near its border with China, travel agencies said, abruptly reversing Pyongyang's recent decision to reopen its frontier to tourism after five years ...
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Forward Deployment of Non-Strategic Nuclear Weapons Is Needed to Deter Adversary Aggression
The United States’ failure to field a credible, theater nuclear-deterrence capability is destabilizing and puts the United States at a disadvantage with its adversaries in Beijing, Moscow, and ...
North Korea suspends foreign tours to border city just weeks after reopening
Tour group operators say the North Korean city of Rason has been closed to foreign visitors, following a recent trip there by ...
The North Korean defector who’s been called a ‘hero of Ukraine’
Lee Seongmin has become key to Kyiv’s efforts to understand the soldiers sent by Kim Jong Un to fight for Russia.
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Assured distraction: How attacks on South Korea’s nuclear reactors could be a smoke screen for wider conflict
An attack on South Korean reactors or spent fuel storage pools would release large amounts of radioactivity and cause massive ...
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China continues crackdown on N. Korean workers despite signs of warming relations
Beijing has yet to halt its crackdown on North Korean workers in China or bilateral trade with Pyongyang, Daily NK has ...
Surreal sights as North Korea welcomes tourists for first time in 5 years
Visitors were taken to Rason, in the country’s special economic zone, on a five-day trip organised by Beijing-based Koryo ...
Ukraine Official Responds to Reports China May Join Russia's War
"China is very careful. They're very cautious," Oleksandr Merezhko, head of Ukraine's Foreign Affairs Committee, told ...
North Korean tourist village shuts down after just three weeks
North Korea has abruptly stopped international trips to a northeastern border city near China, less than three weeks after it opened it up for tourists since the pandemic. At such a critical moment in ...