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North Korean leader attends launching ceremony of new navy destroyer

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has participated in a launching ceremony of a new destroyer for the country's navy, touting the military's efforts to enhance its maritime power, the North's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said Saturday.

2025-04-26

North Korea celebrates army's 93rd anniversary, slams Japan-stationed U.S. B-1B bombers

North Korea marked the 93rd anniversary of the founding of the Korean People’s Revolutionary Army (KPRA) by urging absolute loyalty and obedience to the state's leader Kim Jong-un on Friday.

2025-04-25

North Korean crypto-theft campaign targeted developers using fake firms, security firm says

North Korea established shell companies that used communications with cryptocurrency developers to hack into their wallets, a cybersecurity firm report found.

2025-04-25

North denounces U.S. for deploying B-1B strategic bombers to Japan

North Korea on Friday denounced the United States for deploying B-1B strategic bombers to Japan, arguing that such deployment would pose a threat to security in the region.

2025-04-25

Trump's fixation with tariffs ignores strategic considerations with Seoul, U.S. security experts warn

The Donald Trump administration’s tariff offensive and shifting defense priorities are raising alarm among former U.S. officials, who warn that the South Korea-U.S. alliance may be reshaped without sufficient bilateral consultation.

2025-04-24

South Korean facilities in North Korea demolished under Kim Jong-un's 'hostile two states' policy

North Korea has demolished South Korean-owned facilities including the Ananti Golf Resort and a gas station within the Mount Kumgang tourism zone, in what appears to be a continuation of Pyongyang’s efforts to erase South Korean presence.

2025-04-24

Two former defense ministers to face indictment over abandoning DMZ guard posts in 2018

South Korea’s Board of Audit and Inspection referred six individuals, including former defense ministers, to the prosecution last month over their roles in the withdrawal of guard posts from the DMZ in 2018, the agency announced Thursday.

2025-04-24

Dismissal of U.S. envoy for North Korean human rights signals State Department overhaul

Julie Turner, the U.S. Special Envoy for North Korean Human Rights, has been dismissed in a move that appears to be part of a sweeping downsizing at the State Department under U.S. President Donald Trump.

2025-04-23

Kim Jong-un feuding with close confidante? Workers' Party secretary not seen for two months

North Korean official Jo Yong-won is missing from public view, believed to be under disciplinary action for party violations.

2025-04-22

Families of abductees plan anti-Pyongyang leaflet launch Wednesday

Tensions are rising again near the inter-Korean border as families of South Korean abductees in the North announced plans on Tuesday to launch anti-Pyongyang leaflets the next day.

2025-04-22