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Matched Keyword: security council
Russian security chief Sergei Shoigu lauded North Korea for sharing the “same trench” in the fight to build a new global order, thanking DPRK troops who defended the Kursk region against Ukraine’s incursion “as if it was their own motherland.” The secretary of Russia’s Security Council made the remarks during a meeting with DPRK State […]
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Matched Keyword: sanctions
The latest issue of a North Korean trade magazine openly promotes DPRK firms’ labor exports and luxury goods, as well as joint ventures in Russia and China — activities that raise concerns about violations of multiple U.N. sanctions. The Q2 edition of the state-run Foreign Trade magazine boasts that the firms are dispatching laborers abroad, […]
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Matched Keyword: foreign policy
The question of whether Seoul should pursue nuclear weapons to achieve “nuclear balance” with North Korea monopolized foreign policy discussion at South Korea’s final presidential debate on Tuesday, where candidates also quarreled over who’s at fault for inter-Korean tensions while appealing to voters ahead of the June 3 election. The debate hosted by broadcaster MBC […]
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Matched Keyword: missile
North Korea has produced enough fissile material to build up to 90 nuclear warheads, and may have already assembled approximately 50 of them, according to a new report by the U.S. Congress’ think tank. The report, published Friday, updates the Congressional Research Service’s (CRS) assessment of “North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons and Missile Programs” to reflect […]
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Matched Keyword: defectors
South Korean presidential frontrunner Lee Jae-myung pledged to pursue tangible improvements in North Korean human rights and work to increase assistance for those affected by the division of the peninsula, including separated families and defectors, a move that one expert characterized as a calculated shift to appeal to moderate and conservative voters. In a social […]
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Matched Keyword: diplomacy
This week, veteran North Korea negotiator Joel Wit joins the podcast to revisit his decades of experience negotiating with Pyongyang, what went wrong in efforts to stop the DPRK’s nuclear development and what, if anything, can still be done. He shares insights from high-level talks, including surreal moments inside the DPRK, and discusses whether dialogue […]
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Matched Keyword: cruise missile
North Korea launched several unidentified cruise missiles toward the East Sea (Sea of Japan) on Thursday morning, according to South Korea’s military. Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) noted that the projectiles were fired from the eastern coastal region of Sondok in South Hamgyong Province around 9 a.m. KST. The military said it had identified […]
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Matched Keyword: missile
North Korea turned the heads of military experts over the weekend when it released images of its first live-fire test of a new medium-range air-to-air missile, showing off a capability that not even the South’s advanced arms industry has managed to domestically produce. The test of the new weapon represented a step toward modernizing the […]
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Matched Keyword: human rights abuses
Activists, diplomats and North Korean escapees took to the podium at the U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) to testify about Pyongyang’s systematic abuse of human rights on Tuesday, including its dispatch of soldiers to fight Ukraine, in the first-ever meeting of its kind devoted to addressing the Kim regime’s record. The gathering at the U.N. Headquarters […]
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Matched Keyword: war crimes
International experts raised alarm about human rights violations stemming from North Korea’s troop deployment to the war in Ukraine on Monday, even suggesting that leader Kim Jong Un should be tried for war crimes over his support for Russia’s invasion. But some participants in the 2025 International Conference on North Korean Human Rights, organized by […]
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Matched Keyword: nuclear weapons
Disagreements about Seoul’s need for nuclear weapons, the feasibility of North Korean denuclearization and the future of the U.S.-ROK alliance bubbled to the surface during South Korea’s first presidential debate on Sunday, as the ruling party’s candidate fought to take the sheen off frontrunner Lee Jae-myung. While not explicitly endorsing an ROK nuclear weapons program, […]
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Matched Keyword: security council
A South Korean woman whose father was abducted by North Korean forces during the Korean War called for international action to resolve the fate of tens of thousands of missing persons from the conflict, speaking at a U.N. Security Council session dedicated to protecting civilians in warfare on Thursday. Sung-Eui Lee told the council that […]
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Matched Keyword: defectors
The number of North Koreans working in South Korea’s public sector has reached an all-time high, according to Seoul’s unification ministry, highlighting government efforts to expand defector employment. As of the end of last year, 211 North Korean defectors held jobs in the public sector, an increase of 17 from the previous year, a ministry […]
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Matched Keyword: drone
Experts at South Korea’s state-run Agency for Defense Development (ADD) have concluded that a drone that North Korea claimed flew over Pyongyang in October closely resembles an ROK reconnaissance asset, amid suspicions that the Yoon administration sent the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to scatter propaganda leaflets. According to a report submitted to Democratic Party (DP) […]
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Matched Keyword: sanctions
North Korean cybercriminals used a U.S.-registered Chinese-language online marketplace to launder stolen cryptocurrency, according to a blockchain analysis firm, highlighting Pyongyang’s increasing reliance on such platforms to evade sanctions. In a report published on Tuesday, Elliptic revealed that North Korean actors sent virtual currency worth around $220,000 in Nov. 2024 to addresses controlled by the […]
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Matched Keyword: missile
North Korea could possess up to 50 intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) capable of carrying nuclear warheads by 2035, according to a new U.S. intelligence assessment detailing threats to the American homeland. A graphic released by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) under the Department of Defense on Tuesday estimates that the DPRK currently has 10 or […]
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Matched Keyword: counterterrorism
The U.S. has designated North Korea as a country “not fully cooperating” with counterterrorism efforts for the 29th consecutive year, a move that blocks the sale of American weapons and defense services under U.S. law. The State Department announced the decision on Monday while releasing its annual list of countries that fail to meet U.S. […]
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Matched Keyword: defectors
A new South Korean film is winning accolades for its innovative exploration of two of the country’s most marginalized groups — North Korean defectors and the LGTBQ+ community. The debut feature by director Park Joon-ho, “3670” tells an emotionally complex story about alienation, desire and belonging, following a gay defector named Cheol-jun navigating life as […]
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Matched Keyword: missile
An Australian warship has joined an operation to monitor the illegal shipment of goods to and from North Korea in violation of U.N. sanctions, according to Canberra, as a new sanctions-monitoring body prepares to publish its first report. The Royal Australian Navy’s guided missile destroyer HMAS Sydney has been deployed for Operation Argos, supporting international […]
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Matched Keyword: nuclear weapons
Conservative South Korean presidential candidate Kim Moon-soo vowed to use nuclear weapons to counter North Korean weapons of mass destruction on Friday, including through the development of indigenous nuclear submarines and potentially the redeployment of American tactical nukes to the peninsula. Speaking at a press conference in Seoul, the ruling People Power Party’s candidate offered […]